Mark Brundage 
2018 Toyota 4Runner SUV TRD OFF-ROAD Premium 4dr SUV 4WD (4.0L 6cyl 5A)
2018 4Runner Still Great After All These Years
 I recently went SUV shopping for my wife and I, and she really surprised me.  I had done some pre=shopping on my own as her work schedule isn't really car shopping friendly and had previewed many of the new crop of crossover cute utes (CRV, Rava4, Mazda CX-5) thinking that was what she's like.  Car like handling, AWD and good gas mileage.  What's not to like, so after we look at and test drive the above we are at the Toyota dealer and she's just not feeling any of the vehicles we've driven and says to the salesman and I , "I want something more substantial, tougher" and points to a 4Runner.  So we take it for a ride and she loves it.  Well, I guess after almost 32 years of marriage she can still surprise me occasionally.  So we make a deal, and the dealer doesn't have one on the lot with the equipment we want (TRD Off Roar Premium)  and they make a trade and get one from another dealer that is in transit from the port in NYC and have it  shipped to them.  We've had the truck for about three weeks now and have about 2000 mixed miles on it.  The truck rides great on bumps, tracks and handles well even in a torrential downpour on the highway, has great visibility day or night.  With the TRD Off Road options including terrain assist and electronic locking rear differential I know is going to make it awesome in the snow this winter, but I will provide an update to this review once I've substantiated that assumption. Now there are a few cons, it catches the wind a little bit going down the highway, and the fuel economy would be better with a 6 or 8 speed transmission, but overall Toyota has done an amazing job of tuning a body on frame SUV to ride and handle far better than it really should, have added a bunch of nice near luxury features such as Bluetooth phone integration, airbags galore, crawl control (look it up, it's pretty cool), computer controlled integration of the stability control, ABS and traction control systems to provide ridiculously strong off road capabilities, LED taillights and projector beam headlights that work really well without diluting all the things that made the 4Runner a super reliable, rugged go almost anywhere truck.  If you live in NYC (I grew up there) is the 4Runner the best choice for you, well maybe not the TRD Off Road or PRO versions, but if you live in rural Maine (which I do now) and need to get through Maine winters or want to go camping, or hiking or boating where others can't, then it gives up little while offering a lot.  Check it out.