The “Americans” have their own equipment – a V6 engine with 249 hp, an 8-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive
As Auto News of the Day reports, Toyota Highlander crossovers have significantly increased in price in Russia: if at the end of last year the minimum price was 5 million rubles, now the cost of the most affordable copies has jumped to 6 ,4 million rubles.
For the same amount, Toyota Highlander is offered in Chelyabinsk. The car is a little more expensive (by 200 thousand rubles) from sellers from Tambov, Bryansk and Novosibirsk. All cars – with a 2.0-liter gasoline turbo engine with a power of 248 hp, 8-speed «automatic» and all-wheel drive.
Hybrid Toyota Highlanders with a 248 hp power plant cost from 7 million rubles. based on a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated engine.
All of these cars are parallel imported from China, but there are also versions from the USA. They are more expensive (from 8 to 11.5 million rubles), but they also have a different engine – naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6 with 249 hp. It is combined with the same 8-speed automatic transmission. and has all-wheel drive.
At the beginning of January, the HotCars resource compiled a rating of the most reliable Toyota SUVs, and three out of eleven places went to the Toyota Highlander of different years of production.