In that sense, all three vehicles were more than simply conventional pickup trucks with a fiberglass shell included.ġ985 Toyota 4Runner with the rear canopy removed Like the Bronco and the Blazer, the Hilux Surf/4Runner also did not have a wall attached to the front section behind front seats as the regular Hilux did. The implementation was borrowed from both the second generation Ford Bronco, and the Chevrolet K5 Blazer, both short-bed trucks with removable fiberglass shells over the rear sections and having bench seats installed in the back. Changes included the removal of the panel with integrated rear window from behind the front seats, the addition of rear seats, and a removable fiberglass canopy. The Hilux had undergone a major redesign in 1983 for the 1984 model year.
TOYOTA FOUR RUNNER SERIES
20 to 30 of the Trekker kits were sold and shipped to Saudi Arabia for installation.įor the first generation N60 series Hilux Surf and export specification 4Runner introduced in 1983, Toyota, instead of developing an entirely new model, modified the existing Hilux (N50/N60/N70) with short-bed pickup body. An additional unknown number of Trekker kits, likely less than 200, were shipped to Canada to be installed on Canadian trucks at the dealerships. The factory Toyota vinyl cab headliner was replaced and matched to the custom rear canopy headliner.Ībout 1500 of the Trekkers were built and sold in the United States. The kit included a folding rear seat that could be folded forward to lay flat and add cargo space to the back. The Trekker conversion consisted of a fiberglass tub, bed sides, a non-removable canopy and rear hatch. Most of the Trekker conversions sold went to the west coast of the United States. From there they went to Winnebago to have the Trekker conversion installed, returned after completion to the dealership for national distribution. The trucks destined for production as Trekkers were shipped to the dealership handling the national distribution of the Trekker. Toyota shipped all trucks from Japan as cab and chassis in order to avoid the 25% assembled truck customs tax.
TOYOTA FOUR RUNNER WINDOWS
Unvented windows were installed due to leaking issues of a forward facing vent on the 1981 Trekkers canopy windows rather than the equipment level. Non-vented canopy windows were not installed on the Trekker until the 1982 model year. All 1981 Trekkers had vented canopy windows. Originally there were to be a SR5 and Deluxe version of the Trekker, one with vented windows and one without. All of the Trekkers were classified as SR5 by both Winnebago and Toyota, regardless of the actual VIN denotation. The Trekkers were all built on the short wheelbase Hilux chassis. The Trekker was produced from early 1981 through 1983. The Trekker was no longer viable when Toyota started producing the 4Runner in 1984, having in essence acted as a marketing test vehicle for that vehicle. They were similar to the successive 4Runner conversions done by Toyota, which started production in 1984, but were designed and built by Winnebago Industries with the approval of Toyota. The Trekker was one of the first prototype walk through conversions done to Toyota trucks in the early 1980s. The 4Runner had 3.9 percent of vehicles over 200,000 miles (320,000 km), according to the study. The 4Runner came in at number five in a 2019 study by ranking the longest-lasting vehicles in the US. įor some markets, the Hilux Surf was replaced in 2005 by the similar Fortuner, which is based on the Hilux platform.Īs of 2021, the 4Runner is marketed in the Bahamas, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, the United States and Venezuela. The name 4Runner was created as a play on the term "forerunner," since the sport utility vehicle was the first of its kind for Toyota with an emphasis on its 4x4 capability and seating for four.
The agency held contests to invent new names for Toyota's forthcoming vehicles. The name "4Runner" was created by copywriter Robert Nathan with the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising company. All 4Runners have been built in Japan at Toyota's plant in Tahara, Aichi, or at the Hino Motors (a Toyota subsidiary) plant in Hamura.
The original 4Runner was a compact SUV and little more than a Toyota Hilux pickup truck with a fiberglass shell over the bed, but the model has since undergone significant independent development into a cross between a compact and a mid-size SUV. In Japan, it was marketed as the Toyota Hilux Surf ( Japanese: トヨタ・ハイラックスサーフ, Hepburn: Toyota Hairakkususāfu) and was withdrawn from the market in 2009. The Toyota 4Runner is an SUV manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota and marketed globally since 1984, across five generations. Toyota Fortuner/SW4 (Southeast Asia/South America).
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