With gas prices on the rise, the full-size SUV market is starting to dry up, but there is still plenty of competition for the 2013 Sequoia. Leading the charge against the Sequoia is fellow Japanese automaker, Nissan, and its Armada, which has a 5.6-liter V-8 with 317 horsepower, cloth seating for eight, an 8,200-pound towing capacity and a $40,710 base MSRP. Next up is the 2013 INFINITI JX35, which has a 265-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6 engine, a 3,500-pound towing capacity, seven-person cloth seating and a $41,150 base MSRP. The 2013 GMC Yukon is yet another competitor and it features a 320-horsepower, 5.3-liter V-8 engine, an 8,500-pound towing capacity, cloth seating for eight people and a $40,435 base price.
The full-size SUV market has dwindled down to only a few stragglers and several are more glorified minivans than SUVs, but that simply offers buyers a wide array of styles and features to select from. Toyota needs to keep pace with its competition if it hopes to keep its aging body-on-frame SUV alive and well.