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Old Apr 27, 2013 | 08:35 PM
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Front end is absolutely hideous!!!!!
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Old Apr 27, 2013 | 10:11 PM
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Seriously ugly.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 12:58 AM
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I'll give it this. Despite It is hideously rugged, it will still inherently be a good and reliable off-roading vehicle
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 04:35 AM
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interior is upgraded via small touches everywhere, from colors to materials, to seats, to instruments... all together it looks nicer... also keeps that rugged look too.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 08:25 AM
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Damn, that front end looks ugly.

Needs a major surgery operation and stat.....
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackraven
Damn, that front end looks ugly.

Needs a major surgery operation and stat.....
i bet it will sell a lot better now, hah!
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 09:03 AM
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Sorry not a fan. Interior seems better.

To Toyota's credit they didn't turn the 4-Runner into a *****mobile like Nissan did with the MALLFINDER and stayed true to its roots.

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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 09:39 AM
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What's with these gimmicky styling on cars nowadays? They try to make the front ends more aggressive, but it just looks more rice.

This feature is what annoys me the most:




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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 09:43 AM
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^^^ I'm assuming its a huge air duct to cool those giant Brembo brakes on the 4-Runner.....

Oh wait...
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by GSteg
What's with these gimmicky styling on cars nowadays? They try to make the front ends more aggressive, but it just looks more rice.

This feature is what annoys me the most:




Inspired by:





Agreed. That's where it failed. It's purposely an off-road SUV, not a sports car. They splurged stealing the wrong category.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 10:35 AM
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Not great, but a huge improvement over the current model. The 2009 is still a cleaner design though.

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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 11:29 AM
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It's not that bad, but the front end is too agressive for the rest of the car. Lots of flat metal on the sides and a boring rear. Same criticism of the GS. Toyota needs to realize that agressive design doesn't stop after the front quarter panels.
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CincyBrad
It's not that bad, but the front end is too agressive for the rest of the car. Lots of flat metal on the sides and a boring rear. Same criticism of the GS. Toyota needs to realize that agressive design doesn't stop after the front quarter panels.
Hehe perhaps

But with the GS, at the very least, it turned out to be quite well.

In the case of this 4RUNNER, the new front grille is simply EPIC FAIL
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Blackraven
Hehe perhaps

But with the GS, at the very least, it turned out to be quite well.

In the case of this 4RUNNER, the new front grille is simply EPIC FAIL
better not let the kids see it
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Old Apr 28, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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Not feeling it at all.
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