Several years before the 4runner was introduced to the world an odd collaboration between Toyota and Winnebago produced a little known compact SUV conversion called the Trekker. Production numbers ...

In the last installment, we introduced our ’81 Toyota Trekker 4x4 and tore into the axles (“Import Upgrades,” Mar. ’15). Our truck had many of the common popular aftermarket Toyota solid-axle ...

We attacked the axles of our ’81 Toyota Trekker in Part One of “Import Upgrades” (Mar. ’15) and went to work on the rear suspension in Part Two (Apr. ’15). Our truck started with many of the common ...

Once upon a time, Toyota made a vehicle that preceded the 4Runner — we’ll sidestep the obvious puns of “3Runner” and “4Walker” — called the Toyota Trekker. It was a run of 4×4 Toyota truck conversions ...

Jay Traugott has been writing about and testing cars for over a decade. His passion for everything with four wheels began when he saw "Back to the Future" as a kid. The DeLorean DMC-12 remains his ...

It's doubtful that the engineers behind the first Toyota 4Runner ever thought their creation would be much of a sales success ...