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2021-02-19T09:01:25.892Z


The Toyota Highlander, which comes to us under American standard is the latest addition to a wave of large tools that combine American dimensions and crossover fashion. His card: Hybrid propulsion


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Road test: Toyota Highlander

The Toyota Highlander, which comes to us under American standard is the latest addition to a wave of large tools that combine American dimensions and crossover fashion.

His card: Hybrid propulsion

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  • Crossover

  • 7 seats

  • Hybrid

Keenan Cohen

Friday, 19 February 2021, 10:21

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Larger than Japan, but made in the United States (Photo: Keenan Cohen)

In the world of urban and regional planning, for the suburban class, the same form of settlement that has developed on the outskirts of major cities has a special place.

The rapid growth in transportation infrastructure and the availability of vehicles along with turning cities into crowded and bustling niches, has pushed more and more people to live in suburban neighborhoods of the metropolis.

Some of the salient features of the suburbs were the search for a country-style quality of life, the distance from crowded neighborhoods and the almost exclusive reliance on a private vehicle as a means of transportation.

And as the miles accumulated in the Toyota Highlander I realized that I was actually driving the vehicle that is — is the motor expression for the concept of the suburbs.



The past year has brought some brand new competitors to the team he is in.

Along with tools such as the very old Chevrolet Traverse, there were those that were here before and renewed like the Ford Explorer and those that came under the auspices of the American standard like the Hyundai Paliside, Subaru Evoltis and now the Highlander.

Each has its own meaning to its importer but they are all going to quarrel over a market share estimated at 5,000 to even 7,000 vehicles.

And when it comes to prices around NIS 300,000, this is a market share with a lot of money on its side.

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With an extroverted design and dimensions that kiss 5 meters, it is impossible not to notice it (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

country style

No one deceives themselves that living in the suburbs is life in the village, but the detached houses and the flowering gardens are enough to produce the illusion.

In the Toyota Highlander the rustic illusion is its pseudo-terrain design.

The upright front, the square lines, the large wheels - all these are the characteristics of "space" embedded in it to give the illusion of the aura of the beloved hard hit.



What about the element of moving away from the crowded neighborhoods?

Well, even the 497 cm high end 197 cm wide and 176 cm high is a tool that also allows for a very generous interior space. Between its 285 cm wheelbase come three very spacious rows of seats.

The second row that moves on a rail also offers in its middle position plenty of space, separate control of the air conditioning system and two USB sockets and the third row of seats in the category cars below it is really a joke, will be able to comfortably seat a standard adult, even if reduced space in the second row. Put children there until they grow up and it will be just fine.

Those sitting in it will also have air-conditioning outlets and cup holders.

And even after using the third row, a reasonable trunk remains to be used with 241 liters up to the height of the seats or 305 liters up to the height of the roof, double and more than what tools like the Extra Kodiak or Outlander offer.

A very surprising and happy moment was when I opened the back door and discovered that it was of the type that opened to an angle close to 90 degrees, allowing very convenient access to the rear seats.

A second row of seats moves on a rail (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

Its dimensions also allow for a very generous deployment of buttons around the driver, it shows that it may seem outdated at first with every run for a clean and aesthetic design, but I actually find this array of lots of buttons that each performs as such easier to get used to In menus to perform simple operations.

In this respect, the fact that it comes with the 8-inch screen (with Apple and Android pairing) and not the maximum 12.3 with which it is marketed abroad is an advantage, since there the operation of the system goes to the screen. Each button.The vast majority of them are perfectly located and to this can be added lots of storage space, open and closed and even a nice patent of a plastic "stopper" that allows you to thread the charging cable to a mobile and place the phone on a shelf without it dangling and curling in the compartment. That I would like to place in a more accessible way, but that's a total.

Solid interior design, simple and clear human engineering (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

If the affection for vehicles of this type is explained, among other things, in the high driving position, in the Highlander you will find one.

The climb to the driver's seat puts you in observation over most of the cars around, and relative to its dimensions the visibility out and its maneuverability is quite good.

Those who are not used to it will have a period of time to come to terms with the exaggerated magnification of the American left mirror that initially deceives.

A "dead zone" vehicle alert system will help at least in the first stage.

This system is part of a safety system that also includes lane departure correction, automatic braking, detecting cross-traffic in reverse travel, adaptive cruise control that slows down turns, detecting signs and more.

Good third row for children, reasonable for teenagers, will inevitably contain even a standard adult (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

Means of transport

Toyota, which has been invested in the hybrid worlds for years, brings the no small vehicle with this gasoline-electric arrangement.

Combination of a 2.5-cylinder 4-cylinder engine with an electric motor that together are combined for 248 hp The stated torque is that of the gasoline engine only and stands at 23.6 kg.

To the wheels the power comes through a continuous gearbox.

He can claim for double propulsion and it will not be completely wrong nor completely wrong.

While the petrol engine drives the front wheels along with the electric motor through the continuous gearbox, another electric propulsion unit is located on the rear axle and is responsible for its propulsion.

Despite this, this engine is capable of handling up to 80 percent of the power when it comes to acceleration for example.

This type of paddle also allows it to display a very respectable towing capacity of up to 2,000 kg.

The use of the third row also leaves room for luggage (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

Although it managed to get very close to the 100 km / h jump figure in 8.2 seconds, the Highlander is not exactly an athletic sprinter. The combination of its weight, a little over 2 tons, with a four-cylinder engine and continuous gear, even with electric reinforcement does not produce agility Extraordinary. It just runs at its own pace and there is no point in spurring it, all that comes out of it is an engine that strains, noise, but very little value. It is generally a tool that you prefer to just drive calmly. The brakes have a deceptive feeling due to regenerative braking From it, the body oscillates dramatically as the pace increases.This at no normal stage comes at the expense of losing grip, but simply a constant reminder and clarification that it does not like it.

The hybrid engine does not provide special performance but the fuel consumption is surprising (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

And that's fine, because the rest of the time and with a use that is completely administrative, this car has its own charm.

It starts with ride comfort that manages to stay good even on very exaggerated 20-inch rims at the high finish level (19-inch in the entry-level version).

Even on a slow and bumpy ride there is no entry of bumps into the cabin and when the pace picks up it simply hovers in American comfort, the country to which it is intended and where it is manufactured.

We sewed hundreds of miles with him at an exceptional level of comfort and it would not stop us from continuing further and further.

The convenience allows you to travel hundreds of kilometers easily (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

Area?

In his disgust and pity, despite the double propulsion, despite the design and reputation and 20 cm in the ventral space - this is not a Land Cruiser. That this vehicle is meant to do, it's vulnerable, soft and you do not want to find yourself pulling back for I degenerated all this size because you did not find where to turn around. Long story short, just believe me okay?

Well-trodden paths, this is the maximum (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

In very very conscious use, you can see quite a bit of the EV indicator inside a drawing of a leaf on the dashboard, informing you that now the paddle is only electric.

But with all due respect to Toyota's excellent hybrid systems, they too are having a hard time producing lengthy travel periods on electric power alone and with all due respect to glaciers, we also need to get from place to place eventually.

Still, with 11.1km per liter in highlander test conditions it presented an excellent, even fantastic result when competitors like Subaru Evoltis and Ford Explorer struggled to scratch the 9km per liter on a beautiful day with lots of descents.

Despite the excessive rims, it still absorbs the bumps nicely (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

The beautiful life

The Toyota Highlander is just the right tool for Toyota, which for years could not offer a proper 7-seater vehicle solution (I really appreciate the Land Cruiser due to its off-road capabilities, but it is not exactly accessible and far from the car's refinement levels).

The Highlander sits on several squares in the solution it offers, design, dimensions, armature, safety, space, comfort and even fuel economy relative to its group.

Its disadvantages in terms of behavior and performance are negligible in the basket of customer considerations in this category.

A small, simple and smart patent for the cable of the mobile phone (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

This fuel saving is one of his advantages, his safety systems also give him rights, but he has another card and that is the price.

I know that NIS 290,000 for the entry-level E-MOTION version and NIS 305,000 for the high-end E-XCLUSIVE finish are considerable sums.

But these are tens of thousands of shekels below competitors such as Hyundai Paliside (starting at NIS 320,000), Chevrolet Travers (starting at NIS 330,000 for the relevant versions), Subaru Evoltys (starting at NIS 300,000) or Ford Explorer (starting at NIS 335) One thousand shekels).

A direct comparison will soon also find out where this financial gap is going.



But the bottom line, from the dream list of the Israeli bourgeoisie, the one with the ground-level villa in the suburbs in front of which is a Toyota Land Cruiser, can now be deleted and put a car that is much more suitable for the task.

Highlander instead of Land Cruiser?

(Photo: Keinan Cohen)

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On the technical side: the Toyota Highlander Hybrid

Engine, propulsion:

petrol, hybrid, 4 cylinders, dual


volume:

2,487 cc


Power / rpm (combined hp):

248


torque / rpm (kg / kg of petrol):

4,400 / 23.6


Transmission:

automatic , Continuous



Dimensions:


Length (cm):

497


Width (cm):

193


Height (cm):

176


Wheelbase (cm):

285


Trunk (liters):

631 (5 seats), 305 -241 (7 seats)



Performance:


Acceleration 0-100:

8.3 seconds


Maximum speed:

180 km / h



Competitors:


Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Traverse, Hyundai Paliside, Subaru Evoltis



Price:


NIS

305,000

(test), NIS 290,000 (base)

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