View Poll Results: What is your favorite 4runner body style?
1st gen
287
26.95%
2nd gen
277
26.01%
3rd gen
434
40.75%
4th gen
67
6.29%
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What is your favorite 4runner body style?
#203
there will never be another 1st gen, i love em..but i own a 2nd, which i love. back before the family id have to go w/1st, but my 95 can do asmuch as a 1st, and haul the wife/kid round in comfort and quiet.
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I have an 85 1st gen, its my second 85, but the 3rd gens are such a clean looking vehicle, if they came with a V8 i'd buy one in a second. Oh and 4th gens are ugly.
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3rd gen hands down.
I dont think the 4th gen will ever grow on me.
2nd was a good platform to the end result( 3rd gen)
1st gen are cool. Takes me back to the Jeep days.
I dont think the 4th gen will ever grow on me.
2nd was a good platform to the end result( 3rd gen)
1st gen are cool. Takes me back to the Jeep days.
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The combination of the 1st gen and 2nd gen is really sweet. But over all I like the 1st gen the best. Thats why I held out for one. Having the removable top makes you feel less confined.
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They are all great but for me the 3rd gen and the first gen are far and away the best. Specifically an 85 solid axle 1st gen and a 3rd with the e-locker or at least the center locker.
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even though they are toyotas they wont last forever. So what are people gona do years down the road when they come down to the newest options. A 4th gen strictly trail-rig!!! just can't see it happening well I guess maybe toyota will have it figured out by then. The sturdy 1st gen and P/u's made toyota what it is. To bad they cant make some 85's again solid axle and all and sell them new for say... 5 grand. man that would be awesome.
#213
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The only way I'm able to deal with this is to have one of each (1-3) I'm too poor to have a G4. I think the G1 is cool and spartan, the G2 is the sexiest, the G3 is nicely refined for its era, and the 3.4 is a great powerplant. Newer than that and i'm outta the loop I'm afraid...
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I'm glad I found this thread - lots of great posts. There was a similar debate to this on another forum. I've had a 2nd gen and a 3rd gen 4 Runner in my past (currently in a Tacoma), and I have to go with the 3rd gen for styling, power and performance. I loved my 2nd gen, but that 3.0 V6 was vastly underpowered for the Colorado high country. I had to drop my 5 spd down to 3rd on the interstate to climb some of the passes.
I hated the 4th gen at first, but it's starting to grow on me. The minor styling changes in 06 were an improvement.
I hated the 4th gen at first, but it's starting to grow on me. The minor styling changes in 06 were an improvement.
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I have the 'O6, good power better look than the stupid squared off fender wells of prior years. Hate the stupid dial 4WD (why can't there be a lever damnit!). Do like having cup holders! LOL!! How come the top of the line model in 1986 had power everything but no cup holders? Ah well, atleast there's a lever!!!
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