2025 4Runner Gets Overlanding-Ready Trailhunter Version

Ahead of tomorrow’s reveal of the hotly anticipated sixth-generation Toyota 4Runner, Toyota has loosed one final teaser image that brings with it more big news: The Trailhunter line, a new, overlanding/adventure-ready model we first saw on the new Tacoma, will also be offered here on the 4Runner.

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Think of Trailhunter as the one-stop shop for a ready-made overlanding rig, taking many of the common modifications adventurers would make to their vehicle in the aftermarket—upgraded underbody protection, better shocks, bigger, meatier tires, usually some lighting, and some equipment hauling kit—and bringing them to something you can drive right off the dealer lot. We’ll have to see what of the add-ons from the Tacoma Trailhunter will make their way onto the 4Runner version. (Thankfully, we won’t have to wait more than 36-ish hours.)

From the image, we can see that the 4Runner Trailhunter will get that bold Trailhunter badging with the compass logo. More importantly, from the version of the image that was released on Instagram, we can see that the Trailhunter version will get rock sliders, which help protect the rocker panels and the bodywork between the front and rear wheels from getting pinched while breaking over an obstacle.

Other notes: That paint color looks like some sort of metallic teal, and we’re seriously into it. Expect the bodywork to be pretty crease-heavy, as we see in the new Tacoma. Visually, there’s likely to be more going on with the new sixth-gen 4Runner than there was from the side of the fifth-gen model. This new trim is likely to sit at or near the top of the 4runner’s price ladder, similar to the Tacoma’s lineup.

Between the new Trailhunter version and the confirmation that the roll-down rear window will return, this sixth-generation 4Runner is looking exceedingly promising. We can’t wait to see it in full tomorrow evening.

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