The comment was mostly in jest, I dont think we are going to see a solid front axle. That picture does seem interesting in that the GX appears to have no similar parts behind the front suspension, the first thing I thought of when I saw that was the GM torsion bar suspension (but I can’t see Toyota ditching the coils for something like that). Or its an artifact of a s***ty render for the teaser
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It's just the angle of the picture. The camera is low. I think it is simply the transmission and center diff.
I know it seems like I am just being obnoxious, and I can be obnoxious, but I am not kidding when I say you guys looking for a 2024 FJ40 have a 1000% better chance of getting Ineos to build it than Toyota.
I’ll never forgive Toyota for not bringing the 300 here. I understand why, but I still won’t forgive them. I don’t even consider the lx600 a Land Cruiser with its really obnoxious front grill and large wheels. Perhaps the Prado is a good replacement we shall see!
We can quibble about engines and drive train differences but what at the end of the day truly differentiates that "LC" from a Gem 5 4runner wrt use/function in a meaningful way?
Full time 4wd for one, my favorite feature. Very handy to have in places that have rugged winters.
Fully disqualifying feature.
What a flipping waste
I live in one of the ugliest winter regions in the country on a hill from hell and rarely put it into 4.....99.5% of my snow driving is in RWD
Doesn’t the Limited trim 4R have 4-auto?
Idk about that. I feel much better and confident on the icy and snow packed roads being in full time 4wd. Regardless of your anecdotal situation Awd is much better than RWD in these scenarios and I’m glad to have it
Does it? I’m not sure
The Limited trim 4Runner has a lockable Torsen center diff, just like the Land Cruiser. I wish they had kept that for the other trims, like the 4th Gen.
Yes it does.
No its not.....not even a little.
AWD is a disaster in a slide in snow/ice and the vehicles we see off the road in winter are almost exclusively AWD vehicles
Its tempting to buy the last MY of the Gen5 4Runner before Toyota ****s that offering up
Snow/ice tires and AWD..never a problem in my decades of driving. I’m in deep snow, ice and whatever else is thrown at me. Just my personal experience.
Totally disagree from having owned multiple RWD, 4WD, AWD, and FWD vehicles. AWD (Subaru or AWD Toyota) performance in snow, rain, ice, and gravel/dirt is vastly superior to FWD or RWD. Having a AWD system on my GX is huge, I also love that it can be operated in 4LO on pavement without the center differential locked.
AWD w/4WD lock > AWD > 4WD > FWD > RWD in snow/ice/dirt/gravel.
Everyone has opinions and is entitled to them
I live in some of the ugliest winter conditions in the US and the AWD vehicles are almost universally the ones off the road in the ditch
Having the option for 4WD when needed saves huge amounts of fuel not to mention wear and tear on drive line and permits the driver to choose based on conditions
Exactly right. I bought the 4R Limited for that exact reason. Exchanging the plastic was worth the hassle just to have it.
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