6th gen Speculation Thread

What’s up with all the black plastic trim also around wheel wells on all sorts of models lately?

If you Knick or scratch that you’re screwed. You can’t touch that up with paint or buff out a light scratch.

Plus all black plastic I’ve seen tends to age and fade and look awful after a few years. So will you need to use back to black on these parts after each wash?

Seems all sorts of cars using this cheap stuff now

 

I'm glad I hung onto

I figure they expect people to replace those parts several times during ownership.

 

I had gray plastic cladding on my '03. The nice thing about Gray is that you don't really notice if it fades. But, other than that, it was actually nice to have as I never got any stone chips from all of the gravel roads that I drive down. Here's my '03 in November of 2016, with ~240-250K miles.

Whether or not the black will hold up as well as this, I guess we'll see.

 

Yeah, I actually prefer the plastic stuff if you're going to hit rough roads. Yes it fades and scuffs up, but those scratches and dents don't rust.

 

New Tacoma has both paint and black trim offers. Guessing 4Runner gets same treatment. Black on offroad trims, and paint on the soccer mom trims.

 

Yeah even on non Toyota products seems to be a new rage.

The fender on my 5th Gen trim is plastic I think and painted to match the body

Maybe it’s just me just not a fan of it, looks cheapened up but that’s just my opinion. The window trim in black on the doors I see fading enough on older 4Rs. Maybe more of an issue for those in south and hot sun

 

It looks like crap and fades

 

And it's already on fire.

 

I did not realize Audi had that option. I saw a new BMW tonight with that black plastic. It really made it look cheap and unfinished in my opinion too.

 

We are in the process of being conditioned for it I guess.

 

Less unpainted plastic, from Toyota’s site

 

Looks pretty boring to me. Looks like someone puked in the paint mix for sure.

 

I hate all the new paint colors. They all look so lacking in depth. If there’s no 6th gen I’ll be looking at a GX 550

 

Flat is definitely the fad right now. Look at Honda, Kia and other companies. Muted grays, muted blues, muted greens (Lunar Rock) are all the rage.

 

The color isn’t for me but the look is growing on me with the round headlights. Too bad I wouldn’t want the twin turbos or the price tag.

 

6Gen 4Runner

 

It would be awesome if they offered that emerald green.

 

No twin turbos on the Landcruiser. Or, are you referring to the GX?

That does look good!

 

I pretty much like this concept, except that It does not indicate a roll down rear window. I'm sure it's just a rendering, but I wanted to say that out loud just in case anyone from Toyota is listening.

 

Agreed, the back window rolling down is iconic to 4Runners

 

I'm worried about the rear window.

They got rid of it on the Sequoia and the Tundra.

That doesn't give me a lot of confidence that it will stay.

 

For me the moving rear window is just more moving parts to break and more weight with the motor. A flip up rear window would be much better and added to a split rear gate like on the 200 series Land Cruiser line would be even better. There's nothing like a split rear tailgate.

 

Can't open a flip up window while driving. Sounds like you need a Landcruiser.

 

I really like that low-profile snorkel. I know it won't be incorporated into any designs, just looks neato.

 

It looks pretty good, but remember, this is just another pixel artist drawing what they think the next 4Runner may be.

Don't get your hopes up or get disappointed for what you do like or do not link in any rendering, they are primarily just to generate clicks and revenue at their origin site.

 

In the background at 18:39 in that video you linked

 

With a 6th gen T4R, I’ve been thinking they’re gonna have to decrease the rear cargo area size to compensate for a longer front end. Assuming they lengthen the front end like they did with the Tacoma.

 

2024 Tacoma Trailhunter with snorkel.