Toyota has done several things of note in redesigning the Sequoia full-size SUV for the 2008 model year.
The obvious: It hit the market with a big, fuel-thirsty, truck-based SUV just as buyers stampede toward smaller, lighter, car-based crossover SUVs.
Such redesigns are planned years in advance. And this launch is tied to the redesign a year ago of the full-size Tundra pickup on which Sequoia is based.
There's nothing to do now but try to market the heck out of it to people who need its 10,000-pound towing capability and eight-passenger room and those who like big, traditional SUVs, never mind the fuel economy.
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