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Keep in mind what the world looked like in the mid 00s when this truck was designed. The economy was in superficially great shape, CAFE standards hadn't moved since the 80s, the global warming puritans were still confined to the universities, and as a result every expensive vehicle had a V8 so...

CAFE plays a huge part in determining the lineup, where do you think all the V8s went? The standards that Obama's ugly lesbians at the EPA came up with and are in the process of phasing in are extremely harsh on small trucks. For 2020, a 4Runner sized vehicle is required to score 44 unadjusted...

I would go with the GX hands down. The 4R is exactly what it seems to be, a stripped down GX. The V6 is a dog, the interior doesn't feel anything like $40,000, the headroom with a sunroof is terrible, the one thing that it really has going for it over 99% of cars out there is build quality but...

The fed mileage requirements being phased in by Obama's environmental radicals over the next few years are incredibly harsh. Three years ago, a 4R sized vehicle was required to average 31 mpg combined on the unadjusted EPA treadmill test. Three years from now, it's up to 39. 3 more years and...

The Jeep is a $50,000 luxury car built to $25,000 standards and sells around halfway between the two . It can impersonate a truck, but not very well. The 4R is a $25,000 truck built to $50,000 standards and also sells around the halfway point. It can impersonate a car, also not very well.

The change in mileage from 10-12 to the 2013 is the EPA forced Toyota to add new emissions equipment. The 10-12 is LEV and 13 is ULEV. This also took over the space in the engine compartment for a 2nd battery. I suspect that the actual difference from 12-13 was less than 1 mpg and only shows...

Fake skid plate off the Outback, chin gills and squinty lights off the Forester (but even squintier here and they even put fogs in the gills), they took one of the best looking trucks on the road and turned the front end into a Subaru that doesn't even know which Subaru it is. I had been hoping...

Neither, it's an addition. Extra emissions equipment is why the 2013 lost 1 mpg on the sticker.

Jeep did redesign the other 3000 parts. The crap they built during the Daimler years doesn't share much beyond a badge with the current lineup. Not to say they're put together like Toyotas now. But they're not put together like Daimlers either and writing them off as though they were is...

We tried the compromise thing, when the NRA was an essentially apolitical organization for hunters and target shooters. That didn't work as any kind of a two sided table. There was one side at the table, their side, and with no opposition they could be as harsh as they wanted. The GCA of 68...

Experienced shooters practice enough to commit handling the gun to muscle memory which makes the manipulation of the safety reflexive and its presence (or absence) an operational moot point. Glocks and DA Sigs weren't designed for experienced shooters. They were designed for the police and...

23 gallon stock + 20 gallon aux + 10 gallons in cans = 53 gallons = 320 lbs.

Mostly gearing. The Highlander is 400 lbs lighter which basically cancels out the extra torque from the 4.0 but on top of that it has ~20% shorter gearing when you include the shorter tires. The 4R would be pretty peppy with a 4.56 axle!

Nearly all Chevy half tons have rear drums. Trucks with the 6.2 motor have discs.

Toyota USA Newsroom | 2012 Toyota 4Runner Product Information No mechanical changes. Entune nav radio optional on SR5 and Trail, standard on Limited. Trail no longer gets JBL audio with the radio upgrade.