Saw My First 6th Gen In Person

Indeed!
Even disregarding what it says on paper, I could not keep up with it when it was accelerating. It had that short term burst that our V6 just does not have.

 

Bummer, isn't it? I did, however, take a look at one and it's...

 

I didn't read through the whole thread so it may have been said before... but thats giving me 4th gen 4runner vibes. As a 4th gen owner, i dig it!

 

Not sure if it's a bigger indictment on Toyota or the buyers....

 

Probably Toyota. The buyers probably either don't care, or they know they can get better tires.

 

Why Toyota if they know 4Runner buyers are by and large just commuters anyway and customers don't care? Sounds like overall Toyota knows their customers won't notice the difference enough to care.

 

I’ve seen a few on the roads and two at the dealership but haven’t been up close to one. Went to Waffle House tonight and saw a red Limited sitting by itself so had to park next to it lol. Just doing a quick walk around the 5th gen seems wider side by side (the angle of the pic exaggerates it a little) but the looks are growing on me. The front bottom valence needs to go though IMO

 

Man that red is beautiful.

 

On paper the 6th gen is wider, but its really the track width. The fender flares stick out past the door skin like 4-5"
Inside, door panel to door panel the 6th gen is about -1.8" narrower than the 5th gen.
Inside, outside of front seat lip to seat lip on the 6th gen is about -1.2" narrower than the 5th gen.
When you sit in a 6th gen it definitely feels different and smaller, even though on paper it measures +2.1" wider.

 

the 6th gen wishes it was the 4th gen! looks like a RAV4 fcked a Subaru lol

 

Hard to criticize Gen6 styling too much because Gen5 is a mixed bag. You can tell they’re related b/c both can look handsome from one angle, and from another, maybe not so much.

That’s why Gen3 remains the standard benchmark of what a proper 4Runner should always look like. Proportions, details, stance, everything’s easy on the eyes, from every angle. Just scale that design out for Gen7 please.

 

I saw a 6th gen (Underground) in North Carolina yesterday.

From ten yards or so, it wasn’t super ugly, but it had potential to be. What stood out to me, though, was that the turn signals glowed red instead of amber. I just hate that….