Production chronology1984–open
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Toyota / Model record
Toyota4Runner
Production1984 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassSport utility vehicle
Power326 hp
Background
The Toyota 4Runner is an SUV manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota and marketed globally since 1984, across six generations. In Japan, it was marketed as the Toyota Hilux Surf and was withdrawn from the market in 2009. 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. All 4Runners have been built in Japan at Toyota's plant in Tahara, Aichi, or at the Hino Motors plant in Hamura.
Text adapted from “Toyota 4Runner” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1984–2026
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years1996–2026
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗31 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1989–2022
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗34 years
Research notes
Body-on-frame SUV derived from the Hilux, retaining a truck-based ladder frame and low-range transfer case — a rare holdout against the unibody-crossover trend among competitors.