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SEMA is that place where manufacturers find their playful side, a place where everything goes and nothing is too much. It makes sense, then, for Toyota to team up with Funrise Toy Corporation for this latest project of theirs.
Putting the “Toy” in “Toyota” is one of the best tag lines you’ll hear in a while, and unlike most of the others, this one actually has some real life backing. Funrise Toy Corporation is the manufacturer of Tonka toys for Hasbro, and at this year’s SEMA Show, they brought a life-size Tonka SUV with the help of the largest car manufacturer in the world.
To be perfectly honest, the Toyota 4Runner has a certain playful look about it as a factory setting, so it was the obvious choice out of the Japanese company’s lineup. Still, as you can very clearly see in the images below, the Tonka 4Runner required a lot of work in order to look the way it does.
And it looks like tons and tons of fun. You could say it seems prone to toppling over at the slightest gust of wind or the minutest misjudged maneuver, but let’s face it, that wouldn’t keep you from driving it. Fast, we might add.
Even though you might struggle to do that since the Tonka 4Runner keeps the same 4.0-liter V6 engine as the standard car, so with the added weight and those huge wheels, dynamic performances will come as a struggle. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, considering what we were saying earlier about the car being taller than wider...
The modifications are both extensive and extreme, but you can’t miss the ten-inch Bulletproof Suspension lift-kit, nor the 20 inch Ultra Motorsports Type 250 Colossus wheels wrapped in Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ 38x15.50R20LT off-road tires. And because you wouldn’t want to miss any piece of those tires at night, each wheel has Rigid Industries LED lights mounted above each of the four wheels.
But if you thought the Tonka 4Runner was high, it gets even better. On top of the car, there’s a roof-rack, and on that roof-rack, there’s a pop-up tent. This emphasizes the initial idea, which was to turn the 4Runner into the perfect vehicle for “the ultimate off-road adventure.”
The Tonka 4Runner - together with the rest of Toyota’s modified cars - can be seen at the company’s SEMA booth (#24700) in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
To be perfectly honest, the Toyota 4Runner has a certain playful look about it as a factory setting, so it was the obvious choice out of the Japanese company’s lineup. Still, as you can very clearly see in the images below, the Tonka 4Runner required a lot of work in order to look the way it does.
And it looks like tons and tons of fun. You could say it seems prone to toppling over at the slightest gust of wind or the minutest misjudged maneuver, but let’s face it, that wouldn’t keep you from driving it. Fast, we might add.
Even though you might struggle to do that since the Tonka 4Runner keeps the same 4.0-liter V6 engine as the standard car, so with the added weight and those huge wheels, dynamic performances will come as a struggle. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, considering what we were saying earlier about the car being taller than wider...
The modifications are both extensive and extreme, but you can’t miss the ten-inch Bulletproof Suspension lift-kit, nor the 20 inch Ultra Motorsports Type 250 Colossus wheels wrapped in Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ 38x15.50R20LT off-road tires. And because you wouldn’t want to miss any piece of those tires at night, each wheel has Rigid Industries LED lights mounted above each of the four wheels.
But if you thought the Tonka 4Runner was high, it gets even better. On top of the car, there’s a roof-rack, and on that roof-rack, there’s a pop-up tent. This emphasizes the initial idea, which was to turn the 4Runner into the perfect vehicle for “the ultimate off-road adventure.”
The Tonka 4Runner - together with the rest of Toyota’s modified cars - can be seen at the company’s SEMA booth (#24700) in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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