TestDrive: Toyota Grand Highlander

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Grand Highlander test drive in Hawai’i. As the embargo lifted, Toyota revised their horsepower and torque numbers for all versions, which differ slightly from the quoted numbers in the video: The gas version makes 265HP and 310 lb.-ft. of torque, the Hybrid System Net Horsepower generates 245 combined net HP, and 177 lb.-ft. of torque. The Hybrid MAX Net Horsepower makes 362 combined net HP, and 332 lb.-ft. of torque. Write to us with your Car Debates, Car Conclusions, and Topic Tuesdays at [email protected] or everydaydriver.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I find myself in Hawaii driving the 2024 Grand Highlander. This is all about
0:06.9	cruise. I'm on Hawaii time now and it's just about cruising. Well let's start
0:14.1	the beginning. Six SUVs from Toyota now that includes the BZ4X, the Corolla Cross,
0:20.1	the RAV4, the Highlander, now the Grand Highlander, and the Sequoia at the very
0:25.7	top end. And you'll notice I didn't even mention the forerunner. You thought that
0:30.1	Toyota didn't need the Grand Highlander. You didn't know that there was this
0:33.5	slice right between the Highlander and the Sequoia and you might ask why the
0:38.3	Grand Highlander? Why do we need this? Well, are you a Millennial? Do you have a
0:42.5	growing family? How many kids do you have? Do the grandparents come visit whether
0:46.4	you like it or not and you have to deal with people and gear and family and
0:49.8	you need something just a little bit bigger than the Highlander but not quite as
0:53.7	much or expensive as the Sequoia. The Grand Highlander is for you. I'm in the
0:58.4	hybrid max platinum all-wheel-drive version which is the most fully loaded
1:03.6	Grand Highlander you can buy. It is just under $60,000. Toyota says this is all
1:09.8	about family and I'm surprised that the Fast and Furious franchise hasn't picked
1:13.7	up on this to fill it with family. The Highlander has been around a while and it
1:18.1	does have good space but this is just a little bit bigger. When you fold that
1:22.2	third row, you get a lot of space and then the second row, 98 cubic feet back
1:28.7	there of space for your gear. Seven suitcases stacked in the back can fit in
1:34.4	this thing up to eight people. So seven are eight people in this. It's almost
1:38.7	mini-van size in that sense. Look how easy it is to get in the back seat there.
1:43.2	They're all about to step in and making that seat fold or slide forward so the
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