Toyota Highlander Wiki
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Toyota Highlander
Toyota Highlander Wiki
Like the 1986 film Highlander, the Toyota SUV that shares its name is a crowd-pleaser that fails to motivate eagerness amongst doubters. After more than 190,000 Highlanders rolled off dealership lots in 2014, Toyota's mid-size crossover SUV entered 2017 with a host of adjustments focused on pleasing the masses as well as experts alike.
Especially, all Highlanders, from the base $31,590 LE to the high-grade $48,840 Highlander Crossbreed Limited Platinum, currently come standard with a pre-collision caution system with pedestrian detection and automated emergency braking, plus lane-departure caution, lane-keeping aid, adaptive cruise control, as well as automated high-beams. Our all-wheel-drive $43,184 Highlander XLE examination automobile additionally packed blind-spot monitoring, an attribute not available on the lower-level Highlander LE as well as LE And also.
Accompanying the 2017 Highlander's many safety systems is the current variation of Toyota's 3.5-liter V-6 engine. The six-cylinder is conventional on almost the base front-wheel-drive Highlander LE-- which remains to utilize a wimpy 185-hp inline-four-- as well as integrates a host of contemporary technologies, consisting of a straight as well as port fuel-injection system and also an upgraded valvetrain that enables the engine to work on the extra efficient Atkinson cycle. Ranked at a healthy and balanced 295 horse power and 263 lb-ft of torque, the revised V-6 makes 25 even more ponies as well as an extra 15 lb-ft compared to the previous unit. Gas economic climate is up, as well, with the front-wheel-drive 2017 Highlander V-6 gaining an EPA-rated 23 mpg incorporated; all-wheel-drive versions attain 22 mpg. Both figures note a 2-mpg enhancement over in 2015's Highlander as well as placed the crossover within 1 mpg of the four-cylinder Mazda CX-9's mixed fuel-economy numbers.
Toyota's 2GR-FKS six is a gem of an engine that builds power almost all the method approximately its 6800-rpm redline. At the track, this Highlander shaved 0.3 2nd off of its predecessor's zero-to-60-mph and also 30-to-50-mph times, hitting the marks in 7.0 as well as 3.8 secs, specifically. Sadly, the 2017 Highlander's 5.6-second 50-to-70-mph death time was both slow-moving for the class as well as nearly a second behind that of its forbear. Criticize the new eight-speed automatic transmission's hesitancy to downshift. No matter, the revised Highlander's V-6 provides lots of grunt in a lot of real-world driving circumstances. Many thanks partly to our test vehicle's automated stop-start system, we managed an affordable 21 mpg throughout our time with the crossover, 2 mpg much better than just what we obtained from a Mazda CX-9.
The Element of Crossover
If the 2017 Highlander's V-6 powertrain is the equivalent of Highlander's captivating Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos RamÃrez (played by Sean Connery), after that the crossover's overhauled outside design belongs to the film's good-looking however featureless protagonist, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert). New front as well as rear fascias, upgraded headlamps, and also an attractive collection of LED taillights provide the Highlander a more cohesive, SUV-like appearance. But we still wouldn't put it quite on the exact same degree of beauty as the butch Dodge Durango or the shapely CX-9.
Unlike the exterior, the Highlander's interior has actually been left mostly unblemished. Toyota did include four more USB ports, bringing the total amount to five-- three ahead and also 2 in the rear. The cockpit features a variety of handy storage space nooks, including a shelf that extends the reduced dashboard as well as an enormous center-console container that can suit virtually a cubic foot of assorted products. Ergonomic faults include difficult-to-grip temperature level handles for the climate-control system and a touchscreen that's too far away from the motorist.
While base-level LE and also LE And also Highlanders feature a standard second-row bench seat, the XLE, SE, Limited, and Restricted Platinum qualities have captain's chairs between. (The bench seat is a no-cost choice on the XLE, Limited, and Limited Platinum.) Space is plentiful in the second row, yet we found that our seven-passenger test vehicle's bucket seats were installed too low for optimum convenience. Still, the Highlander's moving as well as reclining second-row chairs were like a pair of La-Z-Boy reclining chairs compared to the thin and flimsy 60/40 split-folding third-row bench. Legroom in the wayback is simply 27.7 inches, a complete six inches fewer than what the Volkswagen Atlas's rearmost row offers. If you routinely haul enough passengers to value frequent use of the third row, think about the Atlas, a Honda Pilot, or a Ford Flex.
Shadow of an SUV
In spite of the Highlander's carlike unibody construction as well as low step-in height, this mid-size crossover's managing advises us of an old-fashioned body-on-frame SUV, as its softly sprung suspension permits extreme body coming in turns. On the plus side, the suspension soaks up roadway irregularities with nary a shudder, as well as the electrically helped steering is fairly quick and usually well heavy.
At 4560 extra pounds, our all-wheel-drive Highlander test automobile was no light-weight, and also the excess mass made itself known when applying the brakes, as the Toyota needed 181 feet of tarmac to stop from 70 mph-- 11 feet more than a 161-pound-lighter all-wheel-drive GMC Acadia Denali.
With an as-tested cost of $43,184, our Toasted Walnut Pearl Highlander XLE sported $3704 in choices. Of that tally, all-wheel drive adds $1460 as well as brings vestigial mud flaps, hill-descent control, as well as a display setup within the 4.2-inch gauge-cluster display that reveals torque circulation amongst the Highlander's 4 wheels. An $1810 rear-seat amusement system was one of the most costly alternative, while $434 purchased floor mats as well as body-side moldings. Requirement products consisted of navigating, a closeness trick with push-button start, and also a sunroof, along with aforementioned features such as a blind-spot tracking system and leather-trimmed very first- as well as second-row seats (Toyota cushions the 3rd row in vinyl).
While the Highlander's drab handling and cramped third row continuously curb our excitement for the Indiana-built crossover, the updated 2017 Highlander's lengthy list of standard security and also convenience features, a lot more effective as well as fuel-efficient V-6 engine, and also boosted outside designing will remain to draw in heaps of buyers trying to find a comfy and also reasonably valued mid-size crossover SUV.