The 2025 Toyota Highlander Hybrid three-row crossover receives normal all-wheel drive and a brand new particular version as its solely vital updates.
Based mostly on the Highlander Hybrid Restricted grade, the twenty fifth Version marks two and a half a long time for the reason that launch of the first-generation Highlander. Unveiled on the 2000 New York auto present as a 2001 mannequin, the Highlander was one of many early crossovers that set the template for a car sort that’s now dominating new-car gross sales.
Whereas the twenty fifth Version can be a hybrid, that model of the Highlander is not celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary this 12 months. The primary Highlander Hybrid was revealed in 2005 as a 2006 mannequin. It was the second Toyota hybrid, after the pioneering Prius.
Appropriately for a particular version commemorating a silver anniversary, the twenty fifth Version options silver-finished 20-inch wheels and silver exterior trim. It additionally contains a smattering of “twenty fifth Version” logos, a surround-view digicam system, and leather-based upholstery.
2025 Toyota Highlander hybrid
Along with the twenty fifth Version, Toyota will provide XLE, XLE Nightshade, Restricted, and Platinum grades for 2025. All function the identical powertrain, consisting of a 2.5-liter inline-4 linked to Toyota’s acquainted hybrid system, producing 243 hp. A 2.4-liter turbo-4 continues in non-hybrid fashions.
Ditching front-wheel drive means the Highlander Hybrid sees a slight dip in EPA-estimated gasoline financial system. The most effective 35 mpg mixed (35 mpg metropolis, 35 mpg freeway) estimates for all-wheel drive fashions are unchanged, as is the 34 mpg freeway estimate for all-wheel drive Restricted and Platinum fashions. However 2024 fashions with front-wheel drive had been rated at 36 mpg mixed (36 mpg metropolis, 35 mpg freeway).
Toyota plans to begin deliveries of 2025 Highlander fashions in November. The automaker has confirmed a base worth of $39,520 (earlier than vacation spot) for the non-hybrid front-wheel drive LE grade, however will announce hybrid pricing nearer to the on-sale date.
Rival crossovers such because the hybrid variations of the Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento have been up to date extra lately than the Highlander, and there is now a bigger Grand Highlander Hybrid sharing the title as effectively. Toyota could reportedly flip the Highlander into an EV, assigning the title to a brand new three-row mannequin to be constructed within the U.S.
