The 2025 Toyota 4Runner has been dragged into the modern era like a toddler screaming and kicking at the mall. For the first time in 14 years, the 4Runner is new.

Toyota's beloved off-roader is finally all-new. Is Toyota's newest variant worth considering over the celebrated TRD Pro?

Auto123 gets in a first drive of the 2025 Toyota 4Runner, a trail legend since 1984 that undergoes a long-awaited transformation in 2025.

The new 4Runner offers enough capability, refinement and variety to satisfy even the most zealous of fans; just make sure the pricing works in your favor.

The 4Runner is built on Toyota’s TNGA-F platform for body-on-frame vehicles like the current Land Cruiser, Lexus GX and Tacoma pickup. In fact, there’s quite a lot of ‘Taco’ in this 4Runner, including the powertrain, suspension and other components to essentially make this the Tacoma of SUVs.

The Toyota 4Runner is an icon for many reasons, and we all love it because of its simplicity - find out how it wins at non-complex ruggedness.

It's hard not to get a little prehistoric when driving a Toyota 4Runner. The current model has been around since 2009, bits like a five-speed automatic doubling as automotive fossils. But I'm in the new one,

The 4Runner has a 40-year history of delivering adventure to off-road fans, with the all-new model landing at Toyota dealerships in early 2025

PROS ›› Real off-road prowess, value-oriented trims, physical climate controls, a trim for everyone CONS ›› Expensive top trims, on-road cabin noise, somewhat numb drivetrain Ripping down a dirt road at nearly 35 MPH (56 km/h) felt all too natural for the new 4Runner – and then something surprising happened.

T he Toyota 4Runner is a dinosaur of sorts, a remnant of long ago when body-on-frame SUVs ruled the land with rugged simplicity, rather than the posh sophistication of today's car