First look is in Japan.
It happens before the big reveal. Mid-September. You can already see what Toyota did.
It’s a tweak. A small one. The critics hated the two-tone paint on the first model. The A-pillar black wrap? Yeah. They hated that too. Now it goes further back. Past the B-pillar. To the D. Everything connects to the black roof and front bumper. One continuous shape.
The tail?
Back to normal color. New horizontal reflectors. Light touch on the bumper.
“Sharpening the perceived proportions” is the fancy way of saying they made it look less split in half.
The lower cladding changes too. Unpainted plastic becomes Piano Black. They killed “Black” paint. Welcome Neutral Black. It’s a distinction without a difference for most of us. RS trim owners get red calipers now. Standard issue.
Inside nothing moved.
Well. Almost. Cold weather gear is now mandatory across all trims. Paddle shifters too. Ditch the spare tire. Lose the digital rearview mirror. Weird. The key fob gets a gray coat. Digital key shows up on Z and RS trims.
Then the power.
Leak says fifth-gen hybrid system. 2.5-liter non-turbo gets a bigger electric motor. Sixteen extra horses. Total hits 236 hp. Up five.
Why?
So it drives on batteries longer. The big RS twin-turbo? Touching nothing. Still 344 hp. Same old same.
Price starts at ¥5.15 million in Japan. Top end hits ¥6.7 million. Roughly $31k to $41k.
Will America get the update for 2027?
Probably. Maybe not.
Toyota usually drags the rest of the world along eventually. The Sport and Sedan versions likely follow. They are waiting.
You know. Like always.
