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Refreshed Toyota 2017 Highlander features 8AT, two new hybrid grades

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The refreshed Toyota 2017 Highlander mid-size sport utility vehicle will feature a new Direct Shift 8-speed (8AT automatic transmission), as well as two new grades for the hybrid version of the model. All Highlander Hybrid models will continue to be all-wheel drive (AWD). liter V6 Direct Injection Engine.

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News: 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander

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News: 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander A New, Larger SUV If the Toyota Highlander isn’t large enough for your family, then the all-new 2024 Grand Highlander may be what you are looking for. Like the Highlander, the Grand Highlander has three rows but the third row now is more accommodating. The base 2.4-liter

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Toyota West Virginia rolls its first hybrid transaxle off production line; $226M investment

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After more than two years of preparation, Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia (TMMWV) produced Toyota’s first hybrid transaxle in North America this previous week.

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2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: brief drive of updated three-row SUV

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The 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid remains the only three-row hybrid crossover utility vehicle sold in the U.S. And for the 2017 model year, it's gotten some mild updates. We had a chance to spend half an hour in a new 2017 Highlander Hybrid during last.

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2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid to be offered in four trim levels

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While the new Toyota RAV4 Hybrid has received much attention recently, the Japanese firm's larger hybrid crossover is now getting a mid-cycle update as well. Debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show, the 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid gets some styling and mechanical changes, as well as a reshuffling of trim levels.

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2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Prius 'marvel,' electric-car tax credits: Today's car news

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Today, Toyota announces the refreshed 2017 Highlander Hybrid and a new Prius hybrid variant for the 2016 New York Auto Show, and we look at when electric-car tax credits expire. The refreshed 2017 Toyota. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Toyota to begin hybrid powertrain production in US; $374M investment in 5 plants

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Toyota is expanding the production of its hybrid powertrains to the US. million in five US manufacturing plants to support production of its first US-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. Cutaway of Toyota hybrid transaxle. Toyota will invest $373.8