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Originally Posted by Phade
The focus on the off-road capable LC is just more ammo to believe that the next gen 4Runner will be castrated.
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Really hard to know. I think Toyota obviously "gets it" that there's no reason to make another highlander. Toyota already has a highlander that's practically identical to the 4Runner in size. So the crossover version already exists and already sells better than a 4Runner. The closer the two become, the less combined sales will be. Toyota also owns Subaru, so the outback fits that slot between the two. As does a Forester in some ways. So there's not a lot of room to go soft on a 4Runner. It seems more logical to me from a marketing perspective to just have a 4Runner and Land Cruiser as comparable products differentiated by size primarily. Basically Tacoma and Tundra. That's what I'd anticipate.