- LE base model and Nightshade black trim join 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid lineup
- The 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid is expected to get up to 36 mpg combined
- The 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid costs $45,660
The Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid crossover SUV lineup is expanding in 2025, adding two more models.
A Nightshade Edition based on the Limited grade includes black exterior trim and 20-inch wheels, a treatment Toyota has given many other hybrids this time. The Grand Highlander LE serves as the new entry-level model, but still includes standard features like eight-passenger seating, a 12.3-inch touchscreen, blind-spot monitors, and a power tailgate.
Toyota continues to offer the Grand Highlander with gasoline, hybrid, and Hybrid Max powertrains. Front-wheel drive is standard on XLE, Limited, and Nightshade models. All-wheel drive is available on those grades and standard on the LE, as well as all models with the Hybrid Max powertrain.
2025 Toyota Grand Highlander
The base hybrid teams up with a 2.5-liter inline-4 with the standard Toyota planetary hybrid system. it's 245hpcompared to 265 hp from the 2.4-liter turbo-4 used in non-hybrid models.
The Hybrid Max combines a turbo-4 with a different hybrid system, which looks similar to the one used in the Toyota Crown Max, which is replaced with a front engine and a different engine for the rear wheels. This is productive oh 362hpToyota says it will get the Grand Highlander from 0-60 mph in 6.3 seconds and offer a 5,000-pound towing capacity.
The EPA's economy estimates are expected to continue through the 2024 model year, ie best 36 mpg combined (37 mpg city, 34 mpg highway) for the XLE with front-wheel drive. All-wheel-drive XLE models, LE models, and front-wheel-drive Limited models are rated at 34 mpg combined (36 mpg city, 32 mpg highway). Limited models with all-wheel drive are rated at 33 mpg combined (35 mpg 31 mpg highway), and Hybrid Max models are rated at 27 mpg combined (26 mpg city, 27 mpg highway).
2025 Toyota Grand Highlander
Hybrid models price starts at $45,660 with a mandatory $1,450 destination charge, for the new-for-2025 LE grade. But it's possible to spend as much as $60,225, for the Platinum model with the Hybrid Max powertrain.
Introduced for the 2024 model year, the Grand Highlander packs an impressive mpg rating, actually slightly ahead of the Toyota Highlander in some programs. It is reported that Toyota is considering giving the final name to a new three-row electric SUV that will be built in the US.