Developed specifically for the North American market and launched in 2000 with its first-generation Model, the Toyota Sequoia Series has the largest body size setting in Toyota's U.S. sports SUV products, and after a 14-year sales cycle for the 2nd generation, Toyota has also recently released the 3rd generation Sequoia series in the U.S. market, offering SR5, Limited, Platinum, Capstone, and TRD Pro model class options, in addition to the TRD Pro With only a 4WD model setup, other models are available in 2-wheel drive and 4-wheel drive options, and the new model is expected to go on sale in the U.S. market in the summer of 2022.
The 3rd generation Sequoia series can be regarded as a sport SUV version of the new generation Tundra pickup truck, and uses the same chassis architecture foundation, the two share a god-like front car base exterior setting, but the Sequoia series has an exclusive water tank guard and front bumper design, in response to the exterior body shape of the sports SUV, the Sequoia series also has a redesigned LED taillight shape.
In terms of interior design, the 3rd generation Sequoia series provides 7-seater and 8-seat seater seating settings according to the model class, and adopts the same center console styling design as the new generation Tundra, and the entire car series is equipped with a 12.3-inch full-digital LCD screen and PVM surround display system as standard, while the high-end model has a 14-inch central touch screen, ventilated and heated ESC memory seats, electric steering wheel, electric folding of the third row of seats and inductive electric tailgates and other luxurious equipment settings.
In the power settings section, the 3rd generation Sequoia series does not offer two power settings compared to the new generation Tundra pickup, but only provides the i-Force Max, which is first seen in the new generation Tundra pickup, which uses a 3.5-liter V6 twin-turbo petrol engine with an electric motor to provide 437 chromovirus horsepower and 790N .m combined torque, and is set with a 10-speed automatic transmission. In addition, the 3rd generation Sequoia vehicle series is also equipped with the TSS 2.5 driver assistance system as standard, providing complete active safety assistance performance.