2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42
The Toyota Highlander off-road car, despite its Japanese origin, is in active demand not in the domestic market, but in the US market. By the way, this is not the first time such a paradox has been observed in the Land of the Rising Sun. There are many examples of how the Japanese develop their cars specifically for the US market. But let's not get involved in these details, but let's move on to the Toyota Highlander SUV.
The technical characteristics and characteristic design of this car have been well known to Americans since 2002. It was then that the first generation of these cars rolled off the assembly line. But unexpectedly, after 5 years of successful sales, the company's management decided to close the production of this model. Some time later, in 2008, a new Toyota Highlander (second generation) was born. This time, the developers decided not to limit themselves to the American market and decided to supply cars to Eastern Europe. After 2 years, the novelty began to be officially delivered to Russia, which means that it can not be purchased through"black dealers".
Externally, the car has many similar parts with the younger "sister" called "Camry". In fact, the second generation of SUVs was designed precisely on its basis. From this it becomes clear why the car has almost the same grille and slanted headlights as the "donor". But despite a little plagiarism, unique, purely masculine features can be traced in the design of the SUV. This is evidenced by a massive bumper with chrome inserts and foglights. The angle of the windshield has decreased slightly. So the developers managed not only to give the car a sporty look, but also to reduce aerodynamic drag. The high ground clearance and the rapid inclination of the front of the car seem to say: "I am ready to conquer any obstacles." Looking at the appearance of the car, you don’t immediately notice that this is a crossover, and even more so that the Camry passenger car was taken as its basis. The designers really deserve praise - they managed to make a real four-wheel drive SUV out of an urban subcompact.
Toyota Highlander Specifications
Under the hood of the novelty is a powerful 3.5-liter six-cylinder petrol unit, which, surprisingly, was also borrowed from the Camry. It has 273 horsepower at its disposal, which can accelerate the car to 180 kilometers per hour. Yes, the Toyota Highlander technical characteristics are not at all light, which cannot be said about fuel consumption. On average, a car spends about 10-13 liters of gasoline per hundred.
Prices for Toyota Highlander
Technical characteristics, as we have already seen, in combination with the design really make you pay attention to the new product. And the price for it is quite acceptable compared to German and Korean counterparts and is about 1 million 690 thousand in the base and 1 million 975 thousand rubles in the maximum configuration. This is how much the Toyota Highlander will cost in Moscow at an authorized dealer.
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