2001 Toyota Sequoia Review

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For a Japanese company, Toyota sure has a lot of chutzpah. Fearlessly wading neck deep through a river into which no other import brand dared even dip a toe, they introduced the Indiana-built Tundra pickup last year, assaulting Detroit's full-size pickup monopoly. Emboldened by the sales success of that truck, this year Toyota turns to Detroit's other beloved profit bloc, full-size SUVs, with the Tundra-based Sequoia.

To put the V-8-powered Sequoia's in perspective, its 118.1-inch wheelbase and 203.9-inch overall length put it squarely between Chevy's 116-inch wheelbase and 198.9-inch long Tahoe and Ford's 119.1-inch wheelbase and 204.6-inch long Expedition. Toyota says a Sequoia SR5 4x4 will weigh in at 5270 pounds, which puts it smack between a similar Tahoe's claimed 5050 and a 5.4-liter powered 4x4 Expedition at 5447. That's a neat splitting of differences where the differences aren't perceived as all that great. Expect the price to fall right amid those two as well.

Gall, cojones, arrogance, nerve, temerity, balls... whatever you want to call it, Toyota's got a lot of it.