All-New Toyota 4Runner SUV Looks Rugged Yet Stylish on TNGA-F, Albeit Only in CGI

The passenger car roster spreads across a big Corolla family, includes the iconic Prius, circles through the Camry mid-size best-seller and the Mirai FCEV flop, and ends on a high note with the Crown plus Sienna or in a sporty tune graced by the trio of GR86, GR Corolla, and GR Supra. The truck side of things is mainly electrified now, thanks to the all-new Tacoma and Tundra i-Force Max hybrid powertrains, and the bZ4X crossover SUV is not just quirky but also all-electric.

Then there are also the crossovers and SUVs, starting with the Corolla Cross (and Hybrid), continuing with the best-selling RAV4 (plus Hybrid and Prime), 4Runner, Venza, Highlander, and Grand Highlander, and wrapping up with the giant Sequoia. However, the Japanese automaker probably feels that it is still not enough – they recently announced the return of the J250-based 2024 Land Cruiser (known as Prado or 250 in other regions) to add more grit to the mid-size off-road SUV segment.

Interestingly, some would say the 2024 Land Cruiser will clash with the long-running 4Runner SUV because it comes in the same segment and shares the 2.4 L T24A-FTS turbo I4 hybrid (i-Force Max) with the N400 Tacoma TRD Pro i-Force Max. However, others feel that there is more than enough room to clash with the Ford Bronco or Jeep Wrangler from both sides – the 4Runner and Land Cruiser POVs. And that feeling is certainly shared by the rumor mill and across the highly imaginative realm of digital car content creators.

Seeing how Toyota already revealed the mildly improved 2024MY 4Runner not long ago, everyone now expects that to be the last hurrah of the N280 fifth generation – which has been growing quite long in the tooth for a while now since it was originally introduced during the fall of 2009. As such, meet the virtual artist behind the CarsVision channel on YouTube, who has imagined how the Japanese automaker Toyota could make the 4Runner even better.

It's pretty simple when the pixel master also uses some AI software assistance during the design process – it just needs a fresh touch of contemporary design influenced by the Tacoma rather than the Land Cruiser to jump on board the TNGA-F body-on-frame platform's hype train. The vision we see here for the upcoming sixth generation (N380 maybe?) of the 2025 Toyota 4Runner should be taken lightly, though, as this is merely an unofficial rendering.

As such, take all this information with a grain of salt before Toyota makes any official announcement. However, we don't expect the new 4Runner to perspire anytime soon – the automaker already has started the teasing campaign for the LA Auto Show, and it's currently focused on the new Crown SUV and possibly the XV80 ninth generation of the famous Camry nameplate. However, when it does, only the design will remain an unknown – the platform needs to be TNGA-F to align with the siblings (Land Cruiser, Tacoma, Sequoia, Tundra, and a bunch of Lexus models too) and allow it access to i-Force Max-style electrification.