2022 Toyota 4Runner Borrows TRD Sport Trim From Tacoma
The 2022 Toyota 4Runner gains a new trim level that may sound familiar to those who have cross-shopped Toyota’s mid-size, body-on-frame vehicles: TRD Sport. Also offered on the Tacoma pickup truck, the TRD Sport has a similar mission for the 4Runner: Bolster on-road driving presence versus the off-road focus of trims like the 4Runner TRD Off-Road and beastliest TRD Pro. The TRD Sport is more like the 4Runner Limited, including some of its same road-going features, but otherwise decontented to presumably start at a lower price (full pricing for the 2022 4Runner has yet to be released as of this writing).
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Starting with the 4Runner’s SR5 base trim, the TRD Sport adds the Limited’s Cross-Linked Relative Absorber System (X-REAS) suspension, aka the fancy on-road suspension, which links shock absorbers on opposing ends of the SUV to better control body dive and squat over bumpy surfaces or cornering.
Other street-oriented add-ons include 20-inch wheels with gray accents, which replace the SR5’s standard 17-inch wheels, and unique styling tweaks including a TRD-style hood scoop, front spoiler and black roof rails in addition to color-keyed accents on the grille, rocker panels and body molding. Toyota’s SofTex imitation leather replaces the SR5’s cloth upholstery, with TRD embossing in the head restraints. TRD Sport floormats and a TRD shift knob finish things out.
While pricing isn’t currently available, the other TRD-lite trim, TRD Off-Road, starts at $41,905 for the 2021 model year with destination and standard four-wheel drive. The 2022 4Runner TRD Sport will come with rear- or-four-wheel drive, and all 2022 4Runners will have LED high-beam headlights complementing the currently standard LEDs for low beams and foglamps. Toyota is aiming the 2022 4Runner TRD Sport for a fall release date.
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