2020 Toyota Highlander: The Truck-Like Station Wagon
The Toyota Highlander SUV receives an extensive overhaul for 2020.
A gasoline V6 is available as well as a hybrid option with all-wheel drive.
Interior features include wireless charging and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto.Â
For those that look at the new Subaru Outback and say, “I need a little more truck than that,” might I direct your attention to the 2020 Toyota Highlander. If the Outback is a station wagon with off-road capabilities, consider the Highlander to be a truck with station wagon capabilities. It’s big enough, good enough and, most of all, it’s a Toyota; so it’s going to run (almost) forever.
Down To The Basics
The basics here are this: the 2020 Toyota Highlander is a big, two-box SUV that comes in L, LE, XLE, Limited, and Platinum grades. There’s a hybrid version with optional all-wheel drive. There are three colors carried over from 2019: Blizzard Pearl, Celestial Silver Metallic, and Midnight Black Metallic. Toyota added five new colors for 2020, however: Magnetic Gray Metallic, Moon Dust (which is actually a shade of blue), Ruby Flare Pearl (red obviously), Blueprint, and Opulent Amber. Opulent Amber is a “deep, luxurious brown” but that’s a lie. It’s brown, and brown is a terrible color for a car. Don?t buy a brown car.
Meat & Potatoes: Traditional Vs. Hybrid
Non-hybrid Highlanders feature a 3.5-liter V6 with Toyota’s Dual Variable Valve Timing and D-4S Injection system; meaning direct f...
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