One more icon at Toyota has been utterly redone for the primary time in what looks like endlessly.

On Tuesday, the 2025 Toyota 4Runner debuted with an accessible hybrid powertrain, fashionable expertise, and new Trailhunter and Platinum trims all whereas sustaining the important thing design and capabilities that make the 4Runner an icon.

When it goes on sale later this yr, the 2025 4Runner’s lineup will broaden to embody a dizzying array of 9 trims together with SR5, TRD Sport, TRD Sport Premium, TRD Off Highway, TRD Off Highway premium, Restricted, Platinum, TRD Professional, and Trailhunter. 

Pricing shall be introduced nearer to the 4Runner’s on-sale date.

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

2025 4Runner downsizes to turbo-4s

Say goodbye to the tried and true 4.0-liter V-6. Each 2025 4Runner shall be powered by a turbo-4 powertrain, however some shall be hybrids.

Most fashions shall be powered by a 2.4-liter turbo-4 rated at 278 hp and 317 hp lb-ft of torque. However TRD Professional, Trailhunter, and Platinum fashions will come customary with a hybrid model of this engine that mates an electrical motor to the transmission for a mixed output of 326 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque. Consumers can possibility the hybrid engine on TRD Off-Highway and Restricted fashions. Each 4Runner will function an 8-speed automated transmission.

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

Toyota 4Runner goals off-road

The 4Runner has been modernized, however seemingly not on the expense of off-road functionality.

The ninth-generation 4Runner stays a body-on-frame SUV, however it now rides on a contemporary body. The TNGA-F platform the 4Runner now rides on is shared with the Lexus GX, Toyota Land Cruiser and Sequoia SUVs together with the Tacoma and Tundra pickup vans. The brand new powertrains with their improved efficiency will allow as much as a 6,000-pound tow score. 

Like earlier than, rear-wheel drive shall be customary whereas part-time or full-time four-wheel drive shall be accessible. Transferring into this century, the 4Runner’s four-wheel-drive system is electronically engaged with a change. Most 4Runners function a limited-slip rear differential, however TRD Off-Highway, TRD Professional, and Trailhunter fashions achieve a rear locking differential. Confusingly, solely the high-zoot Platinum fashions get full-time four-wheel drive with a locking middle differential, which is all non-obligatory on Restricted fashions.

The 4Runner retains its unbiased entrance suspension and coil rear springs paired with a strong rear axle. TRD Professional fashions use 2.5-inch diameter Fox shocks with distant reservoirs to battle warmth dissipation.

The brand new Trailhunter mannequin rides on ARB Outdated Man Emu 2.5-inch solid shocks with exterior piggyback distant reservoirs. A full set of skid plates beneath the Trailhunter covers the whole lot from the entrance bumper again to behind the switch case ought to the underside of the 4Runner make contact with the earth. The shocks paired with 33-inch Toyo Open Nation All Terrain tires give the Trailhunter a 2.0-inch raise over customary 4Runners.

With as much as 9.2 inches of floor clearance, 32-degree method, and 24-degree departure angle, the newest 4Runner is a combined bag. The present 4Runner had as much as 9.6 inches of floor clearance, 33-degree method, and 26-degree departure angle. However the present 4Runner rides on a shorter 109.8-inch wheelbase in comparison with the brand new 4Runner’s 112.2-inch wheelbase, which ought to pay giant dividends by way of journey high quality. A brand new accessible digital disconnecting sway bar ought to assist maximize wheel articulation.

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

4Runner appears evolutionary

A fast have a look at the 4Runner and it’s apparent what this SUV is. Whereas it retains the long-lasting look with punched-out flares, a tall greenhouse, and blunt entrance and rear ends, the entrance finish takes on the look of the Tacoma. The headlights and grille form are related, and the hilariously giant chin spoiler on the non off-road fashions might be eliminated with 9 bolts, however it’ll have an effect on gasoline financial system by 1 or 2 mpg. The rear home windows wrap over the roofline in a nod to the first-gen 4Runner and the rear tailgate glass electronically drops down into the tailgate to haul longer objects.

Each Trailhunter and TRD Professional fashions function Inflexible LED fog lights built-in into the entrance ends together with an LED gentle bar mounted within the middle of the grille, which the latter places out 10,000 lumens (notably about double the output of the sunshine bars on the bigger Tundra and Sequoia).

Inside, the dashboard is sort of similar to the Tacoma pickup truck with both an 8.0- or 14.0-inch touchscreen perched entrance and middle. Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto shall be customary. A 7.0-inch digital gauge cluster shall be customary whereas larger trims will improve to a 12.3-inch show. Decrease trim fashions function acres of exhausting plastic whereas higher trim fashions cowl the exhausting plastic with soft-touch bits and leather-based. Hybrid fashions will make loading cargo into the rear finish extra of a job because of the next liftover top as a result of battery pack. The rear seat again manually reclines for lengthy street journeys, and Platinum fashions function heated rear seats. A head-up show shall be accessible. Trailhunter fashions function a 2,400-watt inverter for energy throughout off-road adventures.

2025 Toyota 4Runner reveal

4Runner options security as customary

Each 2025 4Runner will come customary with fashionable security tech together with automated emergency braking, lively lane management, adaptive cruise management, and automated excessive beams. Blind-spot displays shall be accessible.