My 2025 TRD Sport (Cutting Edge) 4Runner delivered! Added: OEM Integrated dashcam video, Boulder interior pics, ceramic tint

[jerrycaparros]

I am guessing only on a higher trim??

 

[jerrycaparros]

Welcome Jerry and congrats on your delivery. What MPG numbers are you seeing so far from the non-hybrid i-Force engine? (Maybe not accurate yet tho since so few miles and probably still on first tank of gas)

And what dash cam did you have installed? The video is nice and sharp.

i would say the mpg is about 21-23. My neighbor is a 27 years mechanic at our local toyota dealership that its about 2 mpg of difference between the hybrid and non hybrid. It will eliminate the additional maintenance of having the hybrid…

the dash cam is a from toyota dealership and i like the design the integration etc but cost a little more

 

[Salukidawg]

How about driving impressions or did Toyota swear you to secrecy until the embargo ends?

 

[jerrycaparros]

Before & after ceramic window tint!

XPEL Prime XR Ceramic Tint in these tint percentages:

- 15% front windows
- 20% rear windows
- 20% tailgate rear window

Before (factory window tint)

 

[ModernDay4Runner]

How about driving impressions or did Toyota swear you to secrecy until the embargo ends?

Embargo.??? Please do tell.

 

[Salukidawg]

Embargo.??? Please do tell.

There is a press embargo on driving impressions from Toyota until the 28th I believe. Toyota had the media drive event for the 4Runner out in San Diego last week, but the videos from that event are embargoed by Toyota until the 28th. I didn’t know if new owners were being told not to share any specifics until the rest of the journalist videos are released.

 

[ModernDay4Runner]

There is a press embargo on driving impressions from Toyota until the 28th I believe. Toyota had the media drive event for the 4Runner out in San Diego last week, but the videos from that event are embargoed by Toyota until the 28th. I didn’t know if new owners were being told not to share any specifics until the rest of the journalist videos are released.

So you think dealerships would tell people, hey you just bought this $50,000 $60,000 vehicle but you're not allowed to tell anyone about it till a certain date? You really believe that? Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. Can you post your source for the embargo,? Kind of interested to read that.

 

[JenningsESQ]

So you think dealerships would tell people, hey you just bought this $50,000 $60,000 vehicle but you're not allowed to tell anyone about it till a certain date? You really believe that? Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. Can you post your source for the embargo,? Kind of interested to read that.

There's definitely an embargo on the press drive reviews which will lift 1/28 Tuesday morning so that's when we'll see all the first drive review articles and videos posted.

I doubt there's any embargo on the few owners so far though. The dealers would have to make them sign NDA's or something. Never heard anything like that happening on reviews posted by a private owner. I bet these owners so far are just too busy having fun with their new 4runners to write anything in depth yet.

 

[Fix4Dirt]

Sweet ride! Could we get more underhood pictures? In that picture you had it looks a bit cramped. Just curous how much room there is to work under there. Thanks!

 

[Henry]

Sweet ride! Could we get more underhood pictures? In that picture you had it looks a bit cramped. Just curous how much room there is to work under there. Thanks!

Here's a good look at the underhood on an SR5 with same gas iForce engine as the TRD Sport. This one also has third 3rd row seats.

 

[ModernDay4Runner]

So Toyota has released a new updated modernized version of the 4Runner but they don't want anyone to know about it? Can you post your source for this? Embargo? Sounds a bit like conspiracy theorist stuff to me so I'm interested to learn more

 

[TRD_GUY]

There's definitely an embargo on the press drive reviews which will lift 1/28 Tuesday morning so that's when we'll see all the first drive review articles and videos posted.

I doubt there's any embargo on the few owners so far though. The dealers would have to make them sign NDA's or something. Never heard anything like that happening on reviews posted by a private owner. I bet these owners so far are just too busy having fun with their new 4runners to write anything in depth yet.

I don't know, off all the people posting with their new 4Runners, it's interesting that none have even provided a basic ride report, like even the ride home.

 

[TRD_GUY]

So Toyota has released a new updated modernized version of the 4Runner but they don't want anyone to know about it? Can you post your source for this? Embargo? Sounds a bit like conspiracy theorist stuff to me so I'm interested to learn more

Psst....All OEM's and Motorcycles' do this. Embargo's and NDA's are common.

 

[JenningsESQ]

So Toyota has released a new updated modernized version of the 4Runner but they don't want anyone to know about it? Can you post your source for this? Embargo? Sounds a bit like conspiracy theorist stuff to me so I'm interested to learn more

That's standard procedure for any new vehicle launch, not just Toyota but all manufacturers. They hold the drive event for the automotive press, then give them a date/time when they can publish their review articles and videos. This only applies to the people who attended the press drive event, not to the whole world (like personal owners). It's just a weird situation with the 4runner because retail deliveries started before the press event embargo ends. It's usually the other way around.

Just watch this site on Tuesday morning. You'll see so many reviews being published at the same time when the embargo ends.