Future of Automobiles :: science

Future of AutomobilesLately the trim back in cars has been anything but. Lately in the United States the trend has moved toward the SUV or the Sports Utility Vechile. Thats Right the family station wagon and the Minivan are things of the past and I am going to take you through a thorough interrogative my favorite the Toyota 4Runner Ltd 1997 Toyota 4Runner Limited 4WD WHATS NEW FOR 1997 All-new 4Runner debuts with more interior room, stronger engines, triplex airbags, new colors, and a top-of- the-line Limited trim level. For the first time, the 4Runner boasts a extraordinary chassis and sheetmetal not shared with the Tacoma pickup. PROS AND CONS Pros Great looks and ground-pounding performance work on the 4Runner an grand choice for people who love the great outdoors as puff up as those who just want to look like they do. Cons Steep worth and choppy highway ride temper our enthusiasm for this otherwise cracking truck. For Successful five-year run, the second-generation Toyot a 4Runner has been retired, and not a moment too soon. Fresh in 1990, the 4Runner aged quickly as the sport utility market explode and other automakers introduced larger, safer and more tendinous rivals. By 1995, the compact pickup-based 4Runner offered little, other than Toyotas spirit for reliability, to entice buyers. For 1996, Toyota has separated this high-volume SUV from its pickup truck roots. The new 4Runner shares little with the Tacoma pickup. As a result, engineers have created a more refined vehicle without sacrificing clod off-road ability. Suspension travel and tread width are both up to improve off-road ability, ride, and handling. The interior is larger in every direction, thanks to a wheelbase that is two inches longer than the previous version. A lower floor and wider doors make getting into and out of the 4Runner less of an exercise in contortionism. Rear phase room is up by three inches, and cargo space has been amend as well. Two engines are available on th e 4Runner a 2.7-liter inline 4 cylinder that makes 150 horsepower at 4800 rpm and 177 pounds- feet of torque at 4000 rpm., and a 3.4-liter V-6 producing 183 horsepower at 4800 rpm and 217 pounds-feet of torque at 3600 rpm. These figures run a substantial improvement over the old anemic four cylinder and wheezy V-6 -- in fact, the new 2.7-liter four is more powerful than the 1995 models 3.0-liter six.