Full List: 2025 4Runner Reviews (6th Gen) Are Here!

[Administrator]

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Car and Driver
Carbuzz
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Detroit Free Press
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Edmunds
Forbes
Hagerty
Hotcars
Motor1
Motortrend (Trailhunter)
Motortrend (TRD Pro)
Newsweek
Road & Track
Slashgear
The Autopian
The Drive
Traction Life
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[Parker516]

Nice finally! That's a long list thx for gathering it all in one place. Seems very well received by most everyone and didn't hear much complaining about the V6 being replaced with new 4 cylinder gas or hybrid engines. They also sound fine to me on the videos.

The new engines were my biggest concern but now after reading about the new Tacoma for a year and now these reviews I'm not concerned anymore.

 

[TN Vols]

Well there goes my work productivity this morning. Glad to finally see driving reviews though. The overall impression I'm getting is the 6th gen 4runner is an upgrade in nearly all ways over the 5th gen and it's just a well sorted and well rounded swiss army SUV, which is what it's staked its name and success on, so this gen should be as popular as the previous.

 

[kekecarioca]

Oh boy.... I'm not gonna get any work done today....

 

[Badkarma8541]

TRD pro moonroof! Thought that was not an option. Wife wants the moonroof and I thought for the TRD pro it was off the table. Game on.

 

[Jack]

Oh boy.... I'm not gonna get any work done today....

Work what's that? Doesn't exist on first drive reviews day! Seriously I haven't gotten anything done this morning besides drink coffee and consume 4Runner stuff for breakfast. Not even half way done with the reviews list yet.

 

[Boobajoob]

Happy to hear a lot of them comment about the power over the 5th.

 

[JenningsESQ]

Man thats a lot. I won't have time to view all these until tonight.

Any particularly good couple of reviews you guys can recommend I catch or read for now?

 

[Old Spice]

Some other reviews I didn't see on the list.

 

[Administrator]

Some other reviews I didn't see on the list.

Thanks, added to first post.

 

[Gastan]

Couple others

 

[BigWheelAtTheCostco]

I’ve watched a few reviews so far today and I’m focusing In on the ones that are reviewing the trims that I’d entertain such as SR5. One inconsistency is that I’ve seen a few (if not all) reviewed SR5’s that have heated front seats. Toyota specified on their spec sheet that this isn’t the case but real world is showing different. Anyone have any insight on this?

 

[kekecarioca]

Man thats a lot. I won't have time to view all these until tonight.

Any particularly good couple of reviews you guys can recommend I catch or read for now?

My prefered folks:
-Driving Sports
-Automotive Press
-Throttle House
-Rati's ride.
to name a few.

 

[BG1]

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Thanks, it's an interesting list.

I quickly scanned most of the reviews to look for comments about road performance, particularly noise. There were very few comments on that - mostly folks doing off road stuff, that's fair, a lot of owners love to do that, however not all of us. Living on the east coast, my off roading is mostly navigating the road potholes, speed humps and climbing icy hills.

My interest is in the new TRD Sport and Premium versions. We have a TRD Sport 5th gen and love its general performance. I have driven the Tacoma TRD Sport and the Landcruiser 1958 to get impressions of the 4-banger noise and performance on the road, which is where we use our vehicle most of the time.

Frankly, I was not impressed about the noise, I have a good ear for engines and know the difference between valve train and Turbo noises. Any model with no hood insulation and little to no firewall insulation has a sound not appealing to all. If the off roaders want noise that's fine by me, but limit that to OR versions.

I will reserve judgment for test driving the 4R TRD Sport and Premium versions, but you shouldn't have to go for Limited or Platinum just to have sound levels similar to the "old antiquated" 6.

PS: Power was good for the 4 bangers, but super with the extra Hp and torque of the Hybrid. Some reviews pointed out no fuel improvement for Hybrid because of the extra weight - I guess we shall see on road.

Come on driving press, not everyone goes off road in their 4R's or purchases purely based on external looks (although the 6th looks great) let's see driving on rural roads, freeways and then stop/go traffic and see if you still like the noise and shifting.

 

[kekecarioca]

Let's add this one too form Kirk. Good city HYBRID driving impression.

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