4Runner comment in NYTimes article about Pathfinder

[JohnnyT]

"For brands that offer a choice between pure crossovers and more traditional S.U.V.’s, the identity crisis is particularly acute. As Americans vote for all-wheel-drive crossovers with not a whit of off-road pretensions — the Toyota Highlander and Nissan Murano come to mind — it’s harder to find fulfilling roles for a hard-core Toyota 4Runner or Nissan Pathfinder.

Rather than retire the grizzled warriors, some automakers continue to soften and compromise them, sometimes to dubious effect: the 4Runner is a pale shadow of its rebellious self of the 1980s and ’90s. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/a...th-campers-now-working-with-pampers.html?_r=0

Hmmmmm.....

 

[28.]

I think the guy who wrote the article was confused.. It's the Pathfinder that doesn't even resemble a speck of itself.. Have you seen them in person lately?

 

[KidVermicious]

"the 4Runner is a pale shadow of its rebellious self of the 1980s and ’90s. "

Amen.

Not that the Pathfinder hasn't had it worse, but the Pathfinder never measured up to the 4Runner in the first place.

 

[Ol'Blue]

"This Pathfinder is different. Sure, it will navigate a rutted dirt road or deep snow" Seriously? I think not there Mr. LAWRENCE ULRICH. I guess he forgot to bring a tape to actually measure the ground clearance. All well it sounds good anyhow right.

I'll stick to the 4Runner/Land Cruiser's/and International Scouts for just beating the hell out of around the farm back home in MO.

Blue

 

[4RunnerFan]

Yeah, I saw that article, too, and just had to shake my head wondering if maybe the guy that authored it was thinking the T4R had succumbed to the unibody transition from body-on-frame like the new Pathfinder had.

 

[Ol'Blue]

I think the guy who wrote the article was confused.. It's the Pathfinder that doesn't even resemble a speck of itself.. Have you seen them in person lately?

Yes,

They look like a big station wagon and not a good one like a CTS-V, or an Impreza, or a E63/E55 Wagon for that matter. Now I can feel like a man driving one of those Wagons.

Blue

 

[02_SE_Runner]

"For brands that offer a choice between pure crossovers and more traditional S.U.V.’s, the identity crisis is particularly acute. As Americans vote for all-wheel-drive crossovers with not a whit of off-road pretensions — the Toyota Highlander and Nissan Murano come to mind — it’s harder to find fulfilling roles for a hard-core Toyota 4Runner or Nissan Pathfinder.

Rather than retire the grizzled warriors, some automakers continue to soften and compromise them, sometimes to dubious effect: the 4Runner is a pale shadow of its rebellious self of the 1980s and ’90s. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/a...th-campers-now-working-with-pampers.html?_r=0

Hmmmmm.....

*Cough and the early 00,01,and 02 years. Cough cough* :lol: