Overview

What's New for 2025

The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia will be available in two trim levels: XLE and Limited. The Limited is loaded with premium touches, but we think the XLE is the better deal. We’ll tell you why below.

XLE

The base Crown Signia XLE, starting at $44,985 (including a $1,395 destination fee), uses the fourth generation of Toyota's standard hybrid drive system, configured for electronic on-demand four-wheel drive. Other standard equipment includes 19-inch alloy wheels; LED headlights, running lights, and taillights; heated and power-folding exterior mirrors with turn signal and blind spot warning lights; and a hands-free (kick sensor) power liftgate. Inside, it has fabric and imitation-leather upholstery, heated and ventilated eight-way power-adjustable front seats, a heated leather steering wheel, a leather shift knob, two-zone climate control, and a heated, flat-folding 60/40-split rear seat. Tech features include a customizable 12.3-inch driver's information screen, a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, a six-speaker audio system, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, wireless phone charging, five USB ports, and the Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 package of safety and driver assist technologies.

Limited

The Limited ($49,485) adds 21-inch alloy wheels, leather upholstery, driver’s seat memory settings, a digital rearview mirror, rain-sensing windshield wipers, a panoramic glass roof, and an 11-speaker JBL audio system.

The Limited can be upgraded with an optional Advanced Technology package ($1,895) that includes a panoramic 360-degree camera system with overhead and curb views, and power-folding exterior side mirrors with puddle lights and automatic tilt-down when the transmission is shifted into reverse. The package also adds to the standard safety and driver assist systems with front cross-traffic alert, lane-change assist, and front and rear parking assist with automatic braking. Traffic jam assist is included in the package with a subscription to Toyota’s Drive Connect suite of connected car services.

Unlike some new Toyotas, the Crown Signia won’t have a two-tone paint option among its five exterior color choices. Standard exterior colors are black and dark gray; the others ( red, white, and bronze) are $425 options.There will be two interior color scheme choices: tan or black.

The Toyota Crown lineup is all hybrid, and the Crown Signia gets the basic Toyota HEV all-wheel-drive system with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder gas engine and two small electric motors, one for each axle.

The system is rated at 240 horsepower with 178 pound-feet of torque from the gas engine. The electric motors provide additional torque: up to 134 lb-ft to the front wheels and 89 lb-ft to the rear wheels. The all-wheel-drive system is on-demand, meaning the Crown Signia will be biased toward front-wheel drive, with the rear motor powering the rear wheels only when extra power or traction is needed.

The Signia’s hybrid system provides enough power for passing and climbing hills while managing a Toyota-estimated 0-60 mph time of 7.1 seconds. The gas engine has to work hard at peak demand, though, and its buzzy whine can be heard in the otherwise hushed cabin when the accelerator pedal is mashed. Braking is nicely linear without the mushiness sometimes felt in hybrids. Steering feels nicely weighted and is fairly responsive.

The Crown Signia isn't intended to be a performance vehicle. Its suspension is tuned for comfort, and is more at home cruising on the open highway than being pushed on twisty roads. It is a fairly well-balanced vehicle, though, and handles mountain roads with aplomb until pushed to the limits of its all-season tires. There are three driver-selectable drive modes: Normal, Eco, and Sport. Sport provides quicker throttle response while Eco slows it down and puts some limits on climate control system output in order to improve fuel efficiency.

Toyota estimates the 2025 Crown Signia will earn a 38-mpg combined city and highway fuel-economy rating, although it might be higher. The company also estimated a 38-mpg combined rating for the Toyota Crown sedan, but the Environmental Protection Agency’s official rating came in at 41 mpg.

In a 235-mile drive that combined freeways, country roads, and some steep mountain twists, we managed an overall 36 mpg in a Signia Limited without babying the throttle.

Even at 38 mpg, the Crown Signia would be near the top of the class, just trailing the 2024 Toyota Venza hybrid’s 39 mpg combined rating. The all-wheel-drive Kia Sorento hybrid is rated at 34 mpg combined. The Subaru Outback is mid-pack at 29 mpg combined, while the Honda Passport gets just 21 mpg combined. The Honda and Subaru are not available as hybrids.

The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia’s cabin mirrors that of the Crown sedan although the SUV's 60/40-split rear seats are more bench-like than the sedan's back seat.

Overall, the Crown Signia offers a more upscale version of the standard Toyota interior, bordering on Lexus-like. It is roomy, comfortable, and quiet except when the 2.5-liter gas engine is winding up.

The 2025 Crown Signia, which replaces the Venza, is as much as 5 inches longer than its likely competitors and has a longer wheelbase, which tends to soften the ride and create more interior space. But the Signia also is lower and narrower than its competitors, negating the spatial benefits of the longer wheelbase.

While the Signia is fairly roomy in the second row, it has the least rear head- and legroom of the competitive set. It beats both the Honda Passport and Kia Sorento in front legroom, but it trails the segment-leading Subaru Outback. The Signia also offers the least front headroom of the pack. All of those measurements except rear legroom, though, are within 1.5 inches.

The Crown Signia’s cargo floor measures a full 6.5 feet in length when the rear seatbacks are folded flat. With the seats up, total cargo bay capacity is 25.8 cubic feet. Drop the rear seats and that swells to 68.6 cubic feet. Either way, it is the least cargo capacity among competitors. The Signia is rated to tow up to 2,700 pounds but that, too, is less than most of its all-wheel-drive competitors provide. The Honda Passport is top of class at up to 5,000 pounds. Various Subaru Outback trims are rated at 2,700 to 3,500 pounds, and the all-wheel-drive Sorento hybrid is rated at up to 4,500 pounds.

The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia’s dash is dominated by a pair of 12.3-inch screens: a multi-configurable digital driver's information screen and a digital touchscreen for the infotainment system.

Both trims have wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, wireless phone charging, three USB ports in front and two more for the rear seating area, plus a 12-volt accessory port in the center console.

The Toyota Connect suite of car tech is provided on a free one-year trial basis, followed by a paid subscription.

The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia SUV hasn’t been crash-tested yet by either the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ([NHTSA)(https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings)) or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Toyota Crown sedan, which uses the same platform, received a Top Safety Pick+ designation from the IIHS, the institute's highest honor.

The Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 suite of advanced safety and driver-assist features comes standard on all Signia models, and includes front-collision mitigation with vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian detection; lane-departure alert with steering assist; full-range cruise control; lane-keeping assist; and automatic high beams. A blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert is included.

An optional Advanced Technology package for the Limited adds a front cross-traffic alert, lane-change assist, and front and rear parking assist with automatic braking. It also includes Toyota’s subscription-based Traffic Jam Assist system that provides for automated steering, braking, and acceleration at speeds under 25 mph in certain traffic conditions on limited-access roads. Traffic Jam Assist requires a subscription to the automaker’s Drive Connect package of connected services after a one-year free trial.

The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia is near the top of its competitive set in fuel efficiency. It is less sporty than the Kia Sorento and less adventuresome than the Subaru Outback. It offers a more upscale interior than its closest competitors, but because of its lower, sportier roofline, can’t accommodate tall pieces of cargo the way the more traditionally styled Honda Passport SUV can.

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