After a barrage of all-new models, the Japanese automaker is currently busy planting the seeds for the 2024 model year growth spurt. Others, meanwhile, are thinking even further ahead into 2025MY.
Toyota is actively trying to snatch the sales crown from General Motors across the US car market after the first six months of the year; it narrowly missed the mark. No worries, the company will undoubtedly fare even better from now on, considering the tidal wave of introductions. Those include the Corolla Cross Hybrid, the ever-expanding Nightshade family, lots of special editions – including three from GR – as well as superstars like the 2024 Grand Highlander, N400 Tacoma, or the 2024 Land Cruiser's return.
Now, the focus is slightly dimmed as the company makes way for the 2024 model year changes – and everything, from the little Prius to the ruggedly old-school 4Runner, is getting the treatment. However, the rumor mill is never stopping, and it continuously feeds the imaginative realm of digital car content creators with new ideas for their virtual projects.
As such, many pixel masters and YouTube channels are thinking even further ahead into the realm of 2025MY and beyond. Most focus, of course, on the high-prize models like the potential Stout revival or the morphing of the Corolla Cross into a unibody compact pickup truck to fight the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz. On the contrary, others want to see the Land Cruiser shrink to compact body-on-frame SUV levels for the rumored 'Land Hopper' premiere at the end of the month at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show (formerly known as the Tokyo Motor Show).
However, there are also venues that treat the subtler models with as much attention as the big stars. For example, both the good folks over at Halo oto and PoloTo have imagined the potential CGI looks of the upcoming 2025 Toyota Highlander mid-size crossover SUV. Slightly overshadowed by the big entry of the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander and its 2024 Lexus TX sibling, the regular Highlander is now getting some digital love and virtual affection to help it become one of the best mid-size CUVs on the American market.
Well, first, we have to take everything with a pinch of salt – whether we are talking about Halo oto's decidedly subtle CGI facelift that doesn't stray too far from the official Toyota design DNA or the slightly more daring approach employed by PoloTo, presumably with a bit of help from AI software tools because their project features slight design variations from one POV to another. Anyway, long story short, we can be sure that Toyota will present a revised Highlander version sooner rather than later – albeit probably not before the 2024 Grand Highlander had an excellent chance to take flight in the sales charts.
Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution. Full profile
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