Toyota Highlander for Sale
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Pusahma satu
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018
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Toyota Highlander
Toyota Highlander For Sale
Like the 1986 movie Highlander, the Toyota SUV that shares its name is a crowd-pleaser that cannot inspire fervor among movie critics. After more than 190,000 Highlanders rolled off dealership whole lots in 2015, Toyota's mid-size crossover SUV went into 2017 with a host of modifications targeted at pleasing the masses as well as pundits alike.
Significantly, all Highlanders, from the base $31,590 LE to the high-grade $48,840 Highlander Hybrid Limited Platinum, now come standard with a pre-collision warning system with pedestrian discovery and automated emergency braking, plus lane-departure caution, lane-keeping help, flexible cruise control, and also automated high-beams. Our all-wheel-drive $43,184 Highlander XLE examination car likewise loaded blind-spot monitoring, an attribute not available on the lower-level Highlander LE and also LE And also.
Going along with the 2017 Highlander's various security systems is the most up to date variation of Toyota's 3.5-liter V-6 engine. The six-cylinder is conventional on just about the base front-wheel-drive Highlander LE-- which continues to use a frail 185-hp inline-four-- and also includes a host of modern technologies, including a direct and also port fuel-injection system and an upgraded valvetrain that permits the engine to work on the much more effective Atkinson cycle. Ranked at a healthy and balanced 295 horse power and also 263 lb-ft of torque, the changed V-6 makes 25 even more horses and also an additional 15 lb-ft compared to the previous unit. Gas economic climate is up, too, with the front-wheel-drive 2017 Highlander V-6 gaining an EPA-rated 23 mpg incorporated; all-wheel-drive models accomplish 22 mpg. Both numbers mark a 2-mpg renovation over in 2015's Highlander and also placed the crossover within 1 mpg of the four-cylinder Mazda CX-9's combined fuel-economy figures.
Toyota's 2GR-FKS 6 is a treasure of an engine that develops power mostly all the way up to its 6800-rpm redline. At the track, this Highlander cut 0.3 second off of its predecessor's zero-to-60-mph as well as 30-to-50-mph times, hitting the marks in 7.0 and also 3.8 seconds, specifically. Regrettably, the 2017 Highlander's 5.6-second 50-to-70-mph passing away time was both sluggish for the course and almost a second behind that of its forbear. Blame the new eight-speed automatic transmission's hesitancy to downshift. Regardless, the changed Highlander's V-6 provides plenty of grunt in the majority of real-world driving circumstances. Thanks partly to our examination vehicle's automated stop-start system, we handled a sensible 21 mpg during our time with the crossover, 2 mpg better than exactly what we received from a Mazda CX-9.
The Element of Crossover
If the 2017 Highlander's V-6 powertrain is the matching of Highlander's captivating Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos RamÃrez (played by Sean Connery), then the crossover's revamped outside style is akin to the film's handsome but forgettable protagonist, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert). New front as well as back fascias, updated headlamps, as well as an attractive set of LED taillights provide the Highlander a much more natural, SUV-like look. Yet we still wouldn't place it rather on the very same level of appearance as the butch Dodge Durango or the shapely CX-9.
Unlike the exterior, the Highlander's interior has been left mainly unblemished. Toyota did include 4 more USB ports, bringing the total amount to 5-- 3 ahead as well as 2 in the rear. The cabin includes a variety of useful storage space nooks, including a shelf that spans the reduced control panel as well as a huge center-console bin that can fit nearly a cubic foot of various products. Ergonomic faults include difficult-to-grip temperature level handles for the climate-control system as well as a touchscreen that's as well far from the motorist.
While base-level LE and also LE Plus Highlanders include a conventional second-row bench seat, the XLE, SE, Limited, and Restricted Platinum qualities come with captain's chairs in the middle. (The bench seat is a no-cost option on the XLE, Limited, and Limited Platinum.) Area is plentiful in the 2nd row, but we found that our seven-passenger examination cars and truck's container seats were mounted too low for ideal convenience. Still, the Highlander's sliding and also reclining second-row chairs were like a set of La-Z-Boy recliners compared to the slim and lightweight 60/40 split-folding third-row bench. Legroom in the wayback is just 27.7 inches, a complete 6 inches less compared to exactly what the Volkswagen Atlas's rearmost row offers. If you regularly haul adequate guests to benefit regular use of the 3rd row, consider the Atlas, a Honda Pilot, or a Ford Flex.
Darkness of an SUV
Even with the Highlander's carlike unibody building and construction and reduced step-in height, this mid-size crossover's managing reminds us of an antique body-on-frame SUV, as its softly sprung suspension allows excessive body coming in turns. On the bonus side, the suspension absorbs road abnormalities with nary a shudder, as well as the electrically assisted steering is reasonably fast as well as normally well heavy.
At 4560 extra pounds, our all-wheel-drive Highlander examination car was no light-weight, and the excess mass made itself understood when using the brakes, as the Toyota needed 181 feet of tarmac to quit from 70 mph-- 11 feet greater 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 showed off $3704 in options. Of that tally, four-wheel drive includes $1460 and brings vestigial mud flaps, hill-descent control, and also a display setting within the 4.2-inch gauge-cluster display that shows torque distribution amongst the Highlander's 4 wheels. An $1810 rear-seat amusement system was the most pricey choice, while $434 gotten floor mats as well as body-side moldings. Standard products consisted of navigation, a proximity key with push-button begin, and a sunroof, as well as previously mentioned functions such as a blind-spot surveillance system as well as leather-trimmed very first- as well as second-row seats (Toyota upholsters the third row in vinyl).
While the Highlander's drab handling and also confined third row continue to suppress our interest for the Indiana-built crossover, the upgraded 2017 Highlander's lengthy listing of basic security and also ease attributes, more powerful as well as fuel-efficient V-6 engine, and improved exterior designing will certainly remain to draw in stockpiles of consumers seeking a comfortable as well as reasonably valued mid-size crossover SUV.