2025 Toyota Highlander Celebrates a Quarter Century of the Crossover
Also new for 2025: all hybrid models are now AWD as standard.
It’s been 25 years since Toyota dropped an SUV shape on a Camry platform, creating the Highlander and selling millions of them. To celebrate, the brand is releasing the imaginatively named 2025 Toyota Highlander 25th Edition, a top-shelf model that borrows bits from its Grand Highlander big brother.
This is a very subtle celebration: beyond a 25th-anniversary badge on the rear and some silver accents in the grille and along the sills, it looks very much like the Hybrid Limited AWD on which it’s based. There are two exterior color options: the existing Wind Chill Pearl as well as Heavy Metal, the latter appearing first on the Grand Highlander last year.
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Inside, the Grand Highlander influence continues as the leather-trimmed cabin comes in the Portobello color. The front headrests feature the 25th Edition logo, as do the illuminated door sills. An all-weather cargo liner, puddle lamps, and key glove round out the package. The Limited (and thus, 25th Edition) also features an 11-speaker JBL sound system, twin 12.3 inch screens, and standard Toyota Safety Sense 2.5+.
For the new year, Toyota is simplifying the hybrid lineup by making AWD standard on all grades, mirroring what we already see in the Corolla Cross and RAV4. Most of the rest of the lineup sees Heavy Metal join the available paint options, while the gas-only XSE trim adds Cement, and picks up the 12.3-inch instrument cluster.
Pricing starts from $40,970 including destination for an LE FWD, making this a few hundred more than the 2025 Sienna. If you’re yearning for that 25th Edition—hey, no judgment—then be quick, because just 2,500 units will come to the US, or around 1.5 percent of production based on 2023’s sales figures.
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Kyle began his automotive obsession before he even started school, courtesy of a remote control Porsche and various LEGO sets. He later studied advertising and graphic design at Humber College, which led him to writing about cars (both real and digital). He is now a proud member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), where he was the Journalist of the Year runner-up for 2021.
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