2025 Toyota 4Runner: Heritage Styling, Robust Hybrid Powertrain & Trail-Ready Hardware

2025 Toyota 4Runner Summary Points

• The 2025 Toyota 4Runner marks the much-awaited sixth-generation variant of the Japanese automaker’s top-selling midsize SUV.

• Underpinning the 4Runner’s outdoorsy, throwback vibe is a stiff body-on-frame TNGA-F platform shared with Tacoma, Land Cruiser, Tundra, and Sequoia.

• “Inspired by Baja desert racing, the high lift, lean body, big tires, and rugged athleticism defines the core of 4Runner’s go anywhere purpose,” said Kevin Hunter, president of Toyota’s CALTY design team.

2025 Toyota 4Runner: What’s New?

The sixth-gen 4Runner has officially arrived after 15 years, and Toyota has done its homework to tickle the hearts and minds of fans who have been clamoring for a modern-day update to the automaker’s much-loved family SUV.

It starts with the TNGA-F platform shared with the Tacoma, Land Cruiser, Tundra, and Sequoia. The architecture features a high-strength boxed, steel-ladder frame suspended by double wishbones in the front and a multi-link coil rear suspension.

The retro-flavored body style has a mishmash of legacy 4Runner design cues and equipment, like “wrap-over” rear quarter glass, a power-operated roll-down rear window, and second-row tumble seats to maximize cargo room.

2025 Toyota 4Runner Powertrain

Under the hood of the SR5, TRD Sport, TRD Off-Road, and Limited grade is a 2.4-liter turbocharged i-FORCE four-cylinder engine with 278 horsepower and 317 lb-ft. of torque, more than what you got from the old 4Runner’s everlasting 4.0-liter V6. The turbocharged i-FORCE four-banger connects to an eight-speed automatic.

On the other hand, Toyota’s i-FORCE MAX hybrid powertrain is standard for the TRD Pro, Trailhunter, and Platinum. It’s a robust setup with a 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gas engine, an integrated 48-horsepower electric motor into the eight-speed automatic gearbox, and a 1.87 kWh NiMH battery pack to produce a total of 326 horsepower and 465 lb-ft. of torque—the most in 4Runner history.

The i-FORCE MAX hybrid powertrain is also available for the TRD Off-Road and Limited.

When properly equipped with the i-FORCE MAX hybrid powertrain, the 2025 Toyota 4Runner can tow up to 6,000 lbs.

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