2025 Toyota 4Runner Review: Prices, Specs, and Photos

The 2025 4Runner is an off-road-focused three-row SUV. Adventure-capable, it merits consideration alongside the Jeep Wrangler, Ford Bronco, and Land Rover Defender.

Yes, if you are looking for a body-on-frameSUV with off-road capability. With its 2025 redesign, it’s more refined, more powerful, more capable, more efficient, more advanced, and more composed than any 4Runner in history. It easily improves upon the outgoing model’s 4.8 rating with a rating of 5.8 out of 10 on the TCC scale. (Read more about how we rate cars.)

Everything. Toyota last revamped the 4Runner in 2010, so anything and everything you can name on the 2025 edition is new, from its bluff nose to its touchscreen-graced interior to its turbo-4 hybrid drivetrain. It shares much of its architecture and running gear with Toyota’s brace of new trucks, the Tundra and Tacoma, as well as its latest SUVs, including the Sequoia and Land Cruiser. It’s even related to the Lexus GX and LX now.

For all the structural upgrades, the 2025 4Runner doesn’t stray far from its SUV roots. It’s still on the rougher edge of style, with so many stamped lines and bent angles in its body, it looks half-Transformer. The Toyota name marches across the nose against a grille that varies by trim level, in a hexagonal shape that’s perched on another hexagonal pedestal with dark or bright trim, depending on the model. There’s a lot going on here. Trim LED headlights lead into boxy fenders so swole they make the 4Runner look as if it’s had ribs removed. It punches out again at the rear wheels, where a roof pillar leans forward and upward in one sheet-metal gesture. At the back, another Toyota name badge embosses a tailgate with a power-down rear window, while “4RUNNER” text holds down the bottom of the tailgate. Toyota pegs the 2025 4Runner at 194.9 inches long, with a 112.2-inch wheelbase, which makes it 4.7 inches longer overall with a 2.4-inch longer wheelbase than the outgoing model.

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Inside, it’s easier to tell which era this 4Runner belongs to thanks to the dominance of either the 8.0-inch or 14.0-inch touchscreen that caps the dash. It rests on a foundation comprised of knobs for volume and climate controls, with rocker switches and pushbuttons for traction systems still factored into the dash and console—not buried in swipes and taps of the screen. A passenger-side grab handle telegraphs the right vibe, while various models get upholstered in durable-looking plastics or finer synthetic leather. With all the levers and buttons at hand, it’s a perfect place to work off-road, or to cosplay on the way to Starbucks.

Toyota sells a wide range of 4Runner models, nine to be exact. Turbo-4 models include the 4Runner SR5, TRD Sport, and TRD Sport Premium. Hybrid turbo-4 4Runners range from the TRD Pro to the TRD Off-Road (and its Premium companion) to the new Trailhunter edition and the top-line 4Runner Platinum.

The lower end of the 4Runner spectrum is powered by a 2.4-liter turbo-4 rated at 278 hp and 317 lb-ft of torque. Rear-wheel drive is standard, while part-time four-wheel-drive is available.

Mid-trim TRD Off-Road models can be optioned with a hybrid version of the 2.4-liter turbo-4, and it’s standard on high-end models. Its 48-kwh motor is powered by a 1.9-kwh battery. Combined system output is rated at 326 hp and 465 lb-ft. All 4Runners come coupled to an 8-speed automatic.

The EPA rates these hybrid models at 23/24/23 mpg. The EPA estimates 21-22 mpg combined for nonhybrids.

The 4Runner is a rear-wheel-drive vehicle in base spec, and it comes with a 2-speed transfer case and an electronic limited-slip differential when optioned with four-wheel drive. Toyota offers both part- and full-time four-wheel-drive systems. The former appears on TRD Off-Road, TRD Pro, and Trailhunter models and sports an electronic locking rear differential. The 4Runner Limited can be fitted with the full-time system and a center locking differential; the Platinum makes that setup standard.

For the most severe driving conditions, a stabilizer-bar disconnect system on upper-spec 4Runners grants better wheel articulation, while Toyota measures maximum ground clearance at 10.1 inches. A new view knits images from the available surround-view camera system to deliver a better look at obstacles on the trail.

The 4Runner Trailhunter gets remote-reservoir shocks, 33-inch all-terrain tires for about two additional inches of ride height, and higher-mounted air intakes for better fording depth. It also gets rock rails and skid-plate coverage for vital running gear, as well as a 2,400-watt inverter and pre-wired auxiliary switches. A built-in air compressor can even be optioned.

The 4Runner tops out at 6,000 pounds of towing capacity, which is 1,000 pounds more than the outgoing model.

Inside, the 4Runner offers a third-row seat, while the bigger and more expensive Land Cruiser does not. Cargo space improves by a few cubic feet despite the compromised packaging with the hybrid’s battery pack, and the signature power-operated tailgate window returns.

Standard safety equipment includes standard automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitors, active lane control, adaptive cruise control, and automatic high beams. Toyota also fits a driver-assist system that reduces speed with the brakes if the vehicle closes too quickly with oncoming traffic or even into tight curves. A surround view camera system available.

How much does the 2025 Toyota 4Runner cost?

The redesigned 2025 Toyota 4Runner costs between $42,220 for an SR5 and $68,350 for the Platinum, including a $1,450 destination fee. Four-wheel drive costs $2,000 extra on SR5, TRD Sport, TRD Sport Premium, and Limited trims. It’s standard on TRD Off-Road, Platinum, Trailhunter, TRD Pro, and Platinum trims.

Toyota said the base SR5 will be the volume model with 51% of sales alone. It comes standard with an 8.0-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a 7.0-inch digital gauge cluster. Options and upgrades range from a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster and a 14.0-inch touchscreen to a panoramic sunroof, a wireless charging pad, and a smattering of USB-C ports.