Toyota’s new Highlander is significantly redesigned — and presumably improved — over the outgoing model. It has more room, a bigger engine and gets the same gas mileage. It also enters a now ultra-competitive segment in the auto industry: three-row crossovers. That competition is probably one reason Toyota is keeping the new Highlander’s price extremely similar to the outgoing model’s.
The Highlander Base 4×2 starts at $27,300 — $510 more than the 2007 — while the top-of-the-line Highlander Limited 4×2 starts considerably higher than the 2007, at $32,700, a bump of $1,890. Of course, the new models carry more standard safety and other features. The new gasoline Highlander goes on sale in July, with the hybrid model following in September. Pricing for the hybrid will be released closer to its on-sale date. For a full price breakdown of the gasoline version, keep reading. Related More Toyota Highlander News(KickingTires) Auto Show Coverage: 2008 Toyota Highlander, Highlander Hybrid(Cars.com)
2008 Toyota Highlander Pricing
Base 4×2: $27,300
Base 4×4: $28,750
Sport 4×2: $29,950
Sport 4×4: $31,400
Limited 4×2: $32,700
Limited 4×4: $34,150
Prices do not include a $685 destination charge.
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Former managing editor David Thomas has a thing for wagons and owns a 2010 Subaru Outback and a 2005 Volkswagen Passat wagon.