Similar to Toyota’s light-handed touch in updating the Tundra pickup truck for the new model year, the 4Runner boasts subtle, though welcome, changes for 2014. PickupTrucks.com Editor Mark Williams got up close and personal with the SUV while testing its formidable Trail edition in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains. The powertrain remains the same, but its style now hews closer to the automaker’s smaller FJ Cruiser, softening its appearance. Check out the video above for more, and be sure to catch Williams’ explanation of that curious “vortex generator” on the 4Runner’s rear end.
Former Assistant Managing Editor-News Matt Schmitz is a veteran Chicago journalist indulging his curiosity for all things auto while helping to inform car shoppers.