SUV isn’t exactly suited to high-speed dirt road action. It’s heavy, soft, and takes up a lot of space—qualities you’d want in a family-friendly daily-driver, not a rally car. But with enough bravery, even the giant Toyota utility vehicle can carve through a gravel stage sideways.
Wyatt Knox, head instructor at the Team O’Neil Rally School in New Hampshire, managed to get his hands on a 2012 Toyota Sequoia Limited to discover its (very low) limits. Based on the 4Runner, it has a V-8 paired to a six-speed automatic, but has to lug around 6,000 pounds of…
