This is a Motormouth couple car review of the 2024 Toyota Highlander Hybrid mid-size SUV. What’s New for 2024? Not much has changed, the Bronze Edition model has been discontinued, the 2024 Toyota Highlander XLE trim has been fitted with a hands-free power liftgate with kick sensor and the Nightshade Edition is now available on the Highlander hybrid.
This 2024 Toyota Highlander hybrid has a 2.5L 4-cylinder with Toyota’s hybrid synergy drive, it’s matched to an ECVT, it gets a combined 243 horsepower, standard AWD in Canada. FWD and AWD options are available in the US.
We are driving the 2024 Toyota Highlander XLE Nightshade Edition with black exterior accents, black roof rails, black badging, 18” black alloy wheels, a black interior and captain’s chairs. This model comes standard with the smaller 8” touchscreen and 7” digital driver display. The Highlander does have dual 12.3” screens on higher trims. In the US, you can add the larger touchscreen to the XLE Nightshade model in a package.
The 2024 Toyota Highlander Highlander is a 7-8 passenger SUV with 8” of ground clearance. Some trims have a bench seat other models captain’s chairs. The LE and XLE models get a bench seat and captain’s chairs are on the XLE Nightshade, Limited and Platinum models. In the US, there is one trim that offers both and that’s the XLE model.
The 2024 Toyota Highlander has great fuel economy, the AWD model with 18” wheels gets 6.7L/100 km, 35 MPG city and 6.8L/100 km, 35 MPG highway.
In Canada, the 2024 Toyota Highlander LE starts at $52,842 CAD, XLE $55,702 CAD, XLE Nightshade $57,272 CAD, Limited $61,102 CAD and Platinum $62,972 CAD. Pricing includes, freight, PDI and fees.
In the US, 2024 Toyota Highlander LE FWD/AWD $40,970 USD/$42,570 USD, LE Nightshade FWD/AWD $41,970 USD/$43,570 USD, XLE FWD/AWD $44,120 USD/$45,720 USD, XLE Nightshade FWD/AWD $45,120 USD/$46,720 USD, Limited FWD/AWD $48,225 USD/$50,175 USD, Platinum FWD/AWD $51,425 USD/$53,375 USD.
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0:00 Intro
0:17 The power
0:44 Key standard features
1:39 What's new
2:27 Ride/handling
4:34 Exterior
5:18 Interior
7:11 Best value trim
7:52 Available options
8:10 Rear seats and cargo
9:19 Questions, Coffee & cars
11:54 Hot topic
13:33 Vital stats
14:34 Competition
15:29 Final thoughts
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