Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Used Sports Cars | 2010 Toyota Highlander Review


The 2010 Toyota Highlander is highly modified version of its predecessor featuring spacious seating arrangement. This is a midsize car that has seating arrangement for seven members with second and third row bucket seats. The seats in the 2nd row can accommodate three passengers through a removable padded center panel that stows and folds in a first row console, when it is unused.

Majority of Highlanders reprise an option of all-wheel drive or front-wheel drive. Electric or gas, Limited, Sport, and Base trim levels have arrived again for 2010. The models with base trim level uses a 2.7-liter 4-cylinder engine for 187-hp. On the Limited and Sport trims a 3.5-liter V6 engine comes as standard, whereas on base trim it is available optionally. The V6 engine is mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission, but 2.7-liter 4-cylinder engine teams up with 5-speed automatic transmission.

The Limited and Base Hybrid models comes with all-wheel drive that utilize a 3.3-liter V6 engine matched to an electric motor to give 270 hp. Similar to the other hybrid models of Toyota, the 2010 Toyota Highlander uses all power sources, based on driving loads, and needs additional charging. The hybrid models are using a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). The EV mode of Hybrid permits the driver to keep Highlander only in electric drive mode to a small distance. An Econ mode that can be selected by driver to control throttle inputs to get best fuel economy. The limited towing power of hybrid models is around 3500 lbs whereas standard V6 models can tow up to 5000 lbs easily.

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