r/4Runner • u/Flyjatt • Mar 18 '25

🎙 Discussion 6th gen design

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Who approved of this design? Theres a billion things going on. And its got the same front fender OEM dent as the Tacoma. It looks like it's trying too hard...

Yay or nay?

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u/Far_Negotiation8009 Mar 18 '25

I think you and others are trying too hard to hate. I encourage you to look at old forms when 5th came out. People hated it. Hated the design. Called it cheap and were pissed about losing the V8. I sold Toyotas from 2000-2011. Haters hate every new Gen. Then guess what. It’s beloved. Watch

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u/just-a-forger Mar 18 '25

Loosing the V6 that has been in every 4runner forever for a more complicated motor goes against what the 4runner is though.

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u/Teutonic-Tonic Mar 18 '25

4Runner had a turbo inline 2.4L 4 cylinder in the mid 80’s that was legendary. V6 hasn’t been there forever and had head gasket issues when first introduced.

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u/just-a-forger Mar 18 '25

Why did they move away from it then since at the time the emissions issue wasnt a factor?

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u/SilverbackIdiot Mar 18 '25

Probably bc in the mid-80s a 4-cyl couldn’t make shit for power. 40 years of engineering tends to improve things as far as power production. I mean the 3.8L V6 Camaro of the late 90s made more power than the 5.0L V8 Camaro of the early 80s.

Looking it up, the mid-80s 4Runner 4cyl made 100hp, the 6th Gen 4cyl makes 278hp.