Equipped to do more off-road, the TRD Pro Sequoia sacrifices on-road manners.
, which reached for the same muddy glory but was based on old bones and didn't share any lineage with the Land Cruiser. Every '23 Sequoia is modernized by way of a hybridized twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 producing 437 hp and 583 lb-ft of torque, mated to the same 10-speed automatic transmission. TRD Pros get standard four-wheel drive, which is optional on the SR5 up to the Limited, Platinum, and range-topping Capstone, which come standard with rear drive.
Despite the Sequoia's sheer size, its squared-off body is easy to place, a boon on tighter trails. We briefly scooted around an off-road course carved out of a hilly cow pasture in Texas, cycling through some alternating humps that lifted a wheel or two in the air, plus a steep rocky climb, and faster-paced rocky dirt track, and places where our visibility ran out.
Another potential source of noise? The rugged roof platform the TRD Pro comes standard with. We're only assuming it'd add to the cabin wind whoosh, however, because Toyota had either preemptively removed or failed to install the platform on the TRD Pros it made available to us to drive, though one was fitted to an example on static display.
The ride is much firmer, thanks to those Fox shocks. Those dampers worked well during our time on the faster dirt rally stage we ran the rig on, smoothing out harsher ride motions from rock impacts and ruts, but on pavement, smaller-amplitude washboard surfaces, and everyday expansion joints and cracks, the shocks are less successful. We noted a lot more head toss and a much stiffer ride on the freeway yet only a minor improvement in the Sequoia's body control while turning or stopping.
If you just gotta have the TRD Pro look—plus its nice features—and plan to spend more time off-road than on,can stomach the $78,395 price tag , go for it. Otherwise, most of the same hardware and capability can be had with fewer compromises in any lesser Sequoia optioned with the TRD Off Road kit.
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