Toyota 4Runner gave an interesting place for itself. Truck -based four -wheel drive vehicles, adventure backed cars are not like a thorny Jeep Wrangler or Ford BroncoHowever, it provides the same level of rugged roads. It does this while being more comfortable and more reliable.
4Runner has no real competitor. Its closest competitors are either full machines, on rough roads or crawls of the soft commercial center. But Honda hopes to bridge the gap – literally and metaphorically – with her new Passport Trailsport.
More than just a copy of medium -sized SUVs, The Passport Trailsport gets a set of real and useful promotions, ready for the new year. This gives her the opportunity to fight against 4Runner – or at least, this is what Honda wants you to think about.
We wanted to get to know ourselves, so we took the SUV to the Nora Road-Road Facility in New York State on a rainy spring day to give them a real group side by side.
Toyota 4Runner: The Legend on Row roads
Photo: Brian Silvulu / Motor 1
Toyota 4runner TRD on rough roads
Pros: effective capabilities, rough roads, highly improved cabin
Negatives
Now in the sixth generation, Toyota 4Runner It makes great steps in living. It is easier to integrate into daily life without giving up the amazing performance that increases the rocks that made previous versions very excellent. Like the former 4runners, this structure uses the structure on the borrowed body of tacoma pickup, so it still looks like a truck behind the wheel, but in a charming way.
The largest development of this sixth generation 4Runner under the hood. It has been the old V-6, and it is replaced by the four 278 hp and 317 lb-pound. Spend more money, and you can get a hybrid version, like our test. It is the option to generate our favorite strength, as it offers 326 hp and 465 pounds. This is enough for a time of 0-60 miles per hour less than 7.0 seconds on the TRD-and not bad for a wild platform.
The gearbox, which was previously ancient five -speed unit, was upgraded with three additional front gears. Along with the engine, it brings the movement of 4runner to the twenty -first century. Regardless of the gunman who comes from being a vehicle in the frame of the body, 4Runner engines like most modern SUVs-and this means: comfortably.
Along with the engine, it brings the movement of 4runner to the twenty -first century.
It is the same from the inside. The comprehensive comprehensive repair of 4runner includes large screens, Apple wireless Carplay, and the available wireless phone. The 14.0 -inch touch screen dominates the experiment completely, as it generates a bright and beautiful glow on the central console.
Although there are no many luxury dates, we appreciate a set of material controls for things such as climate control and size. More importantly, the interior design – like most Toyota – goes beyond everything on the road. There is a reason because 4runner is very loved. This new is no exception.
Honda Passport Trailsport: The Up-AND-ROMER
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Honda Passport Trailsport
Pros: Brawny, V-6 PowerTrain, and luxurious cabin space look
Negatives: They look more capable than they are, not very fuel
If 4runner is rough road with slices on roads, the Passport Trailsport is on off -road with rough road slices. Unlike Toyota, Honda is more than pedestrians in nature, with a monochromatic structure that holds everything together. In essence, this means that he is approaching the regular sedan from the pickup truck, all other things are equal.
This does not mean that the passport completely Amor from him off the sidewalk, though. In our original test, we found that Trailsport is more capable than expected, able to pass more obstacles than the version issued thanks to some major engineering updates.
Trailsport gets its own suspension setting, restarted by Honda to improve off -road performance. There are 8.3 inches of ground clearance to play with an angle of the 23 -degree approach of expected. While these numbers are worse than 4Runner, they are still sufficient to get some fun.
If 4runner is rough road with slices on roads, the Passport Trailsport is on off -road with rough road slices.
A light peek, you will find a metal sliding plate that protects the engine, a gas tank and a new 10 -speed automatic transmission. The tires, General Grabber All-TERRAINS, are actually more aggressive than Rubber Michelin Defender LTX on the 4runner TRD off-road.
There is also some useful technology in Trailsport as well, such as the front and side cameras to discover SUVs on narrow paths. Hill control-the first such system to be implemented in any Honda-is also.
Do not make mistakes, this passport has real off -road slices.
How do SUVs accumulate on a real rough road?
Photo: Brian Silvulu / Motor 1
Photo: Jeff Perez / Motor 1
Nora offers a large number of classrooms and different training units of road lines from all levels of skills, and with all types of equipment. Whether you are an old warrior with Rangeler outside or a new adventurer with Subaru, a Subarro, there is a course you enjoy here.
Knowing the capabilities of 4Runner, we choose some of the most stringent obstacles to property to bend their muscles; Pass the faces of transparent cliffs, slippery slopes, and scroll through deep river passes, etc. After flipping the driving to a low -wheel drive, TRD ignores off -road all of this.
The rear difference in the lock makes the ripples in the garden, while controlling the adjustable landing allows me to roam the hills without even touching the pedals. Thanks to 4.1 inch 4.1 inches, you will touch any rocks for an hour of militant crawl. Although the vision is not completely great, the group of external cameras make the truck mode simple.
Knowing the capabilities of 4Runner, we choose some of the most stringent obstacles to property to fold their muscles … After driving to low -wheel drive, TRD ignores off -road all of this.
The only thing that prevents him from paying actually supporting areas is the side steps of the truck-without this excavation go anywhere.
Because we are real, allocated journalists obsessed with the search for the truth, we gave the passport the opportunity to address many obstacles themselves. Since Trailsport uses a mono frame, there is no approximately expression of fate, which makes some sections more difficult to overcome. There is no low difference or lock, which also means that we only have to rely on the I-VTM4 SUV, which turns torque in Honda.
The allegations to Honda, although we have never stumbled once in the passport. Patrick George, the editor -in -chief of our sister website INSIDEEVSHave you done an unimaginable funnel, Ltd. with a difficult set of tracks lined with rocks and sharp drops. All terrain frames do a lot of work, but AWD also does its work with courage.
But the act of rugged roads Honda is more tired. There is no low range that means that we have to use SUV often to remove obstacles, which means less accurate and some frightening moments. Lack of earthquake also means that we are almost constantly testing this Skidplate, as the metal protective comes into contact with sharp rocks every few minutes or so. We have passed from the pain as the scraping sounds grew with a louder and upper sound.
So, although Passport Trailsport will go on off -road, you will definitely not enjoy yourself.
Although the props to Honda-we never attached once in the passport … all the terrain frames make a lot of work, the AWD system also does its duty.
If you are planning to spend any real time to treat real obstacles on rough roads, get 4Runner. The immediate torque of the hybrid system makes it easy to adjust more stringent sections, while the ground permit and the expression of suspension are much more than Honda preparation towards the roads.
Passport 285 hp V-6 is a nice thing to use on the road; It is smooth and more than able to run tasks or integrate on the highway. But the peak of torque is present in the RPM range, so it is not easy to adjust the energy when crawling at less than 1 mile per hour.
If you only plan to perform off -road off -road, such as the camp site or on the Praling tracks, the Passport Trailsport is an excellent option. On standard dirt roads, it is more comfortable in SUVs. The interior of Honda is a more beautiful place to spend time, and although it will not be effective in fuel consumption, it is a little cheaper, starting from $ 49900 for $ 53440 than Toyota.
Think about TRILSPORT trim as a policy of insurance for this last tilt of travel, as you are not sure whether you are going to manufacture this unsusply corridor or to your favorite walking path base. Although it is definitely able, it is still only 4Runner.
