What Makes Our 2025 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium … Well, Premium?
One of the more eye-opening parts of our experience thus far with the redesigned 2025 Toyota 4Runner has been its price tag. Both in our first drive review and the story on the purchase process for our long-term 4Runner, we’ve noted just how pricey this generation is relative to its predecessors. We opted for the Premium version of the 4Runner TRD Off-Road (“Premium” is a designation that’s also available on the 4Runner TRD Sport), but what makes it premium besides its price?
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What Do You Get in the 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium?
Rather than additional off-roading equipment or capability, Toyota’s Premium designation is all about comfort and convenience features. Inside, the biggest change in the Premium is a 14-inch touchscreen for the infotainment system instead of the 8-inch one in the basic TRD Off-Road. Also included is a one-year trial subscription to Toyota’s cloud-based Drive Connect feature; buyers of the non-Premium version will have to pay for a subscription right off the bat.
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The Premium also gets SofTex upholstery in place of fabric, and the front seats have eight-way power adjustment, heating and ventilation, and a memory function for the driver (the regular TRD Off-Road has manually adjustable heated front seats). The Premium also adds a heated steering wheel, which we’ll love once winter rolls back around here at our Chicago HQ, and replaces a basic rearview mirror with an auto-dimming one with HomeLink (a rearview camera mirror is optional on the Premium). A TRD leather-wrapped shift knob completes the upgrades in the cockpit.
When it comes to options, the TRD Off-Road Premium unlocks two big ones: a power moonroof and the Tow Tech Package, which adds a rearview camera mirror, integrated trailer-brake controller and towing-assistance technology.
How Much Does the TRD Off-Road Premium Cost Compared to the Regular TRD Off-Road?
Here are the prices for the 2025 4Runner’s TRD Off-Road trims (all prices include $1,450 destination fee):
- TRD Off-Road Premium i-Force Max: $59,220
- TRD Off-Road i-Force Max: $53,440
- TRD Off-Road Premium: $56,420
- TRD Off-Road: $50,640
Both the TRD Off-Road and TRD Off-Road Premium are available with either a standard turbocharged four-cylinder gas engine or the available i-Force Max gas-electric hybrid powertrain, which our long-term 4Runner has. Regardless of powertrain, the Premium has a premium of $5,780 over a regular TRD Off-Road.
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Buyers will have to decide if that fairly hefty upcharge for the TRD Off-Road Premium is worth the extra comfort in the cabin, the improved technology and the availability of additional features not found on the vanilla TRD Off-Road. We thought it was when we were considering which 4Runner trim level to buy, but we’ll let you know if we still feel that way after owning it for a while.
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