2009 Toyota Sequoia Platinum 4WD FFV

Distinguishing the 2009 Toyota Sequoia Platinum 4WD FFV is, as its moniker implies, the standard 5.7-liter V8 Flex Fuel engine, allowing this full-size SUV to burn E85 ethanol gasoline. Managed by a standard six-speed automatic transmission with overdrive, the Flex Fuel V8 is capable of 381 hp and 401 lb-ft of torque at 13/18 mpg.

Equipped identically to the rest of the Platinum lineup, with a wealth of standard appearance, comfort, and convenience features, the ’09 Sequoia Platinum 4WD FFV is a corn-fed brute able to get the family to the campground or the crew to the job comfortably, and with its on-demand, multi-mode four-wheel-drive configuration, safely.

By Eric Tallberg