Why it’s regarded as one of the best off-road-ready SUVs Toyota—or any automaker, for that matter—has ever produced. When the Toyota 4Runner hit the scene for the 1984 model year, it combined the ...

When the Toyota 4Runner debuted in 1984, the term "sport-utility vehicle" was new enough that it needed spelling out. The 4Runner played a large part in bringing SUVs to the mainstream. While the ...