I don't know if you've noticed, but the once-invincible "Highlander" seems to have become much duller in the past two years. Even the popularity on the Internet has been greatly reduced. The reason is the decline in competitiveness, of course, there are multiple reasons for this result, such as the improvement of the strength of competitors, which greatly increases the substitutability of Highlander, including the impact of new energy vehicles has also brought a lot of pressure to Highlander, and subjectively, Highlander did not respond to objective changes in a timely manner, which is reflected in the reduction of the competitiveness of the product itself, including the design, power, configuration, etc. of new cars, crushing opponents has become a luxury, not to mention that some models are still ahead of HighlanderSo looking at it this way, Highlander's current situation is predictable and natural.
In order to deal with this problem, it seems that Toyota has been prepared for a long time, and in the previous ** 2024 GAC Toyota product series, there are two cars that have attracted the attention of netizens, and we can see through Figure 1 that these two cars are defined as SUV A and SUV C respectively, and above them is Highlander. If we look around the SUV models that Toyota has recently launched around the world, there is one car that has come into our field of vision, and it is the Toyota "Grand Highlander". Because the body shape is quite similar to Highlander, netizens are familiar with it as "Highlander Plus". By comparing the entire model, as well as the current position of Highlander in China, these two "SUV A and SUV C" are most likely the domestic version of this car, of course, the specific is mainly based on official news.
Let's get a brief familiarity with this car, this "Highlander Plus" is stronger than Highlander in terms of body shape and details, of course, the fashion is slightly lacking! The whole front, the new car has a sense of Toyota Sequoia's momentum, the front face is divided into two aspects, the upper part of the momentum adopts a group of small ladder-shaped structural design, the headlights on both sides fit perfectly with this group of design, and the raised lines above also show a full sense of power. Underneath are exaggerated hexagonal air intakes, with the addition of ears as accents, the whole momentum is extended. This set of designs alone can easily kill Highlander. In terms of dimensions, the new car has a length, width and height of 5116x1989x1781mm, a wheelbase of 2946mm, and the North American version offers 2+2+3 and 2+3+3 seat layouts to choose from.
Coming to the side, it is still full of heaviness, and the new car has canceled the traditional waistline, but has adopted a progressive design between the two doors, which is atmospheric and layered. The front and rear wheel arches and side skirts are accented with black scuff guards, and the wheels are bulging with a sense of power that extends into every corner of the car, while the door handles are the most traditional design, and in addition to the main and co-pilot, the car is equipped with privacy glass. At the rear of the car, the design of the tail box bulge echoes its rear surrounding, and the taillights also use split C-shaped taillights, which are embellished with silver decorative strips, which greatly enhance the high-end sense of the new car.
The interior is mostly practical, and the traditional three-spoke steering wheel has not changed anything, including the entire gear lever is the design we are most familiar with. It is equipped with a newly created LCD instrument panel and a central control floating multi-** screen. In terms of car machine system, Toyota's latest car machine system is integrated! Thanks to the excellent wheelbase and length of this car, the storage space in the car is still very rich, taking into account the space attributes of daily place.
The overseas version of the model will be matched with three sets of powertrains, which are 24t fuel version, 25L diesel-electric hybrid and 2The 4T diesel-electric hybrid is mated to an 8-speed automatic manual transmission and an E-CVT continuously variable transmission, and is equipped with a four-wheel drive system. It is reported that these three sets of power systems will be retained after this car is produced in China. The new car will be built by GAC Toyota in the future, I don't know what you think of this car!