2004 Toyota Sequoia Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Toyota Sequoia:

The Tundra is a paragon of refinement and thus provides the basis for one very pleasant sport-utility vehicle.

-- Automobile

The powerplant is clean enough to earn the Sequoia ULEV (ultra-low-emissions vehicle) status.

-- Automobile

There are 10 cupholders, four 12-volt power outlets and a retractable rear window in the rear hatch.

-- AutoWeek

...power rear window... can be activated with a remote key fob...

-- Canadian Driver

Though it's based on a truck chassis, the Sequoia's drivetrain, brakes and safety features are really quite sophisticated.

-- Canadian Driver

Even with over ten inches of ground clearance, it is not as much of a chore to get up into the truck as you might think.

-- Cars Everything

...the Sequoia is also very civilized, quiet, comfortable, and, in the Limited version we drove, very luxurious.

-- New Car Test Drive

We loved the smooth and powerful V8 engine. It's a marvel of a power plant, and this truck needs all of its 240 horsepower. The transmission, too, was seamless in operation.

-- New Car Test Drive

Getting to the third-row seat was, as such bend-and-fold moves go, easy.

-- USA Today

What reviewers liked least about the Toyota Sequoia:

...the clock is mounted far too low in center of the dash and is obscured by the climate control switches.

-- New Car Test Drive

...getting back there [to the third-row seats] will take a bit of mountain goat scrambling.

-- The Car Connection

...steering felt slightly darty... Front suspension wasn't as well-controlled as expected.

-- USA Today

Toyota Sequoia Comparisons:

... in direct competition with the Chevy Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Ford Expedition, while offering world-class Toyota fabrication and reliability.

-- Car and Driver

rivals are equipped with their much more powerful optional engines.

-- Cars Everything

...compare similarly equipped Expeditions and Tahoe/Yukons, and you'll find that the Sequoia prices out almost identical...

-- Edmunds.com

...it's actually bigger than a Chevrolet Tahoe and about equal in size to a Ford Expedition. That's a big dog. Not quite Ford Excursion or Hummer proportions, but still a near-monster truck.

-- New Car Test Drive

Best one-liner about the Toyota Sequoia:

...among one of only a handful of words in the English language that uses up all five vowels.

-- AutoWeek