New off-road SUV will embrace a hybrid engine

Toyota Motor revealed a brand new 4Runner SUV for the primary time in practically 15 years — finishing a current redesign of the automaker’s present vans and SUVs.

Apart from its new appears to be like, that are much like the not too long ago redesigned Toyota Tacoma pickup, the 2025 4Runner will likely be supplied with a hybrid engine for the primary time in addition to new “Platinum” and “Trailhunter” high-end trims.

“This all-new 4Runner has incredible versatility and capability that nicely rounds out our truck family,” Dave Christ, Toyota group vice chairman and common supervisor, mentioned in a launch. “We’ve sold over 3 million 4Runners over the past 40 years, and this sixth-generation model offers a cool new look and incredible features yet retains the rugged style and capability our customers love about this adventure icon.”

Toyota’s “truck family” is also called the “five brothers”: the Tacoma and Tundra pickup vans and the 4Runner, Land Cruiser and Sequoia SUVs. The 4Runner is the final to be redesigned and constructed on Toyota’s world truck platform, which debuted with the Land Cruiser and Tundra in 2021.

Toyota mentioned pricing of the 2025 4Runner will likely be launched nearer to its on-sale date. Beginning costs for the 2024 mannequin vary from about $41,000 to greater than $55,000.

Whereas Toyota is understood for its fuel-efficient automobiles such as the Prius, its bigger “brother” SUVs, together with the 4Runner, had a lot worse gas scores previous to being up to date — at 17 mpg mixed or much less, in response to federal ratings. The present 4Runner has been on sale, with some updates, since 2010.

Toyota mentioned miles per gallon scores for the brand new 4Runner will likely be launched nearer to the automobile arriving in showrooms within the fall. Toyota’s different redesigned vans and SUVs have notably improved gas financial system.

Jack Hollis, government vice chairman of Toyota Motor North America, last month told CNBC that the corporate continues to stability out its truck and SUV portfolio, together with potential hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric fashions.

“Those brothers, they all have a lot of similarities, and they have a lot of differences,” he mentioned. “How do we curb carbon emissions fastest with everyone, everywhere? It’s having the right mix between those five products.”

The 4Runner’s obtainable hybrid engine is a turbocharged 2.4-liter engine with a 48-horsepower electrical motor built-in into the eight-speed transmission to supply as much as 326 horsepower and 465 foot-pounds of torque. The automobile’s normal turbocharged 2.4-liter engine produces 278 horsepower and 317 foot-pounds of torque.

The 2025 4Runner will likely be supplied in 9 fashions: SR5, TRD Sport, TRD Sport Premium, TRD Off Highway, TRD Off Highway Premium, Restricted, Platinum, TRD Professional, and Trailhunter.

The brand new Trailhunter mannequin options further off-road styling and tools together with rock rails and excessive energy metal skid plates, whereas the Platinum mannequin is geared towards extra comfort and luxurious options.

Manufacturing of the 2025 4Runner is happening at Toyota’s Tahara plant in Japan.

Correction: The 2025 Toyota 4Runner is the primary new model of the automobiles in 15 years. A earlier model of the article misstated what number of years it had been.