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More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

2023/05/16Magazines

A few days ago, official image of Toyota's new Grand Highlander was officially released. As a completely new product, new car is positioned as a 7-seater medium to large SUV. It is expected to land in North America. market in middle of this year.

More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

What I have to say is that the Highlander is really big after adding Grand, its front end is very sharp.

More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

However, there is one thing to be said, this brand new family style looks quite familiar, it is similar to Toyota's big brother RAV4 Rongfang.

More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

Compared to Highlander, it can be seen that this time elongated part of new car is mainly concentrated between C-pillar and D-pillar. In addition, new car is also equipped with a set of brand new 20-inch wheels.

More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

The shape of tail is mainly based on simplicity, since new car does not use bad street through-type design, C-shaped design of taillight group still looks very textural. The lower edging is also done in a two-tone combination, and decoration on silver skid plate makes new car look wilder.

More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

As for interior, interior of new car is basically same as that of Highlander, and there is not much novelty. The 12.3-inch central control screen.

More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!
More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

After lengthening, longitudinal space inside new car has also been improved. I believe that third row of seats will no longer be an ornament. In addition, new car also adopts a 7-seater 2+2+ layout. 3.

More "big" Highlander? The new Toyota SUV really surprises no one!

In terms of power, new car will also feature an all-new 2.4T hybrid powertrain with a maximum output of 254kW and a maximum torque of 542Nm. It is mated to an 8AT automatic manual transmission. A T fuel version and a 2.5L hybrid version will be introduced, and an all-wheel drive system will be standard.

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In terms of products, this new vehicle is actually a version of Highlander PLUS and will compete against Ford Explorer, Volkswagen Atlas, Toyota Traverse and other models in future. How will new car perform in future? It's still worth looking forward to, and according to information disclosed so far, this new car still has a good chance of reaching domestic sales, but when it comes to Highlander's price, starting price is expected to be over 400,000. /p>