Last week Toyota released a teaser image of a new vehicle that it’s going be revealing on February 10, 2026. In a post here on Wheel Bearings, I speculated that this was probably a new crossover and provided some rationale for what it might be, perhaps a production version of an electric crossover that was first shown as a concept in December 2021. However, commenters said I was wrong and that this was a new pickup truck, potentially the long speculated Stout compact pickup to compete with the Ford Maverick.
Toyota has now released a second teaser image and this time it shows the interior of the vehicle and it’s absolutely clear that unless Toyota is building a truck with a large 3-row cab, this is indeed an SUV/crossover. What do you think?
Also new with this teaser is a tag line — “Big Energy, Bigger Versatility.” On the versatility side, this could mean it’s larger than the current Highlander, but Toyota already has the Grand Highlander so they probably don’t want to encroach too much on that model. If this is an EV like the bZ Large SUV concept, big energy could mean it has a large battery for plenty of range, or it could be very powerful, or both. Whatever the case we’ll find out everything on February 10th.
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