Toyota adds a Nightshade Edition to the 2025 Prius lineup, but this one shuns the traditionally monochromatic color scheme.

Three years after Toyota transformed the hypermiler from one of the ugliest cars on the road into one of the most attractive, not much has changed—including the price.

The Toyota Prius had one of the biggest glow-ups in its fifth iteration, enough for it to bag an accolade from us here at CarBuzz in 2023. It stayed mostly the same last year but now, the Japanese marque is giving its award-winning hybrid model an update for the 2025MY, with a proper addition to back up its sleek styling - a new Nightshade trim.

Toyota has updated the Prius for 2025, adding a new trim level known as the Nightshade and increasing prices across the range. Mechanically, the Prius remains identical to the outgoing version, meaning it’ll continue to deliver the same level of efficiency that has made Toyota’s hybrid such an icon.

Toyota has introduced the Nightshade edition for the 2025 Prius, expanding the hybrid lineup with a darker aesthetic. Based on the XLE grade, the Nightshade edition includes several design updates such as 19-inch black-finished alloy wheels,

The Prius Nightshade has a new Karashi Yellow exterior paint job that looks eerily similar to a New York Yellow Cab. Or you can choose from more boring colors, like Midnight Black