2024 Toyota Sequoia TRD Professional
Class: Giant SUV
Colour: Terra
Seating capability: 7
| CG Report Card | |
|---|---|
| Room and Consolation | B+ |
| Energy and Efficiency | B+ |
| Match and End | B |
| Gas Economic system | B |
| Worth | B |
| Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different autos in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim stage evaluated, and should not replicate Shopper Information’s impressions of your complete mannequin lineup. | |
| Massive & Tall Consolation | |
| Massive Man | A |
| Tall Man | B |
| Massive & Tall consolation rankings are for entrance seats solely. “Massive” ranking based mostly on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” ranking based mostly on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine Specs | 478-horsepower 3.4-liter |
| Engine Sort | Turbo hybrid V6 |
| Transmission | 10-speed automated |
| Drive Wheels | 4WD |
Miles pushed: 119
Noticed gasoline financial system: 16.5 mpg
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gasoline financial system: 19/22/20 (mpg metropolis/freeway/mixed)
Gas kind: Common fuel
Snow Efficiency: N/A
Base value: $78,710 (not together with $1850 vacation spot cost)
Choices on take a look at car: Panoramic roof ($500), sprint cam ($499), TRD roof rack ($1395)
Worth as examined: $81,104
Fast Hits
The nice: Ample energy, roomy and comfy cabin
The nice: Massive touchscreen, easy management structure, stable really feel
The not so good: Sophisticated cargo-area association, restricted Third-row consolation
Tom Appel:
Relating to advertising massive, body-on-frame SUVs, Normal Motors has an enormous leg up on the opposite carmakers within the phase. GM can attain value-oriented customers through the Chevrolet Tahoe and longer Suburban, upscale and off-road minded shoppers with the GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and luxurious patrons with the Cadillac Escalade, which can be supplied in two lengths.
Ford, too, has a bonus, advertising variations of the identical truck as the favored Ford Expedition, and opulent Lincoln Navigator. And, each the Expedition and Navigator are supplied in two lengths. Jeep, too, takes a two-pronged method to the massive SUV phase, although the jury is out on how profitable the Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer technique truly is.
To its credit score, Toyota isn’t making an attempt to cowl your complete big-rig area, as its 2024 Sequoia lineup doesn’t begin as affordably because the Tahoe (about $58,000), or peak as excessive because the Escalade (beginning round $84,000).
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The tidy, five-model Sequoia lineup begins with the bottom SR5 (about $63,000), and ascends by means of the midlevel Restricted ($69,000), upscale Platinum ($76,000), luxury-level Capstone ($80,000), and off-road-oriented TRD Professional ($81,000). 4WD is normal on the TRD Professional and Capstone, and optionally available on different trim ranges.
Redesigned for the 2023 mannequin 12 months, the Sequoia moved to Toyota’s versatile TNGA-F structure, which additionally underpins the model’s Tundra full-size pickup. With the redesign got here a brand new engine, Toyota’s i-Pressure Max powerplant, which mates a turbocharged, hybrid 3.4-liter V6 with a 10-speed automated transmission. The engine is rated at a stout 437 horsepower, up from 381 within the previous-generation Sequoia with its thirsty 5.7-liter V8.
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Shopper Information just lately spent per week behind the wheel of a 2024 Tundra TRD Professional in eye-catching Terra (that’s the colour). All advised, our full-size Toyota SUV rang in at $82,954, together with vacation spot cost.
The rugged-looking TRD Professional backs up its robust stance with some reputable off-road gear, most of which ought to ease the minds of Snowbelters simply on the lookout for a little bit insurance coverage the subsequent time the Midwest is walloped with one other “severe present occasion.”
Distinctive to the TRD Professional are 18-inch, black-finish BBS-brand alloy wheels shod with particular tires, Fox-brand shock absorbers with distant reservoir, a entrance stabilizer bar, protecting skid plates, an electronically managed locking rear differential, off-road driving modes, a crawl management system, a hill-descent management operate, and particular trim parts. Counterintuitively, TRD-brand working boards are additionally a part of the “Professional” gear group, which can must be eliminated earlier than the truck does any severe off-road work.
Inside, Sequoia’s shiny and fashionable cabin is each spacious and comfy. Inside trim is value acceptable, although might path in high quality considerably relative to the fittings present in higher trims ranges of the Expedition and Yukon. That mentioned, nothing appears to be like or feels low-cost.
Massive doorways and loads of area make the entrance two seating rows straightforward to entry and long-haul comfy. The third row, nonetheless, is one other story. Due to the hybrid drivetrain, the battery particularly, the threerd-row seats don’t fold flat into the ground. As a substitute, as a result of the battery lives down under the load flooring, the seatbacks merely fold down over the seat bottoms. To compensate for this, kind of, the Sequoia is provided with an adjustable cargo shelf that may be moved to permit for a steady load flooring. This appears like an undue trouble, and isn’t one thing patrons of $80,000 SUVs will wish to cope with. This association might show to be a deal breaker for shoppers seeking to do a whole lot of cargo hauling.
Moreover, the flat flooring within the 3rd-row limits legroom, and forces occupants of the rearmost seat into an uncomfortable “leg-out” place which won’t swimsuit bigger passengers nicely on lengthy journeys.
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In any other case, the cabin works nicely, as do the first controls. The big heart touchscreen handles mostly used capabilities, save for local weather, and does so merely and successfully sufficient. The display is straightforward to learn in direct gentle, and the icons straightforward to determine at a look. And, we discovered the 14-speaker JBL audio system as much as the duty of recreating the mid-century jazz most popular by this editor.
On the highway, the Sequoia TRD Professional strikes out neatly. The large, turbo V6 delivers loads of helpful energy, and boasts reassuring reserves of passing and merging muscle. There drivetrain isn’t excellent, nonetheless, we discovered the transmission inclined searching and extreme shifting at low velocity and when decelerating. The around-town transmission busyness can show annoying in stop-and-go site visitors, however trails off as speeds climb.
The Sequoia rivals the Expedition for the title of best-handling giant SUV. It feels nicely managed in most conditions, and doesn’t lean in corners with the identical sloppiness of different massive rigs. Moreover, by our seats of the pants, the TRD Professional rides extra comfortably than the Capstone we examined final 12 months. We suspect the Professional’s extra beneficiant tire sidewalls (275/65R-18 vs. the Capstone’s 265/50R-22) play a job is smoothing out the journey.
And as for the departed V8 engine: When final we examined an 8-cylinder-equipped Sequoia, we noticed a mixed 15.4 mpg in largely freeway driving. In largely metropolis driving, our 2024 tester returned 16.5 mpg, a greater than 1 mpg enchancment. The fuel-economy bump is made moreover spectacular on condition that the brand new Sequoia boasts 56 extra horsepower.
There’s an intangible worth to the TRD Professional that doesn’t play too nicely in our goal analysis: Presence. Throughout our analysis our take a look at truck garnered quite a few feedback concerning the colour and basic visible enchantment of the truck, all fairly optimistic. Certainly, the Sequoia appears to be like the a part of rugged, post-apocalyptic survivor, in the very best means.
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