2024 Toyota Sequoia TRD Professional
Class: Massive SUV
Coloration: Terra
Seating capability: 7
CG Report Card
Room and ComfortB+
Energy and PerformanceB+
Match and FinishB
Gasoline EconomyB
ValueB
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 degree evaluated, and will not replicate Client Information’s impressions of your complete mannequin lineup.
Large & Tall Consolation
Large GuyA
Tall GuyB
Large & Tall consolation rankings are for entrance seats solely. “Large” score primarily based on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” score primarily based on 6’6″-tall male tester.
Drivetrain
Engine Specs478-horsepower 3.4-liter
Engine TypeTurbo hybrid V6
Transmission 10-speed automated
Drive Wheels4WD
Miles pushed: 119
Noticed gasoline economic system: 16.5 mpg
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gasoline economic system: 19/22/20 (mpg metropolis/freeway/mixed)
Gasoline sort: Common gasoline
Snow Efficiency: N/A
Base worth: $78,710 (not together with $1850 vacation spot cost)
Choices on check automobile: Panoramic roof ($500), sprint cam ($499), TRD roof rack ($1395)
Value as examined: $81,104
Fast Hits
The nice: Ample energy, roomy and comfy cabin
The nice: Large touchscreen, easy management format, strong really feel
The not so good: Difficult cargo-area association, restricted Third-row consolation
Tom Appel:
Relating to advertising and marketing massive, body-on-frame SUVs, Basic Motors has an enormous leg up on the opposite carmakers within the section. GM can attain value-oriented consumers by way of the Chevrolet Tahoe and longer Suburban, upscale and off-road minded customers with the GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and luxurious patrons with the Cadillac Escalade, which can also be provided in two lengths.
Ford, too, has a bonus, advertising and marketing variations of the identical truck as the favored Ford Expedition, and opulent Lincoln Navigator. And, each the Expedition and Navigator are provided in two lengths. Jeep, too, takes a two-pronged method to the massive SUV section, although the jury is out on how profitable the Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer technique truly is.
To its credit score, Toyota isn’t trying to cowl your complete big-rig discipline, 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 customary on the TRD Professional and Capstone, and non-compulsory 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-Power 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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Client Information just lately spent every week behind the wheel of a 2024 Tundra TRD Professional in eye-catching Terra (that’s the colour). All informed, our full-size Toyota SUV rang in at $82,954, together with vacation spot cost.
The rugged-looking TRD Professional backs up its powerful stance with some official off-road gear, most of which ought to ease the minds of Snowbelters simply in search of just a little insurance coverage the following 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 operating boards are additionally a part of the “Professional” gear group, which can should be eliminated earlier than the truck does any severe off-road work.
Inside, Sequoia’s brilliant and trendy cabin is each spacious and comfy. Inside trim is worth applicable, although could path in high quality considerably relative to the fittings present in higher trims ranges of the Expedition and Yukon. That mentioned, nothing seems to be or feels low cost.
Large doorways and loads of area make the entrance two seating rows straightforward to entry and long-haul snug. The third row, nevertheless, is one other story. Due to the hybrid drivetrain, the battery particularly, the Third-row seats don’t fold flat into the ground. As a substitute, as a result of the battery lives down beneath the load ground, the seatbacks merely fold down over the seat bottoms. To compensate for this, form of, the Sequoia is provided with an adjustable cargo shelf that may be moved to permit for a steady load ground. This seems like an undue problem, and isn’t one thing patrons of $80,000 SUVs will need to cope with. This association could show to be a deal breaker for customers trying to do a number of cargo hauling.
Moreover, the flat ground within the Third-row limits legroom, and forces occupants of the rearmost seat into an uncomfortable “leg-out” place which is not going to swimsuit bigger passengers properly on lengthy journeys.
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In any other case, the cabin works properly, as do the first controls. The massive heart touchscreen handles mostly used capabilities, save for local weather, and does so merely and successfully sufficient. The display screen is straightforward to learn in direct mild, and the icons straightforward to establish 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 street, the Sequoia TRD Professional strikes out neatly. The massive, turbo V6 delivers loads of helpful energy, and boasts reassuring reserves of passing and merging muscle. There drivetrain will not be excellent, nevertheless, we discovered the transmission inclined looking and extreme shifting at low velocity and when decelerating. The around-town transmission busyness can show annoying in stop-and-go visitors, however trails off as speeds climb.
The Sequoia rivals the Expedition for the title of best-handling giant SUV. It feels properly 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 trip.
And as for the departed V8 engine: When final we examined an 8-cylinder-equipped Sequoia, we noticed a mixed 15.4 mpg in principally freeway driving. In principally 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 properly in our goal analysis: Presence. Throughout our analysis our check truck garnered quite a few feedback concerning the colour and common visible enchantment of the truck, all fairly constructive. Certainly, the Sequoia seems to be the a part of rugged, post-apocalyptic survivor, in the very best approach.
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