Toyota's all-new Grand Highlander is now available for sale in some parts of the country. In North America, the starting price is USD 44,405 (about CNY 320,000).
Previously, GAC Toyota's product planning in China showed that the brand plans to launch two medium and large SUVs, including this overseas Grand Highlander model.
The launch of the new car will also fill the current vacancy of Toyota's large SUV models in the Chinese market, and the main competitors in the same class include Volkswagen Touron, Ford Explorer, Buick Encore, Li L8, Wenjie M7 and other models.
The new model will be based on the improved TNGA-K platform and will be significantly larger than the brand's Highlander model, which can also be considered a "large Highlander" model.
Although cognate with the Highlander, the Grand Highlander does not exactly replicate the former in terms of styling. Compared with the softness of the Highlander, the new car is more injected with tough and domineering lines.
The Toyota Grand Highlander model is equipped with a multi-banner and blacked-out honeycomb grille at the front, flanked by narrower LED headlight clusters.
The overall shape of the side body is tough and slender, and the rear window and waistline design have some edges and corners, combined with the raised lower skirt line and wide wheel arch design, showing a strong sense of power.
The rear roof is designed with a spoiler, and the C-shaped taillights are connected by the blackened parts in the middle to form an integrated style, and the taillights are matched with red and black contrasting colors to strengthen the sporty attributes of the vehicle.
In terms of body size, its length, width and height are 5116mm*1989mm*1831mm, and the wheelbase is 2949mm.
It can be seen that the length is 165mm longer than the regular Highlander, the width has increased by 58mm, the height has increased by 50mm, and the wheelbase has increased by 94mm.
It is reported that the overseas version of the Toyota Grand Highlander model will be available in 7-seater and 8-seater models for consumers to buy.
In terms of interior, the new car is still familiar with the Toyota family style, and the design of the center console is biased towards tradition, 123-inch full LCD gauge +12The 3-inch floating screen design has a simple overall shape.
Nowadays, the main domestic family SUV products can be said to be rolled, and the three screens can be said to be "basic configuration", as well as seats with various gimmick functions, large refrigerators, ambient lights, and so on.
Therefore, when many netizens saw the slightly plain interior of Grand Highlander, they even made jokes such as "rough house".
In terms of power, the Toyota Grand Highlander overseas version will be equipped with 24t fuel version, 25L diesel-electric hybrid as well as 24T diesel-electric hybrid engine.
The powertrain is mated to an 8-speed automatic manual transmission, e-CVT transmission, and is available with all-wheel driveThe new car after domestic production is expected to be adapted to 24T diesel-electric hybrid system.
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Some netizens said that China will not come, and Toyota said internally that the Chinese market Highlander is enough, and there is no need to impact Highlander's market share.
According to Toyota's urine, this car is estimated to start at 40+, and this ** does not have any advantages in the face of new energy L9, etc., and it is impossible to reproduce the glory of Highlander back then.
Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda and other Japanese models have been declining and slowly fading out of people's sight. Gone are the days when they reaped IQ taxes in China.