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2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid Max Review - Yeah, It Is That Good

The Truth About Cars

God knows I’m a big proponent of the minivan. But minivans have been in a massive decline ever since someone - that mythical someone - decided they were uncool. Toyota soldiers on as one of the few remaining automakers still carrying the minivan torch, now as an all-hybrid lineup. versus 112.2 inch touchscreen.

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2023 Toyota Highlander Review - Choices

The Truth About Cars

Minivans are better than crossovers. In a roughly similar package, a minivan gives a family more space for both people and cargo than a three-row crossover, as the floor is lower. Toyota is one of the few with both. Toyota is one of the few with both. For the 2023 model year, Toyota has dumped the venerable 3.5-liter

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Toyota confirms second 3-row electric SUV for US production

Baua Electric

Toyota announced on Thursday that it plans to build a new three-row battery-electric SUV in Princeton, Indiana, with a corresponding $1.4 starting in 2025 In other words, yes, Toyota will have two different three-row electric SUVs. starting in 2025 In other words, yes, Toyota will have two different three-row electric SUVs.

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If Toyota Lavish Highlander cannibalizes gross sales of smaller namesake, it’s a part of the plan

Baua Electric

WAIMEA, Hawaii — Toyota North American emblem head Dave Christ is absolutely ready if the gross sales of his flow top-selling three-row crossover, the Highlander, abate upcoming generation. Putting him in the third row of a Highlander was a little tight.” “I’m a great example. “I’m a great example.

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Toyota to increase Highlander output, including hybrid and exports, in Indiana

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Toyota will increase production of the Highlander mid-size SUV in late 2013 at the company’s Princeton, Ind. The project is expected to create approximately 400 new jobs at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc. Toyota builds Highlander in China for that market only. Hybrid and export versions will be included.

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Road Test: 2021 Toyota Sienna Hybrid

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All-New, All-Hybrid Family-Friendly Minivan. Toyota long ago made a commitment to hybrids, with the Prius being the most successful result of the company’s commitment to combining electricity and gasoline. Toyota and its upmarket Lexus division have 16 hybrid models, making the combined nameplates the leader in hybrid offerings.

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EVs start to go into Toyota’s wide, increasing lineup

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Magnificent Highlander: The bigger three-row crossover started to appear in U.S. Highlander: Toyota’s smaller three-row immense crossover gets a reengineering in 2025. Crown-based crossover: A square-backed model of Toyota’s low-volume lifted sedan imported from Japan will debut within the U.S.