Saw the new 6th gen trail hunter in person

Saw the trail hunter in person at expo west and to be honest I think it looks a lot worse in person (a very bland 2nd gen mixed with 4th gen) they had the new Land Cruiser which to me looked a little better in person

 

Yeah, the more I look at the pics, the less I like it. I also really dislike the interior, with the Tacoma dashboard design. I think the LC looks much better, the 4Runner is over-styled while the LC is much more clean and simple.

How's that color look in person? A friend of mine is Head over heels over it, personally. It doesn't do much for me, but I think maybe it's one of those colors that will look better in person.

 

Completely subjective but I don't care for the black plastic cladding around the wheel wells. Reminds me of a Subaru Outback, although I know every manufacturer is doing it now.

 

Thanks for this insider info OP
This is great, finally some ppl who agree

they improved the 4Runner but before they were finished screwed it up at the same time, I swear.
“You know I hate to tell you I told you so”
-Michael Knowles

 

I don't mind the black plastic flares, in fact the OG Trail editions had them, I actually like them on mine. It's just that everything is a weird shape, and there are so many body lines. It's like they couldn't put the pens down, they had to keep adding stuff.

 

I agree. When I first saw the new LC, I thought "Hey, it's the new FJ Cruiser, in 4door trim!" I know it's going to cost a bit more than the 4Runner, but I like it and would buy it.

 

Can't disagree with the too many body lines sentiment. IMHO, the Land Cruiser (hard for me to think of that as an LC but that's another topic) looks much more clean. I mean, look at the difference in the doors alone...

 

Both vehicles seem to have terrible interior packaging. The rear leg room seem to be very poor. You can’t even fold down the rear seats flat.

do agree that the LC styling will age much better than the 6g

 

I still like my '67 Land Cruiser.

 

I know the 5th gen has glove on knobs but the dials in the 6th gen looks like they got bigger.

Who wouldn't.

 

I think the pic represents the color in real life pretty well, it’s a very “teal” like color while I didn’t hate it I wasn’t a fan of it either but I guess the trend is earth tones nowadays (terra pro color for example)

 

It helps they have good sized rubber on that LC, and not some 18" rim nonsense.

 

So that green is more of a teal? I'm somewhat blue-green color blind and it is really hard for me to distinguish between shades along those lines.

 

What’s the big deal about that teal color? Strong grand am vibes
This looks better than the 6g

 

I spy a standup jetski???

 

That blue/green/teal color combo is straight out of the early 90s. And before that, I think the 50s.

1989 Dodge Ares



1991 Dodge Shadow



1991 Chevy Camaro




1993 Mustang SVT Cobra



1994 Chevy Camaro

 

Yes well to me anyway lol I’m sorta colorblind too

 

I love the looks of that LC, but I remain unimpressed with the looks of the 6th gen 4R. I hope both of them turn out to be great trucks with the same legendary Toyota reliability we have come to expect. But I hate paying money to be a beta tester so I voted with my wallet and recently bought a 2024 4R. If the LC turns out to be great, I may look into buying one in 3 or 4 years after all the new generation gremlins have been worked out. I may have a front row seat because my daughter-in-law plans on ordering a 2025 model.

I expect the LC to be hard to get for a long time, which means greedy dealers will be marking up the prices. I refuse to pay over MSRP so, hopefully, supply and demand will normalize by year 3, 4 or 5.

 

I would buy the LC if it were even-stevens, but the cheapest LC is still kind of a lot more expensive than it’s 4runner twin. Possibly without even having the good stuff a higher trim 4runner. (Edit: the LC looks a lot better in that pic due to the tires/wheels…I wonder if it rubs lol).

I’d like to see more pics of the Limited 4runner. The few I’ve seen of it made it seem pretty classy, and less embarrassing for a non-youtuber to own.

In fact, anybody seen pics of an SR5? That might look more down to earth. However, with toyota’s trim pricing structures, SR5s might not include an instrument cluster unless you upgrade to the a premium trail-road package

 

Does the Trail Hunter come with a rock to park on, or do you have to buy that separately?

 

That LC looks great in that color. What wheels and tires did it have? Was that Toyotas show vehicle or a private owner?
The 4Runner looks way too busy. They tried too hard to make it look edgy and I really don’t like the giant black fender flares.

 

Damn, that land cruiser with those wheels/tires looks fantastic.

 

Yep, Kawasaki 550 on a rack attached to the LC trailer hitch.

 

I agree. I saw a new Land Rover Defender today and thought how much I'd rather have a new Land Cruiser.

 

Also looks like the first edition, which is $74k msrp and out of my range unless I hit the lottery.

 

The body shop guys going to have quite a day trying to get alll those surfaces looking right after a fender bender. Lol

 

Well, it's a bargain compared to the V8 Defender, which starts at $108k.

 

the more i see a lc250 in heritage blue the more i see a bronco

 

I see a little similarity, in that they're both boxy SUV's. Aside from that, there are plenty of differences. The biggest difference being that the LC looks good and the Bronco looks like shit.

 

Just wanted to add: I like some aspects of the Bronco. The front bumper is nice. Overall, the body is OK. I just can't stand the headlights and fender flares.