More 2025 Toyota 4Runner Details Leak Out as Debut Inches Closer

By Brett Foote - January 11, 2024

The redesigned 2025 Toyota 4Runner was reportedly developed alongside the 2024 Tacoma, meaning that the two should share a lot in common.

After many years of letting numerous models toil on largely unchanged, Toyota has been on a bit of a redesign streak lately, revamping models like the Tacoma and Tundra, not to mention completely overhauling the Land Cruiser and returning it to its more modest roots. That essentially just leaves the 4Runner as the lone aging model in this lineup, but we’ve known for some time that a redesign is coming for that ultra-popular SUV, too. Now, the folks at The Fast Lane Car have uncovered more details about the 2025 Toyota 4Runner that should have fans excited for its forthcoming debut.

As has traditionally been the case, the brand new Tacoma does lend some clues as to what we can expect from the 2025 Toyota 4Runner, which isn’t a huge surprise since the two have long shared quite a bit in common. For starters, TFLC‘s source – which reportedly stems directly from inside Toyota – confirmed that its renderings are pretty close to what the real thing will look like, and by that, we mean a heck of a lot like the Tacoma, unsurprisingly, which constitutes an evolutionary styling update rather than a revolutionary one.

As most would expect, the 2025 4Runner will reportedly share powertrains with the new Tacoma as well, meaning that it will be offered with the turbocharged 2.4-liter gas and hybrid engines, but there reportedly won’t be any sort of economy-focused hybrid, diesel, or Prime variants offered, as is the case in the brand new Grand Highlander.

Since the 2024 Tacoma and 2025 4Runner were reportedly developed side-by-side, TFLC points out that we can expect the latter model to essentially be a Tacoma with a closed cargo area, for the most part. It’s unclear if the 4Runner will be offered with a manual transmission option, but it seems likely, at least, given the fact that the Tacoma offers one.

As far as where the 2025 Toyota 4Runner falls within the lineup now that the Land Cruiser is back as a similar, smaller off-road-focused SUV, TFLC believes that it will at least be significantly cheaper than that model, which starts out at around $55k. In fact, they think that the 4Runner will land somewhere in the mid-$30k to $40k range, which would make it rather enticing. Regardless, it’ll be interesting to see how the 4Runner TRD Pro and Land Cruiser stack up, as those models will likely be priced in the same ballpark and potentially create some overlap in the lineup.

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