Four Wheeler crowns Ultimate Factory 4x4... who wins?

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Nearly every automaker doing business in the SUV or pickup truck segments offers a package designed to improve the off-road capabilities of its wares. But, of course, not all such factory kits are created equal. How, then, to separate the wheat from the chaff? Gather each of them up and put them through their paces, naturally.

The folks from Four Wheeler and PickupTrucks.com joined forces to run just such a comparison test, with the winner named the Ultimate Factory 4x4. A total of seven vehicles showed up to the fight: the 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 2012 Nissan Frontier PRO-4X and Xterra PRO-4X, 2012 Ram Power Wagon, and 2012 Toyota 4Runner Trail and Tacoma TRD T|X Baja Series.

With the contestants in place, the whole crew put each vehicle through a battery of tests that included skidpad and acceleration measurements, a hillclimb, a rocky stairstep course and a rock garden. Considering the nature of the beasts, on-road ride and comfort were not part of the routine.

So, which four-wheeler ended up on top? Click here to read the results, and don't act like you're surprised by the victor.Four Wheeler crowns Ultimate Factory 4x4... who wins? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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[the chief]

Not surprised at the winner. A Ford pick-up taking second is impressive though.

 

[diddy2003]

I really like that Tacoma. I never heard of the Baja package. Those are great little pickups. I might have to go check one out.

 

[Kane]

The baja package is new this year. I bought a 2011 Tacoma trd sport and love it so far. I do not offroad with it but it tows great, handles amazing for a truck and looks sweet. I have no buyers remorse what so ever.

 

[diddy2003]

The baja package is new this year. I bought a 2011 Tacoma trd sport and love it so far. I do not offroad with it but it tows great, handles amazing for a truck and looks sweet. I have no buyers remorse what so ever.

Have you done anything to it yet? There are a bunch of guys on my job with them they all love it. They used to offer a TRD supercharger right from the factory, is it still an option? I think it gets the HP up to around 280 ish.