If you’re eyeing a third-generation Toyota 4Runner, you might want to pull the trigger sooner rather than later. An exceptionally clean, low-mileage N180 4Runner recently sold for $52,800 at Mecum’s 2026 Indianapolis Auction, surpassing expectations and seeming to confirm the auction house’s intuition that 1990s 4Runners might be at the crest of a new wave of collector cars.
This 1996 SR5 model was highlighted by Mecum as one to watch ahead of the auction. About two weeks before it was scheduled to cross the block, the 4Runner was getting more clicks than any other lot in the catalog, which was stuffed with more typical collector-car auction fare like vintage muscle cars and rare supercars. Mecum expected the 4Runner to sell for between $35,000 and $45,000, so the actual result is a bit surprising.
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Author: Stephen Edelstein
