Toyota Sets 2025 4Runner Launch Date, It Comes With a Feature Fans Were Hoping For

They asked for it, they will have it. Toyota drops the second teaser, a short video that brings the best news that the model’s enthusiasts could ever get. Yes, the sixth-generation 4Runner will feature the beloved roll-down rear window, a signature feature of the body-on-frame SUV.

The news prompted a gazillion positive reactions on social media, with people rushing to the comments section to say that they wanted to place their order that very moment. "All hell was about to break loose if they took that feature away," Timmy the Toolman wrote on Instagram.

"Ok, good, guys, we don’t need to riot. Put the pitchforks away, we’re good," Trd.Jon jokes, happy to see that window rolling up and down.

"Best decision ever to keep the window in!" Joshua adds.

The video teaser also allows us to get a glimpse of the interior of the SUV. The one behind the steering wheel seems to be pushing a button at the top of the windshield, an indication that it is what powers the rear roll-down window.

We also get to see there is a large tablet-style touchscreen on board. It should be the 14-inch display that is also present on board the Toyota Tacoma.

The video uploaded to social media also discloses the date of the official unveiling. We are to see the Toyota 4Runner in all its glory on April 9, which is just five days away.

After 15 years, the Toyota 4Runner is finally getting a new generation 
Toyota kept the fifth generation on the market for 15 years, which is huge. Facelifts brought little modifications over the years in terms of looks and technology, and the 4Runner had started to seem outdated, to say the least, a long time ago. However, the sales figures encouraged the automaker to keep the fifth generation alive. There were 109.951 customers in the United States who ordered a 4Runner in 2023.

In 2024, there are already 33,823 registrations, and if the sales would keep up this pace, the 4Runner would be able to go way above last year’s figures by the end of this year, getting closer to the peak of 2021 when Toyota sold 144,696 examples in the US.

The 4Runner should carry over the powertrains of the Tacoma. Thus, we should expect a 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine at the base of the lineup. The engine should generate 228 horsepower just like it does under the hood of the pickup.

The i-Force Max hybrid variant with as much as 326 horsepower should also be available. The hybrid system should pair the 2.4-liter turbo engine with an electric motor to sit at the top of the lineup.

The first teaser, shown on social media last week, showed only part of the rear of the 4Runner in a photo that was the last in a gallery, which included photos of all the five generations that Toyota rolled out.

We can’t expect a revolution in terms of design, as both teasers seem to reveal the same angular lines that the Toyota SUV has always had. The model will be underpinned by the carmaker’s TNGA-F platform which the Tacoma, Sequoia, and Land Cruiser are also based on.

The Japanese carmaker will have to be careful with the 4Runner and the Land Cruiser, with the latter finally returning to America. They are similar models that are at risk of cannibalizing each other. However, the 4Runner should slot below the Land Cruiser in terms of pricing. The Land Cruiser starts at $55,950.

The Toyota 4Runner will be unveiled on Tuesday, April 9, as a 2025 model year and will go on sale sometime in the summer.