Episode 482 of "Talking Cars with Consumer Reports" covers driving the Toyota 4Runner. The podcast panel also discusses Econ mode in the Honda CR-V.

Sean is a JDM and off-road enthusiast of many years, and automotive photographer. He holds a B.A. in Literature and Writing Studies, A.A. in Communications, and an A.A. in English. He is published in ...

The genuinely new 2025 Toyota 4Runner is a major upgrade from the long-lived previous generation, and it delivers more of just about everything. At its best, the new model is longer, wider, taller, ...

You may know the signs of a key fob with a bad battery: having to press the button multiple times or getting close to the car for activation to kick in. Sometimes the functions engage, and at other ...

Strolling into a local Toyota dealership back in 1985 could have you driving off the lot with a brand-new 4Runner SR5 for around $11,998, or $35,770 at 2025 prices. It's not hyperbole to say that ...

Rugged, reliable and downright cool — it’s easy to see why the Toyota 4Runner remains one of the most lust-worthy off-road SUVs in the US. But it may have some competition on the way, and not from a ...

Gone are when you couldn't start your car's engine without a physical key. Modern vehicles today come with key fobs that are more useful than just starting your car and locking and unlocking its doors ...

Toyota's main celebration for the marketing spring season of 2025 is the drive to "rediscover adventure" with "Your Window to the Wild," which puts the focus squarely on the sixth-generation N500 ...

The all-new, sixth-generation Toyota 4Runner is finally here, ending a 15-year reign in showrooms for the previous version of Toyota's rock-crawling mid-sized SUV. Toyota's new interpretation of the ...

Ian Wright was born in England and obsessed with all things on four wheels. Now, he lives in California and writes about and photographs cars. His career path has veered between cars, including ...

It's doubtful that the engineers behind the first Toyota 4Runner ever thought their creation would be much of a sales success. It was, after all, a pretty odd vehicle by 1984 standards, not a ...

It's been 25 years since you could buy a new Toyota 4Runner with a do-it-yourself gearbox. The body-on-frame mid-size SUV said goodbye to its optional manual transmission after the 2000 model year, ...