2025 Toyota Tundra Reviews, Pricing & Specs

The in-your-face design of the 2025 Toyota Tundra is going to be a love-it or hate-it kind of thing, but one thing is certain: You won’t mistake it for any other truck on the road. Our primary criticism of the exterior is the lack of front recovery hooks, which is one of those truck things you’d assume all trucks would have.

Our Tundra SR5 test truck had the TRD Rally Package, which includes yellow, orange, and red stripes on the grille, wheel caps, front doors, tailgate and dash insert. The package also includes TRD design elements on the steering wheel and gearshift as well as yellow and orange stitching on the synthetic leather upholstery. As this is a rally-inspired package, there are some functional enhancements as well, including 18-inch TRD off-road wheels, all-terrain tires, Bilstein shocks, and skid plates. The TRD Rally Package also includes an electronically controlled locking rear differential, Toyota’s Multi-Terrain Select, Crawl Control, and Downhill Assist Control.

The exterior build quality is well done, and the Magnetic Gray paint on the test vehicle is the perfect canvas to set off those retro rally stripes. The TRD Rally Package also adds some up-level interior features, including a 14-inch touchscreen, heated front seats, and dual-zone automatic climate control—all of which made this look like a higher trim than an SR5, which is just one step up from the Tundra SR base model. While there are some plastic bits on the dash and console area, it didn’t bother us too much because this was an SR5 trim, and the plastic tends to be more durable, which you want in a truck that you would take off-road.

Standard equipment on the 2025 Toyota Tundra is a twin-turbo 3.4-liter V6 engine, dubbed i-Force, that delivers 389 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque in most models (348 hp and 405 lb-ft in SR models). While this is less power than the available i-Force Max hybrid powertrain’s 437 hp and 583 lb-ft, we didn’t really feel the difference. During the test period we drove more than 400 miles on the highway with some city driving peppered on top, and during that time we found the i-Force engine had just the right amount of get-up-and-go for aggressive merging or passing maneuvers. Additionally, for a full-size truck, the Tundra feels surprisingly nimble in city situations.

Though this powertrain got off to a rocky start—with a recall of 2022-2024 models due to potential machining debris in engines that required free engine replacements—the predictive reliability for this truck in general and the powertrain specifically is on an upward trend.

The Tundra comes standard with rear-wheel drive (RWD), but four-wheel drive (4WD) is available. A 10-speed automatic transmission with sequential shift mode is mandatory in either case.

It’s worth noting that the Tundra no longer offers a V8 engine option, whereas both Ford and Chevrolet do V8, among multiple powertrain options. Chevrolet even still offers a diesel in its Silverado 1500. With only a twin-turbo V6 (with or without hybrid assist), the maximum towing capacity of the Tundra is 12,000 pounds, whereas Ford, Chevrolet, and Ram all offer towing capacity of 13,000 pounds or more.

While the off-road suspension and Bilstein shocks in the TRD Rally Package are intended for off-pavement fun, the added benefit is on-road stability—especially over pot-hole-ridden city streets. The on-highway ride is also planted and comfortable. The all-terrain tires, however, are another story. Their knobbiness creates tire noise that creeps into the cabin at highway speeds.

Though we didn’t get to take the Tundra off-road during this test, in previous reviews we’ve noted that the truck lacks a good turning radius and has poor forward visibility for tight, technical trails, but it is a joy to drive in a sandy, desert environment where visibility and turning radius are less important.

The 2025 Toyota Tundra is available in Double Cab and CrewMax configurations, but there is no two-door regular-cab option. Toyota also offers 5.5-, 6.5-, and 8.1-foot bed options, but not all bed options are available with all cab configurations, which makes the Tundra slightly less configurable than some of its competitors. Trim levels with the base i-Force powertrain include the SR, SR5, Limited, Platinum, and 1794 Edition. The i-Force Max hybrid powertrain is also available on the Limited, Platinum, and 1794 Edition, and is mandatory with the TRD Pro and Capstone trim levels.

One of the biggest things we appreciate about the 2025 Toyota Tundra is the plethora of places to store your things inside the truck. From the cubbies in the doors to the places to set your devices to the deep center console storage, you can stow everything from your Yeti go cup to a small bag—without putting items on the front passenger seat or floor.

With the non-hybrid i-Force powertrain, the Tundra also offers additional hidden storage under the rear seat as well as a flat rear load floor. One thing the Tundra doesn’t have, however, is any kind of in-bed storage—like the RamBox you’ll find on the Ram series of full-size trucks.

One of the new features for 2025 is an available power tailgate with knee lift assist. This lets you open or close the tailgate with a click of the key fob or—if you’ve just pulled something out of the bed and your arms are full—a simple nudge nudge of the knee, which will trigger the tailgate to shut on its own.

In terms of accessing the cabin or truck bed, the Tundra has quite the step-in height. The grab handles on the A-Pillar are well-placed to help hoist yourself into the cab, but stepping into the bed will require a step ladder or a degree of flexibility, as there aren’t any standard in-bumper bed steps (like some competitors have), and the Toyota factory-installed BedStep is a $499 accessory. Running boards and step bars for easier access to the cabin are also available, ranging from $929 to $1599.

One other thing to note: Seat comfort is less than ideal. For a three-hour drive, we found the seats to be a bit firm and ended up feeling stiff after that extended period sitting in them. This applies to all seating positions, front and back.

The 2025 Toyota Tundra comes standard with an 8-inch touchscreen, as well as Toyota’s new native infotainment system, which includes wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. This is a Toyota-built system rather than one based on the Android Automotive operating system (aka Google built-in) that both Ford and Chevrolet trucks use. Similar to Google built-in, however, it does offer a subscription-based voice assistant that will allow you to change the temperature of the vehicle with voice commands, as well as tell you a joke on command.

Since the test vehicle had the TRD Rally Package, it came with the up-level 14-inch screen. While we generally like the new Toyota infotainment system, it can be a bit glitchy at times in terms of keeping your phone paired with the vehicle. There were a few times we had to re-pair our phone just to get CarPlay to activate.

The Tundra is a very connected vehicle, but several of the connected services are tied to a subscription plan. The good news is things like Service Connect and Safety Connect get a 10-year free trial. But the other connected features have significantly shorter trial periods. Wi-Fi Connect, which includes an AT&T hotspot and integrated streaming compatibility, comes with a 30-day/3GB trial, and after the trial expires, it’ll be a $25 per month subscription. Drive Connect, which includes cloud-based navigation and the Toyota voice assistant, has no free trial listed. Remote Connect, which includes remote start and remote lock/unlock capability, comes with a one-year free trial. Subscription plans, outside of the Wi-Fi Connect, will range from $15 to $25 per month, depending on which features you would like to have.

A six-speaker audio system is standard with the Double Cab, whereas the CrewMax upgrades to a nine-speaker system. Upper trims offer a 12-speaker JBL premium audio system with a subwoofer and an amplifier.

Even in lower trims like the SR5, the Toyota Tundra does offer a lot of available tech features like a 360-degree camera system and digital rearview mirror. As you level up to trims like the Tundra Platinum, the tech levels up as well, and you’ll see available features such as a head-up display, wireless phone charging, load-leveling rear height-control air suspension, power running boards, and a tow tech package with a wireless trailer camera system.

Toyota places a high priority on safety and therefore includes a whole suite of standard safety features on the 2025 Tundra. The Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 system that’s standard on all trim levels includes a pre-collision system (encompassing forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking) with pedestrian detection, adaptive cruise control, lane-departure warning, automated lane centering, automatic high beams, and traffic sign recognition. Blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert are also available as part of a package starting with the SR5 trim.

Other standard safety features on the Tundra include eight total airbags, LATCH on outboard second-row seats, child-protector rear door locks, tire pressure monitoring, and front active headrests.

In addition to all the standard safety technology, the 2025 Toyota Tundra crew cab is ranked as one of the safest full-size trucks currently available. It is the only full-size truck to win a Top Safety Pick + award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which includes top Good ratings in all the crash tests as well as Good or Acceptable ratings for headlights and front crash prevention. The only other truck to get any kind of IIHS award award is the Rivian R1T, and it only earned the lower-tier Top Safety Pick award for 2025, without the “+.”

Furthermore, the Tundra earned a five-star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), with additional five-star ratings in frontal and side crash tests.

The average transaction price for a full-size pickup is more than $65,000 these days. So our SR5 test vehicle’s MSRP of $62,442 was pretty much par for the course. However, if you’re looking to save a few bucks and don’t particularly care about all the tech gadgets available, you can get a Double Cab RWD Tundra with a 6.5-foot bed starting at $42,035. That still includes wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so no need to shell out the extra bucks for connected services. However, your exterior paint choices range between white and black at this price (red is a $475 option), and you’ll have black cloth seats.

That base price is about $2,000 more than the those of the Ford F-150 or Chevrolet Silverado 1500, both of which are offered in two-door regular cab configurations. But the Tundra Double Cab is similarly priced to the four-door cab, standard bed configurations of both of those trucks. If you want the true value leader, though, the Quad Cab Ram 1500 starts at $38,370.

The volume seller for the Tundra will be the SR5 CrewMax. If you don’t add any options or accessories, you’re looking at about $49,955 for the RWD short-bed configuration. Comparing apples to apples and looking one level above the work truck trims of the Detroit Three with similar powertrains, Ford, Chevy, and Ram trucks will start at $47,040, $48,095, and $50,075, respectively, excluding any discounts or incentives. In sum, the Toyota Tundra is competitively priced.

Bringing fuel costs into the picture, however, the 2025 Toyota Tundra falls a bit short with just one non-hybrid powertrain option, and the best fuel economy you can get is an EPA-estimated 22 mpg in combined driving. Ram, Ford, and Chevy all offer more fuel-efficient options.