Early 5th gen Trail edition appreciation

[DirtySouth89]

Like many people, I love the 5th gen 4R from 2014-on when they redesigned the grille. But let's appreciate how sweet the early 5th gen Trail edition looked. To me this is the best looking trim from that era.

 

[comtn4x4]

From that ERA? lol, makes it sound so... OLD! And that picture looks ancient. It' still the best looking 5th gen if you ask me.

 

[DirtySouth89]

You don't see many TE's rolling around. Tons of 5th gen Limiteds, and tons of 3rd & 4th gens.

 

[LandCruiser]

Redesigned grille looks like some retarded Michael Bay Transformer.

Fight me!

 

[uh0h50]

I definitely overlooked the early Gen 5 Trails during my quick search. Still love my 16 SR5 though.

 

[DirtySouth89]

Redesigned grille looks like some retarded Michael Bay Transformer.

Fight me!

Lol ouch...

 

[DirtySouth89]

From that ERA? lol, makes it sound so... OLD! And that picture looks ancient. It' still the best looking 5th gen if you ask me.

Heh, these pictures are actually from a current cars.com listing. It's a 2012 TE with 32,000 miles on it. I'd buy this in a heartbeat... if I had 26 grand lying around.

 

[DirtySouth89]

To me the early 5th Trail looks the closest to the type of Toyotas they don't sell in the US but do in south america, australia, etc.

 

[Mutant138]

I agree all day with this. Looks heaps cleaner. Definitely in keeping with toyotas extensive off-road heritage.

The redesign is well...

Wish there was a conversion kit. Looks like a wrx and a civic inbreed to create an suv.

 

[Finslayer83]

To me the early 5th Trail looks the closest to the type of Toyotas they don't sell in the US but do in south america, australia, etc.

Bingo.

I think it is the best looking variant of 4Runner out there.

I wish my TRDP had that front end and black flares.

 

[gjcarving]

I love the look of the early Trail Editions. Almost bought a maroon one about a month back. But it had a sunroof as I believe they all did back then. I have a long torso and the sunroof doesn't meld well with that. But, as far as aesthetics I love this Edition.

 

[John in NC]

Shoreline Blue... that's tops for me.

 

[00Sebby]

Even with my '20 ORP in the garage, I really miss my "10 TE. Stupid Jeep fever last year got me to sell it. Got rid of the Jeep this year for another 4R. The early 5th gens were definitely the best looking. I'm doing everything I can to bring back some of that appearance to the new one.

 

[Whippersnapper02]

The pre facelift Runners looked better IMO. I also liked the cluster better than what's in my 19. They are boring like in my GTO now.

 

[blksubykid]

Was holding out nearly a year for a Shoreline Blue, but settled with Salsa Red. IMO got it for a pretty good price with less than 50k on the odometer last year

 

[Jivewalker]

Happy with the way mine looks vs. some of the newer ones.

 

[bobdacat]

Shore line blue and Salsa red in the TE trim, were rare at least on east coast. I have the salsa and only 5 of them were sold in tri state area. When i brought it in for first free oil/rotate at dealership by me, they never even saw one before, thought i had custom work done on it.

 

[PrettyGoodSam]

I have a 2012 TE that I bought in June 2018. Love it!

 

[TacoRunn0517]

I gotta agree with others here. I really like my '16 Trail but there is something about those predecessors. Maybe its the FJ wheels but this version and the FJ Cruisers are the type of rugged SUV look I've always liked the most.

 

[Jernik]

Yeah, back in '14 when we were looking I really liked the looks of the pre-refreshed 5th gens better. Still do even though the styling of our '14 has grown on me.

I waited until too late in the year and there weren't any new '13s left to be found in our area with the options we wanted. I just couldn't justify spending the same money to buy a used one with someone elses farts in the seats over a new one. Overall, no regrets. Our '14 has treated us very well and I expect it will keep doing so for many years to come.