Long term test cars
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A 600-mile road trip for Thanksgiving was an opportunity to discover the strengths and weaknesses of our long-term 2025 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium test vehicle.
By Jennifer Harrington
December 17, 2025
We've been charged more than $2,000 for charging our 2024 EV9 since we bought it, but thanks to 1,000 kilowatt-hours of free charging, our total bill is closer to $1,700.
By Brian Normile
November 19, 2025
It took us more than a year and nearly 20 charging sessions to use up the 1,000 kilowatt-hours of free charging we received with the purchase of our 2024 Kia EV9.
By Brian Normile
November 18, 2025
We’ve picked up a few minor blemishes in the finish of our long-term Toyota 4Runner, so we polished them out with a ceramic paint-correction product.
By Damon Bell
November 6, 2025
We recently took our long-term 2025 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium out for some higher-speed dirt-road driving as well as low-speed sand crawling.
By Mike Hanley
October 23, 2025
One of the neat features of our long-term 2025 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium is its removable JBL Flex portable Bluetooth speaker, but is it any good?
By Brian Normile
October 3, 2025
The 2025 Toyota 4Runner Hybrid has an impressive 22.9 cubic feet of measured cargo space that is among the largest in its class.
By Mike Hanley
September 2, 2025
The all-new 2025 4Runner hybrid is EPA-rated at 23 mpg combined, but how has ours performed after our first 5,000 miles of driving?
By Brian Normile
August 28, 2025
The 2025 Toyota 4Runner, takes an off-road-oriented, yet civilized, approach to hauling people and stuff, but how does it stack up for families?
By Jennifer Geiger
August 21, 2025
We’ve owned a 2025 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium for two months, and it’s already had its first service visit for two issues: a leaky moonroof and a broken front air dam.
By Mike Hanley
June 18, 2025
