Hardly had the dust settled on the 2025 4Runner reveal, and certain quarters of the internet were already declaring Toyota’s new SUV a disaster. Not for the absence of a V6 (much less a V8, which Toyota abandoned with the previous-generation 4Runner), but for its transmission. Though the old 4Runner hadn’t been offered with a manual option since 2000, that didn’t stop some fans from hoping the sixth-generation would bring it back. Instead, Toyota is only offering a single
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