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What does "SR5" mean?
As I thought about removing or replacing my SR5 emblems today I thought, "what the heck does SR5 stand for anyway?" I know it's a mid-level option package, but is it an acronym? Is it just some code like BMW or Infiniti has decided to use recently for no apparent reason? Anybody have some insight?
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12-07-2014, 11:06 PM
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interesting to read some of the posts about this topic on tacoma world...
what does sr5 mean? - Tacoma World Forums
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12-07-2014, 11:33 PM
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Sport Rally 5 (speed) is what I thought it's derived from.
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12-08-2014, 12:19 AM
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SR5 means Base model.
It meant Sport in the old days... but those days are long gone, now you have "cheapo model, cheap model we charge you extra for, and "luxury" model we charge you for but don't provide for." Hope that clears things up. 
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The SR5 does stand for Sport Rally 5spd, and was introduced long before the Tacoma, so ignore that ridiculous explanation in that Taco World thread referenced above.
SR5 was introduced as an upgraded trim level over the base DX/DLX model. One of the upgrades was from the then standard 4 spd to a 5 spd.
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^ Yup. First appeared on the Celica, if I remember correctly.
The first 4Runners had two trim levels, the base trim and the SR5, and originally it was only five speeds that got the SR5 badges, ALL the automatics were base trim. At some point that changed, not sure exactly when but you can find late model second gen SR5s with automatic transmissions. The third gen's Sport was an option package add-on to the SR5 trim level, and then they added the Limited trim level over the SR5. At some point after that they deleted the now-unnamed base trim and that left the SR5 badge on the bottom of the stack.
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^ Yup. First appeared on the Celica, if I remember correctly.
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Close! I believe it was the Toyota Corolla (AE86) 1983 to 1987 models that first had SR5 versions.
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This discussion reminds me of when I was a teen. My younger brother had a Ford Escort "L", and we would always ponder what the "L" stood for: Luxury, Limitless, Limited, Lavish, Lively, Lean, Locomotion, Local, Lucky, Lesbian, Luckless, Letdown, Lame, Lament, Lemon, Lavatory, Liability, Lawsuit, Landfill. In the end, we learned that it stood for LOSER.
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The SR5 does stand for Sport Rally 5spd, and was introduced long before the Tacoma, so ignore that ridiculous explanation in that Taco World thread referenced above.
SR5 was introduced as an upgraded trim level over the base DX/DLX model. One of the upgrades was from the then standard 4 spd to a 5 spd.
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To add more confusion, my '94 is considered an SR5, yet only has 4 speeds. At least nowdays the 5 speed part rings true.
EDIT: Unless you have a V6 03-04 SR5, it still has a 4 speed..
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This discussion reminds me of when I was a teen. My younger brother had a Ford Escort "L", and we would always ponder what the "L" stood for: Luxury, Limitless, Limited, Lavish, Lively, Lean, Locomotion, Local, Lucky, Lesbian, Luckless, Letdown, Lame, Lament, Lemon, Lavatory, Liability, Lawsuit, Landfill. In the end, we learned that it stood for LOSER.
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The evolution of that list is by far more impressive than the breadth of the list itself.
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SR5 means Base model.
It meant Sport in the old days... but those days are long gone, now you have "cheapo model, cheap model we charge you extra for, and "luxury" model we charge you for but don't provide for." Hope that clears things up. |
This, the only reason I settled on the SR5 after owning a Sport was that I was able to rip out and change all the cheap stock crap in the interior and put in what I want to make it more luxurious.
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The evolution of that list is by far more impressive than the breadth of the list itself.
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Yes, I thought so as well.
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Honestly, among trim packages....I don't find any of the features offered from the Sport or Limited to be deal makers...aside from maybe the seat heaters, but those only come with leather which I didn't want.
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Close! I believe it was the Toyota Corolla (AE86) 1983 to 1987 models that first had SR5 versions.
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