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2025 Toyota 4Runner Flaunts Its Rear End for the First Time, Debut Is Inching Closer

Toyota teases the 2025 4Runner 10 photos
Photo: Toyota | Instagram
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The Toyota 4Runner is inching closer to debut, which is set to happen this spring. Before its arrival, Toyota is making the wait easier as the model flaunts its rear end on social media.
Toyota uploaded a photo gallery on social media, showing the five generations of the model, while pretending like nothing special is going on. However, photo number 6 shows generation number 6.

It is, actually, just a close-up of the rear end of it where the "4Runner" lettering stretches right above the rear bumper. We still have to wait until we see the model in all its glory, but it is obvious that are getting closer to that moment.

The photo shows the blue 4Runner is not what we might call “revealing.” But it does show that the model will sport an angular shape as it has always done, something that can be confirmed just by browsing through the photo gallery uploaded by Toyota.

A silver bumper, a trailer hitch, the lower section of a taillight, and parking sensors are visible in the photo that shows a blue vehicle. The font of the “4Runner” badge, written in capital letters, remains unchanged.

The model should carry over the engine lineup of the new Tacoma mid-size pickup. This means that we will have to deal with the 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with output ranging from 228 to 278 horsepower. Meanwhile, the i-Force Max variant goes as far as 326 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque.

Back in February, Toyota was caught testing the 2024 4Runner in Arizona, not far from Toyota's Arizona Proving Grounds vehicle development and testing facility.

The camouflaged prototype spotted a month ago was riding on wheels identical to those of the Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road. Furthermore, it displayed proportions that seemed similar to those of the outgoing generation.

That is all we get for the moment about the upcoming Tacoma-based model, which will also carry over features from the Land Cruiser in terms of design and tech.

The all-new generation will debut in just a few weeks. It should hit the market before the end of the year as a 2025 model year. That is when we will find out information on the pricing. Toyota sold 86,594 units last year in the United States.

The current generation of the 4Runner starts at $40,705. Meanwhile, the TRD Pro kicks off at $55,170. We can expect the new generation to get a price hike to match the updated tech and design. One thing is for sure. It will be cheaper than the Land Cruiser SUV, which starts at $55,950.

However, there is something that 4Runner enthusiasts hope for. There are a gazillion of comments referring to the roll-down feature of the rear window, a characteristic that the previous generations had in common.

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