Most new vehicles are either unibody or body-on-frame. Both of these are essentially ways of constructing a vehicle, and both have their distinct advantages. Unibody vehicles essentially have the ...

True to its roots, the redesigned Toyota 4Runner is an off-road-capable SUV spun off a platform shared with the latest Tacoma ...

Toyota’s 2025 sales reveal a shift toward tough, body-on-frame SUVs, and why models like 4Runner and Land Cruiser are leading ...

Long regarded as one of the toughest and most capable midsize SUVs available, the Toyota 4Runner boasts body-on-frame construction, straightforward but dependable engineering, and proper off-road ...

Q: I always enjoy reading the car section of the paper and particularly your Motormouth part. I noticed a question from P.O., Montgomery, Ill., asking if there are any truck-framed SUVs left in the ...

The last time a redesigned Toyota 4Runner rolled off an assembly line, Barack Obama was just eight months into his first term as President of the United States. So yeah, it’s been a minute. Despite ...

If you’re looking for an extra dash of off-road ability in your mid-sized SUV, chances are you’re looking at these two. Meanwhile the 4Runner has stayed firmly in SUV territory, a body-on-frame ...

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Remember the previous Toyota 4Runner? Yeah, neither do we. Toyota's compact, pickup-based, do-it-all four-by-four helped ignite the SUV craze when it launched in 1984. But in the years that followed, ...

Toyota introduced its fifth-generation 4Runner four years ago, a length of time that usually indicates a full redesign is just around the corner. But a full redesign isn’t headed the 4Runner’s way—at ...