2025 Toyota Crown Signia

The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia is a new 2-row midsize SUV with a hybrid drivetrain and all-wheel drive as standard. We expect pricing to begin at around $43,000.

Toyota is heading uptown with this new SUV. Not quite encroaching on Lexus territory, but definitely a cut above the company’s bread-and-butter vehicles. One luxury quality is interior space, because it has seating for five in a midsize format more usually associated with 3-row SUVs. The Crown Signia will effectively replace the smaller Toyota Venza, another exclusively hybrid model.

What’s New for 2025

This is an all-new variant based on the same platform as the Crown sedan, which debuted in 2023 and has the distinction of a higher-than-usual ride height. The Crown Signia is more of a conventional SUV, with all-wheel drive and a hybrid powertrain as standard. There’s no non-hybrid option.

On-Sale Date

The new Crown Signia SUV is due to arrive in the summer of 2024.

We expect the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia to start at around $43,000. That’s for the XLE version. Other Toyota vehicles with that trim name tend to be equipped quite lavishly.

These estimates are for manufacturer’s suggested retail prices (MSRP) and do not include any factory-to-dealer delivery fees (destination charges).

Looking at the alternatives, the refreshed-for-2025 Kia Sorento Hybrid will probably begin in the high 30s. The new-for-2024 Hyundai Santa Fe is now big enough to be a 3-row SUV — we anticipate a hybrid version starting in the same financial ballpark as its Sorento counterpart.

Before buying a new Crown Signia SUV, check the Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price to know what you should be paying.

A gasoline engine and three electric motors propel the new Crown Signia with a total of 243 horsepower — a nice amount of muscle that compares well with the Kia Sorento Hybrid’s 227 horses. Assuming this vehicle has a ride quality similar to the Crown sedan, then we can expect smoothness to be the dominant attribute, along with the reassurance of standard all-wheel drive.

Both trims come with a comprehensive array of driver assistance features that include forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and adaptive cruise control. An optional bundle for the Limited trim brings a few extras such as Traffic Jam Assist and Lane Change Assist.

Fuel Economy

Toyota reckons the new Crown Signia SUV will achieve 36 mpg in combined city and highway driving. That’s a couple of miles per gallon better than the Kia Sorento Hybrid.

Before Toyota created Lexus, the Crown name was applied to the company’s more luxurious offerings. It has revived that practice with the Crown raised sedan and now the Crown Signia SUV. It definitely looks plush inside. The XLE trim comes with cloth/simulated leather seating surfaces, while the top Limited version has real leather. Black or Saddle Tan interior color schemes are available in both trims.

The combination of midsize dimensions and just two rows of seating (instead of the more common three rows) means plenty of room front and rear, plus a generous luggage area. The rear seats fold flat to produce a cargo space that can hold an item 6.5 feet long.

A 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and an infotainment touchscreen of the same size are standard, along with wireless charging, three USB-C ports up front and two in the back, plus wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto phone integration. The infotainment system also responds to voice commands and comes with over-the-air update capability.

Sporting sleek lines that harmonize with other new Toyota vehicles like the Prius and new-for-2025 Camry, we think the Crown Signia definitely has an upmarket look. It seems like we’re witnessing a new chapter in the company’s design approach — which is no bad thing, in our humble opinion.

There’s just one drivetrain motivating the new Crown Signia SUV. It consists of a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine and three electric motors, one of which turns the rear axle. Total output is 243 horsepower, going to a standard all-wheel-drive system.

3-Year/36,000-Mile Warranty

Toyota’s new-vehicle warranty lasts three years or 36,000 miles, whichever happens first. Powertrains are covered for five years or 60,000 miles. This is typical for Toyota, but Hyundai and Kia have longer warranties. Hybrid components have a warranty of eight years or 100,000 miles, and the hybrid battery is protected for 10 years or 150,000 miles. Toyota also includes two years or 25,000 miles of free scheduled maintenance, plus two years of roadside assistance with unlimited mileage.

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