![]() You'd think that would be considered a plus for an off-road-capable vehicle where you want incremental application of the throttle. Really, I don't get why this bothers people. When most people talk about the Runner being slow, they seem to be reacting to the engineering decision Toyota made to have an accelerator that is very easy to modulate. That device isn't increasing power one iota, it's just reducing the distance you have to push down the accelerator pedal. The fact that the Runner has sufficient power is illustrated by how happy people are when they add a pedal commander. There are plenty of crossovers that get similar 0-60 times. That's hardly slow, especially for a vehicle that's designed to do what this vehicle is designed to do. I've seen other tests produce similar numbers. In real world testing, Car and Driver measured a 7.7 second 0-60 time. Click to expand.I'd like to add that there's hardly anything wrong with a motor putting out 270 HP and 280 lbs of torque.
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