- The 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander is a brand-new model
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The Toyota Grand Highlander is an all-new model with a name that can’t help but sound familiar. The new model is quite literally a grander version of the standard Toyota Highlander. Like its namesake, the Grand Highlander is a 3-row midsize SUV. But as its name can’t help but imply, it brings more to the table.
First, that “more” comes in the way of added space. The Grand Highlander’s larger exterior size correlates with more interior space, which correlates with greater passenger comfort and more room for cargo compared to the Highlander and competitors in the 3-row midsize SUV segment.
The Grand Highlander doesn’t just build on the Highlander regarding size. Like the Highlander, the Grand Highlander offers a 2.4-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine and a gas-electric hybrid powertrain. The Grand Highlander adds a third option: the Hybrid Max, which packs a hardy 362 horsepower and meaty 400 lb-ft of torque. Isn’t choice a wonderful thing?
Let’s take a look inside the new 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander
Passenger Room and Comfort
All Grand Highlander models come with three rows of seats. The Grand Highlander can seat up to eight passengers with a second-row bench. Second-row captain’s seats are also available. This choice lowers the total seat count to seven but makes the middle row an even nicer place while providing easier access to the back row.
As for that back row, there is enough room for adults and lanky teens to be comfortable.
The Grand Highlander intends to make hauling the family easier. That means keeping everyone connected and powered up. We used to count a family SUV’s merits by its number of cup holders. Today, it’s the amount of USB ports. In the Grand Highlander, you’ll find seven standard USB-C ports and two available 120-volt outlets. And in case you’re wondering – and very thirsty – it also brings 13 cup and bottle holders.
Features and Technology
The Grand Highlander comes loaded with technology. A 12.3-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and a wireless charging cradle are standard. Cables are so yesterday.
Higher trims have a matching 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a 10-inch head-up display that we found super helpful in keeping our eyes where they needed to be: on the road. There’s even an available system called “User Profile Face Identification” that can keep an eye on you to make sure your attention hasn’t drifted. All models include 4G Wi-Fi with a free 30-day subscription.
This big, family-friendly Toyota comes with tri-zone automatic climate control. Higher trims bring some truly premium features like heated and ventilated front- and second-row seats and a heated steering wheel.
Then, there are the details that seem small until you use them, and then you wonder how you ever lived without them, like a standard power tailgate and second-row retractable window shades.
Materials and Design
The base trim of the Grand Highlander is the XLE, a higher starting spot than its Highlander sibling, so the Grand Highlander comes standard with plusher materials. For example, even a base Grand Highlander comes with Toyota’s SofTex faux leather, plus heated and power-operated front seats. Genuine leather upholstery comes on higher trims.
An optional enormous panoramic glass roof truly brings the outside in. And no matter which row you sit in, there’s a place for your stuff in the Grand Highlander’s bevy of storage spots. We’re particularly fond of the shelf above the glove compartment with an adjacent USB port for juicing up a phone or tablet.
Cargo Room and Flexibility
The Grand Highlander doesn’t just have more room for people. Enhanced cargo space is part of the deal. Behind the rear seats is a highly usable 20.6 cubic feet of space. Need to carry even more gear or goods for that weekend project? Keep folding seats, and you get 57.9 cubic feet behind the second row or a seriously spacious 97.5 with both rear rows folded. The “ordinary” Highlander can only handle 16.0 cubic feet behind the third row, 48.4 behind the second row, and 84.3 cubic feet with the rear rows folded. Imagine the possibilities.
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