Video: 2025 Toyota Crown Signia Review: A Premium SUV Alternative

It's the Crown Signia, another two-row, five-seat hybrid SUV, that has more of a premium position in the Toyota lineup because its starting price is gonna begin right where the Venza's top-of-the-line trim left off. This is our first chance to drive the 2025 Crown Signia, and here are the things that stand out most about this new mid-size SUV. This is the first time the Crown name has been used on an SUV, but there are some familiar Toyota styling cues with the Crown Signia. You can see 'em up front with the whole front end design being pretty similar to what we see on the new Prius and the new Camry. There's gonna be two trim levels for the Crown Signia to start, an XLE, or this is the Limited model. The Limited comes with these pretty large 21-inch wheels and tires. And even though it's positioned as an SUV, like a lot of modern SUVs, it's sleek, it's low slung, kind of has more of a sport wagon look than the traditional SUVs of the past. The Crown Signia is positioned more of a premium offering in Toyota's lineup, and that comes through in a few different ways. The vehicle has standard leather upholstery, but it also has a lot of soft touch surfaces on the doors and in the console too. So pretty nice materials and some neat features too with this console. You can open up from the passenger side or the driver's side. It also has Toyota's latest technology with a 12.3-inch infotainment screen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Also, this vertical wireless phone charger that holds your phone and also keeps it outta the way so it doesn't take up too much space. In terms of interior room in the vehicle, taller drivers are probably gonna notice the lower roofline. It's pretty close to my head, I'm a little over six feet tall, but there's enough overall space for someone who's taller to sit in front and the back at the same time. All versions of the Crown Signia come with a gas-electric hybrid system, it makes 240 horsepower, and it has a manufacturer-estimated fuel economy of 38 miles per gallon combined. That's a little bit less than the EPA number for the Venza. That was at 39 miles per gallon. And overall, it's similar to a lot of Toyota hybrid systems, um, decent power, very smooth. And one thing I like about it is that they've really figured out brake pedal feel with their hybrid systems. It's very natural, there's no grabbiness, they're really soft pedal feel. But as we were talking about on the outside, how this has that wagon look to it, you feel a little bit of that on the inside too because drives much more like a car or a wagon, has that kind of lower slung feel. You also notice it here with the really rigged windshield, how the pillars come right up here as opposed to being more vertically oriented. You should be able to see the Crown Signia soon at a Toyota dealership near you. And the starting price for the XLE model is $43,590 while this limited starts at $47,990. If you wanna learn more about the 2025 Crown Signia, you can read our full writeup at cars.com/news. (bright music)