The 2025 edition 4Runner is an agile and modern update that is a genuine pleasure to drive for the weekend warrior and daily driver
Toyota, for all its vaunted quality, is at times unbearably slow to change. Thankfully, the long-awaited ground-up remake of the 4Runner SUV was worth the wait.
In many respects, the forward march of technology has made improvement inevitable. Lighter, more powerful, more fuel efficient, more comfortable, plusher inside and with some long-overdue contemporary electronics, the new 4Runner is broadly superior to its enduringly popular predecessor. It’s grown a bit – 120 millilmetres longer and 55 mm wider and sits on a wheelbase of 2,850 mm.Rated towing capacity is now up to 2,272 kilograms .
And, like all the new 4Runners, it remains a body-on-frame vehicle, now built on Toyota’s TNGA-F platform. Variations of this platform are also used in the Tacoma, Land Cruiser, Tundra and Sequoia. While some competitors have switched to unibody construction, nothing beats a steel-ladder frame for keeping the SUV intact while pounding over rugged roads.
We were invited to thrash several 4Runner models on a private off-road course an hour east of San Diego. The hybrid TRD and Trailhunter, in particular, eagerly crawled up steep inclines effortlessly, while the unlocked stabilizer bar allowed the wheels to contort like a gymnast and downhill speed control tightly managed descents.
The new 4Runner’s exterior looks better than the previous generation, too. It embraces many of the squared-off muscular elements also found in the remade Tacoma pickup. Colour choices have been expanded to nine, including a distinctive Everest green on the Trailhunter and a lovely mid-brown named Mudbath that nicely blends with the California dirt.
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