2025 Toyota 4Runner Speculative Rendering Is Half Land Cruiser, Half Tacoma

Even the windshield's rake screams Tacoma, whereas the rear door looks pretty similar to that of the GX 550. This generation of the GX is twinned with the Land Cruiser 250 series, a.k.a. Prado in other parts of the world or simply Land Cruiser in the United States, which is flagrantly misleading.

The 250 replaces the 150, which didn't come to the United States market because Toyota preferred to sell the GX 460 in this part of the world. The V8-powered 200 had to be discontinued from the US lineup due to abysmally poor demand. The 250, therefore, is marketed as the Land Cruiser because Toyota expects you to be impressed by the significant difference in base MSRP from the 200.

2021 was the final year of the 200 series in the United States. Back then, prices kicked off at $85,515 (sans destination charge). By comparison, the 250 we're getting with a four-cylinder hybrid for the 2024 model year is $55,950 at the very least.

That being said, the 4Runner won't be significantly different from the 250 series and the fourth-gen Tacoma. Both siblings are based on the Toyota New Global Architecture – Frame introduced by the 300 series, a platform shared with the Sequoia, Tundra, and the aforementioned GX 550. Given this common denominator and the visual clues offered by the recently spied prototype, Halo Oto rendered the newcomer with Tacoma and 250 styling cues.

There's no denying the front end will be slightly different from the mid-sized pickup truck and hybrid-only sport utility vehicle, although it remains to be seen how different. We should also remember that Land Cruiser 1958 and Land Cruiser First Edition come with round headlights, while the mid-level grade features rectangular headlights. In addition to the lights, Toyota could very well differentiate the 4Runner from the 250 with the design of the radiator grille and the lower grille.

A strict five-seat vehicle in the United States despite offering three-row seating in other markets, the 250 features the i-FORCE MAX hybrid four-cylinder turbo powertrain with Tacoma-like power and torque. Said powertrain may be optional on the 4Runner, which – similar to the Tacoma – is expected with an unassisted four-pot as standard.

Rather than the less powerful tune of the Tacoma SR (270 hp and 243 lb-ft or 330 Nm), the 4Runner should receive the punchier 2.4-liter turbocharged mill of the Tacoma SR5 and higher trim levels (278 hp and 317 lb-ft or 430 Nm). The i-FORCE MAX sports a transmission-integrated electric motor and a 1.87-kWh battery under the rear seat, with Toyota quoting 326 hp and 465 lb-ft or 630 Nm.

There's no case to be made for a manual, though. The only TNGA-F vehicle to come with a manual transmission is the Tacoma, with said transmission available on three grades of the midsizer: the SR, TRD Sport, and TRD Off-Road. Trucks equipped with the iMT2 stick shift are limited to 270 horsepower and 310 pound-feet or 420 Nm.