Denver Auto Show

[Kennyr44]

I just returned from the auto show. The 4 runner was in my mind the best deal there. By the way they had 3 there and all had crowds around them. So I was curious about the new Tahoe. It was massive and I didn't care for the interior at all. Or the exterior either. The new Sequoia was beautiful. I would drive that in a heartbeat. The Land cruiser was nice but I liked the Sequoia better. The new Avalon is pretty slick too for car fans, which I am. The price at 42k for the Limited was a little rich, bringing me back to the great value the 4WD 4 Runner is. When we checked out the Lexus GX460 the barn door was open and my buds were making fun of it. To sum it up almost everything decent with leather, sunroof, nav, etc. was at least in the high 30's. With 2 or 4WD, car, truck or SUV. So I'm saying I went into it with an open mind and looked at a lot of real nice cars and trucks. For a car I would have picked the new Avalon and in general the 4 Runner is what I would have bought. Of course the Lexus cars and trucks were killer but just a premium for people with money to burn for the name. Cant argue with the beautiful Mercedes lineup for looks and interiors but junk is junk. My 2 cents. It was a fun day, after that we went down by Coors field for the Rockies opener insanity and got a buzz on.

 

[desertred]

That was my exact plan for today (auto show and Rockies)!!!!

 

[smallfry]

I'm heading to the show in a bit.

 

[adam2562]

any pics of the new sequoia?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I am a died in the wool Toyota guy, but a while back my wife and I rented a Tahoe to drive to Idaho and back because 1) I didn't want to put the miles on my 4Runner and 2) we needed the 3rd row seating/extra space for hauling around extra people on our excursions once there.

I will openly admit I was impressed with the Tahoe.

It was very comfortable and got (ironically being quite a bit bigger) better gas mileage than I would ever hope to get from a 4Runner. Case in point on (if I remember the highway correctly) I-15 the speed limit is 80 mph.

Passport X50? Check
90 mph without going to jail? Check

The truck averaged 21.2 MPG going 90 mph.

Yes, I too didn't believe it so I manually calc'ed everything on fill-ups the rest of the trip (which was probably 80% highway, 20% sight-seeing and off-road to the cabin) and round trip from Denver through Utah to Idaho, back through Montana and Wyoming the truck averaged 22.8 mpg.

I was impressed.

I built one on Chevy's website when I got back equipped exactly like the one we rented and it was $63K and some change. Not cheap for sure.

But I will say if I needed a big SUV it would definitely be something I would look at.

Of course I just bought a 2015 4Runner to replace my 3rd gen 4Runner and I've never had a complaint on Toyota's, but you won't hear me knock the Tahoe after putting almost 3k miles on it. It did a great job.