2027 Toyota Sequoia Trailhunter Quick Drive: The Trailhunter Finally Comes to the Sequoia

Pre-production Quick Drive from the Texas Auto Writers Association’s Truck Rodeo. Pricing for the 2027 Sequoia Trailhunter has not been announced.

I think this one’s important. It’s the first time the Trailhunter has been on the Sequoia and the Trailhunter package is on the 2027 Tundra as well. Toyota has been building toward this, and I think it fits the Sequoia well.

I drove this one at TAWA’s annual Truck Rodeo at Eagles Canyon Raceway, where we spent the day putting new trucks and SUVs on off-road courses.

What the Trailhunter Package Is

The Trailhunter isn’t its own trim. It’s a package on the Sequoia SR5.

Toyota adds:

• Old Man Emu shocks and upgraded suspension
• 18-inch bronze Trailhunter wheels with 33-inch Michelin LTX Trail tires (265/70R18)
• Rigid Industries LED fog lights with selectable color
• Front recovery hooks
• Extra-coverage aluminum front and rear differential skid plates
• Exclusive Trailhunter badging

It also comes with Multi-Terrain Select (Mud, Sand, Rock, Mogul, Dirt and Auto), Crawl Control, the Multi-Terrain Monitor camera system and a locking rear differential.

Power comes from Toyota’s 3.4-liter twin-turbo i-FORCE MAX hybrid V6 with a 10-speed automatic and 4WD. Toyota quotes 437 horsepower and 583 lb-ft for the 2027 Sequoia, and up to 9,520 pounds of towing when properly equipped.

Inside, you get the 14-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, SiriusXM and a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster. Toyota Safety Sense 4.0 is standard. For towing, there’s an integrated trailer brake controller, a Class-IV hitch with 7-pin and 4-pin connectors, Trailer Backup Guide, Trailer Blind Spot Monitor and a trailer camera.

The Course: Adventure, Not Extreme

I ran the Sequoia on the Adventure course. It’s not the extreme course, but it’s a little more challenging than the rally course, and I think it’s more like what people would actually buy this for. It’s kind of a find-the-trail Trailhunter, and this was a decent trail.

This was more overlanding, ranch-style off-road. We weren’t climbing rocks or doing a lot of articulation. The course had some of the harder stuff, with bypasses around the more extreme sections. It covered rough patches of ground and large pebble-style rocks, and climbed up and back down a decent-sized hill.

I stayed in 4-high the whole time.

People were taking the Sequoia Trailhunter on the extreme course, and it handles it just fine. This one’s dirty to prove it. I just decided to take it on something more fitting to its nameplate. Stay tuned for the TRD Pro taking on the extreme course though.

Why It Makes Sense on the Sequoia

It’s a Sequoia. It’s nice, and I like everything in it. I’m glad they brought the Trailhunter nameplate to it.

I can see people putting a bed in the back, folding those seats down and camping out of it. It’s the same idea with the Tundra Trailhunter, where people put a camper on the back and go overlanding. People are already doing this, and it’s cool that Toyota built a factory package for it.

Pricing

Toyota hasn’t announced pricing for the 2027 Sequoia Trailhunter package yet. The 2027 Sequoia lineup starts at $69,900 MSRP, but that’s the base Sequoia, not the Trailhunter. We’ll update this when package pricing is out.

The Verdict

Overall, it’s a fantastic vehicle with no big complaints. The Trailhunter brings real overlanding hardware to a three-row family SUV.

Coming soon: we shot video of Toyota’s TRD Pro trucks at the Truck Rodeo, and it’s getting its own post. Stay tuned.