2024 Grand Highlander Release Date, Price, Interior – While the Toyota Highlander is a capable three-row crossover, it falls short of the enormously well-liked Kia Telluride and Hyundai Palisade in terms of third-row room. This issue is somewhat resolved by the Sequoia, a body-on-frame SUV with a substantially higher price tag. Enter the Grand Highlander of 2024. It will have significantly more room to more effectively compete with the aforementioned rivals and is anticipated to feature unibody construction like the normal Highlander. The 2024 Grand Highlander should be the ideal Toyota for lengthy family road trips or school runs because of its economical hybrid powertrain, allowing the more capable 4Runner and Sequoia to handle the hard stuff. Here is everything the Grand Highlander should deliver.
2024 Grand Highlander Redesign
Exterior And Interior Design
The new 2024 Grand Highlander SUV’s only exterior image that has been released thus far is a teaser of the back. It is obvious that this will be more than just a Highlander with the back extended. In comparison to the Highlander, the Grand Highlander appears to have more square proportions, and its jutting taillight clusters have a more manly appearance.
We haven’t seen the new SUV from any other angles than the Grand Highlander moniker and the hybrid badging. We don’t anticipate any aesthetic tricks or coupe-like rooflines because the emphasis is on spaciousness, which won’t take away from the car’s practicality. Although it is unclear if the face will be customized to match the standard Highlander, this appears to be custom SUV styling work.
Other than the fact that the interior of the 2024 Grand Highlander will have three rows and should be exceptionally roomy, not much is known about it. That would be a pleasant departure from the typical Highlander, which contains a third seat but has confined legroom (see illustration below).
The Grand Highlander’s seats in 2024 will likely be covered with the company’s SofTex material on premium trims, in addition to having more interior space. Multi-zone temperature control, power front seats, and seat heating in at least the first two rows should all be options. If the inside will resemble the basic Highlander, which has a 12.3-inch touchscreen and a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster farther up the range, is unknown.
Radar cruise control, lane departure warning, and road sign assistance are all anticipated to be standard features as part of the Safety Sense suite because Toyota is not renowned for cutting corners when it comes to safety.
2024 Grand Highlander Engine
We may infer from the teaser image released by Toyota that at least one powertrain—the new Hybrid Max engine—is confirmed. In order to produce 340 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque, the Hybrid Max in the new Crown sedan combines a 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with a front electric motor and rear electric axle. In the Grand Highlander Hybrid Max, that’s what we can anticipate unless Toyota decides to modify this powertrain specifically for the larger SUV. The Grand Highlander won’t be as fast as the Crown, which can reach 60 mph in 5.7 seconds with this engine.
The Grand Highlander would be distinguished from its brother by using this hybrid powertrain, which would be considerably more potent than the 243 horsepower of the Highlander Hybrid. However, there may be other 2024 Grand Highlander engines traveling in our direction. Toyota may sell the Crown’s basic hybrid as well, in which case we can anticipate 236 horsepower from a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine and electric motors.
2024 Grand Highlander Release Date And Price
The carmaker recently teased that its “big plan” for this vehicle will be unveiled on February 8, 2023, which is most likely the date of the unveiling and the release of the specifications. The 2024 Grand Highlander will be released after this, most likely in the second half of 2023 in the USA.
The 2024 Grand Highlander’s pricing has not yet been disclosed at this early stage. We anticipate it will cost more than the beginning MSRPs of the Highlander Standard (seen below) and Highlander Hybrid, which are $36,420 and $40,220, respectively. If the Grand Highlander has a more economical gas-only engine, which hasn’t been verified yet, we anticipate a starting price of roughly $40.000. For the Hybrid Max, budget closer to $45,000 in price.
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