Five Toyota family vehicles have been lifted, fitted with all-terrain tires and painted Horizon Blue for the 2026 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The set runs from a RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid at the compact end to a Sienna minivan, and takes in the Grand Highlander, the Crown Signia and an electric bZ. Toyota calls them Woodland concepts and the show opens on November 3.
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Each one is a special project prototype rather than a production announcement. Toyota’s North American design studio, CALTY Design Research, gave the group a shared look, so a minivan and a premium Crown Signia read as relatives of the compact crossover. Nothing Toyota published says any of the five will be built, and the company withheld lift heights, tire sizes and powertrain output for all of them.
The five Woodland concepts and their base vehicles
The roster comes from Toyota’s own newsroom release dated October 30. Toyota’s release lists the RAV4 Woodland Plug-in Hybrid Concept, the Sienna Woodland Concept, the Woodland bZ Concept, the Grand Highlander Woodland Concept and the Crown Signia Woodland Concept. The company says the family spans plug-in hybrid, hybrid and battery-electric drivetrains, and compact, three-row and premium bodies, which is a deliberate spread across its showroom.
Electrek’s write-up emphasises the electric entry and the minivan, since a lifted Sienna is the least expected item on the list. Motor1 reached the same five names and added that the Crown Signia Woodland sits apart from a separate lowered Crown Signia GT-S Concept built by Toyota Motorsports Garage, so the two should not be confused when the show opens.
Horizon Blue gives the five cars a family resemblance beyond the lift. Toyota says it is inspired by the 1960s palette and by models such as the Stout pickup and the Crown and Corona sedans, a nod to a period when the brand was establishing itself in American driveways. Painting the roof and hood in a second tone breaks up tall body sides, and the effect is meant to read from across a crowded convention hall.
Shared equipment: Horizon Blue, over-fenders and roof racks
The common parts list is specific even where the numbers are not. Every concept gets a lift kit, large over-fenders, satin-black wheels with All-Terrain tires, a two-tone roof and hood, a roof rack with cross bars, and an exclusive Woodland badge. The paint is Horizon Blue, which Toyota says draws on its 1960s palette and on models such as the Stout, Crown and Corona.
Motor1’s account notes the warning attached to the build: the vehicles carry parts and accessories that Toyota does not sell, and some changes could void a warranty, alter performance and safety, or make a vehicle unfit for public roads. Show cars of this kind routinely carry that language, so the lifted RAV4 on the stand is not a catalogue option.
Toyota framed the concepts as vehicles for everyday use, from city streets to trailheads and campsites. Its release says they show how capability can take many forms, including plug-in hybrid, hybrid and battery electric, and Electrek reports the company describing them as designed for drivers who see adventure not as a destination, but a way of life. The framing matters because three of the five bases are people-movers, and Toyota is pitching lift kits at households that buy for school runs and cargo space.
The production bZ Woodland as the nearest real product
Only one of the five has a close production sibling on sale. Toyota’s bZ Woodland, covered by Electrek in August, starts at $45,380 in Base trim and $47,480 in Premium, before a $1,595 delivery fee. It uses dual-motor all-wheel drive for 375 horsepower combined, 37 more than the standard all-wheel-drive bZ, with 8.3 inches of ground clearance and up to 3,500 pounds of towing. Rated range is up to 281 miles on all-season tires and 260 on the optional all-terrain set.
The bZ Woodland itself was first shown on May 15, 2025, as KBB covered at the time, with 375 horsepower against 338 for the regular bZ and ground clearance of 8.3 inches against 8.1. Many buyers will meet the concept as an accessorised version of that existing model, which makes the electric entry the least speculative of the five.
Those figures describe the production car and should not be read across to the concept, which Toyota has not specified. Still, the contrast shows the scale of the SEMA exercise: the road-going Woodland already pairs lift with all-terrain rubber, and the show cars push the treatment onto four more nameplates.
The Toyota release names a media contact, Marjorie Owens, but carries no executive quote. Whether the RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid or the Sienna gets a production Woodland trim is the question Toyota has left unanswered ahead of the show, and visitors on the floor will be the first to judge how a lifted minivan and a lifted Crown Signia look next to the better-known RAV4.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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