Highlander
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The powerful yet family oriented Toyota Highlander has been optimized for this years model.
The Toyota Highlander features a very powerful V6 engine and a very roomy interior with the ability to carry a whole family of passengers. If you’re in the market for a midsize SUV, you have to take a look at the Highlander.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The Toyota Highlander is a midsize crossover SUV with seven passenger capacity. Toyota sells the Highlander in three different trim levels; base, Sport and Limited. Some standard features of the base model Highlander are; a folding third row seat, air conditioning, and a tilt steering wheel.
The Sport trim level for the Highlander features 19 inch wheels, a sport suspension, foglights, a 3.5 inch information display screen, a backup camera, a power driver seat, a leather steering wheel and one touch folding capability for the second row seats.
The Limited trim comes with power and heated mirrors, an auto dimming rearview mirror, leather seating, power seats, dual climate control, keyless entry and ignition and wood grain interior trim.
Powertrains and Performance
The Highlander comes standard with a 3.5 liter V6 rated at 270 hp and 248 lb ft. of torque. In speed tests, the Highlander went 0 to 60 mph in 7.8 seconds, making in one of the fastest SUVs on the market.
The Toyota Highlander gets an estimated fuel consumption of 18 mpg city and 24 mpg highway.
Safety
For safety, the Highlander has all of the features you would love to have in an SUV. Standard safety features include; stability control and hill start assist, front side airbags, side curtain airbags and a driver side knee airbag.
The Highlander scored the in the highest testing bracket for SUVs, with a perfect front crash rating and a 4 out of 5 crash test rating for the sides.
Interior Design and Special Features
The new Highlander has more room than previous models, and accommodates every passenger very comfortably. The interior and control layout is very impressive as well as the quality of the entire interior design.
The folding seats provide walk through access to all three rows in the Highlander, one of the main features of this new SUV.
