Get ready, folks. The new 2025 Toyota 4Runner will be revealed next week on Tuesday, April 9. Toyota today announced the debut date for its popular mid-size SUV along with another teaser, this time a short video showing a couple of the next-generation 4Runner’s features.
In a 10-second video clip posted on Toyota’s social-media channels, we see the upper rear section of a blue 4Runner as its power rear window slides down to show “April 9.” Along with confirming that the new 4Runner will retain its distinctive sliding rear glass and announcing the date the SUV will be revealed, we also get a sneak peek at its interior.
It’s no secret that the next-gen Toyota 4Runner will share a platform with the recently redesigned Toyota Tacoma pickup. So obviously the two will share myriad other parts, including the truck’s available 14.0-inch touchscreen. That much is clear in today’s teaser video, but we can also see from the color of the front seats that the new 4Runner will offer dark brown upholstery that we think looks handsome.
Before today’s news, Toyota released a teaser of the ’25 4Runner’s rear bumper on its Instagram. We also caught an exclusive glimpse of a prototype version of the SUV covered in camouflage while testing in the near Toyota’s R&D facility in southeast Michigan. Now we can all look forward to next week when the covers come off and we get our first chance to see new 4Runner in all of its glory.
Eric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si.