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TeeCizzle

Hope they made the 2nd Gen..look less JEEP-sh lookking and more "original" kinda exterior....ya know!

JUMBO

It will more than likely look more like a wagon than the current Highlander would be my formerly educated guess. A little lower, maybe a bit longer, and a bit wider, too. More power, too.

ADRdesignCo

watching this

my bro has highlander, and imo they havent been getting better since his year (05).. i.e. the "chrome" touches, etc. so a fresh new gen would be purty cool

scionofPCFL

I'm imagining something like this:



It will definitely have at least the 3.5 Dual VVT-i 269 hp available, but since that motor is in the cheaper Rav as well, they really should do something to juice it up some, or offer a larger engine that can give it around 300hp. But I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

Keeshwah

Before seeing this I would have bet money that they would have dropped the Highlander. Seems that the new Rav and current Highlander are in the same class atm.

dskinner

The current RAV and Lander are similar is size but the RAV's target is a bit younger and livelier than the Lander, if you know what I mean. I would assume that Toyota would jump up and create a total CUV that could compete more with the all-new Edge and Acadia. It should definately be the 3.5L V-6 as the top engine, but I wouldn't be surprised if Toyota kept that good ol' 2.4L to produce in smaller numbers (whereas most RAVs get the 4). Only time (and size of the Lander) will tell. Can't wait to see it.

scionofPCFL

Well, if they want to compete with the Pilot, they need to increase the size of the Highlander, tremendously. Like, almost the size of the current Sequoia. Otherwise, they need to go the direction of the FT-SX above. Only time will tell which way they picked.

dskinner

^^^ My gut tells me they will shoot for something more CUV than SUV since that segment is booming right now. Though much larger and truck-ish, I think the 4Runner is all the competition that Toyota will need with the Pilot, which seems to be moving quite slow right now.

scionofPCFL

Same here. Tho, it would be odd to take a popular SUV with a known name, and then completely redesign it's very nature. But at the same time, they don't really have a need for something inbetween the Rav and Sequoia unless it is a CUV. As you say, it's what the market is dictating.

KingofScion

it's a SUPER SIZED RAV4, think a tad BIGGER thana Honda Pilot.

Pay2Play

I don't think the Highlander is going anywhere anytime soon, it is too well of a seller. As far as class, the Rav4 is classified as a compact SUV and the Highlander is in the midsize SUV segment (although the Rav is only about 3 inches shorter that the Highlander).

koasterking

I'll tell you one thing, thank God they're bringing out a new design. I was getting tired of the current one. Too boring looking.

My question is this....If the Rav4 got bigger and the Highlander might, what's going to happen to the 4Runner and Sequia. I think they should drop the Sequoia, considering it too out-dated and doesn't sell well.

Pay2Play

I don't know what is going to happen to the 4Runner, but I do recall reading an article on AutoWeek.com a few months back stating that Toyota is scared they may have made the new Sequoia too big, if that gives you any indication of the direction the next Sequoia is going in.

foxtrot685

i hope they dont discontinue the 4-runner before i get to buy one ...

scionofPCFL

It's all hype. By saying it "may be too big" Americans are going to have to take a look. Great clandestine marketing technique.

scionofPCFL

Rav and Highlander are unibody road going SUV's with front wheel drive and 4wd available for obscene road conditions like on mountain roads, or the salt corrupted roads they have up north. (a class that Toyota invented by the way)

The 4runner and Sequoia are body on truck frame, rear wheel drive SUV's with go anywhere 4WD available for obscene offroad conditions and the added ability to tow 5k and with the upcomming 08 Seq, 10k pounds. It's a completely different class of vehicle and there is literaly no cross shopping.

The 4runner needs a lot more head room, but it will also have to grow at least a little bit more in all directions, the market is pushing that. They won't make it too big (I hope), because that's one of the reasons it sells; it has the capability to go anywhere in style, but it's still really easy to park.

As long as they don't make the Sequoia the size of an Excurssion, it'll be fine. I hope they do make an option like on the Tahoe/Yukon to have an extended length.

munkymonkjr

lets put it all in perspective:
Rav4 -- compete with the likes of CR-V and Tuscon....a "civilized" compact SUV
FJ - Off-road beast designed to eat the Wrangler for breakfast.
Highlander -- "civilized" midsize to compete with Murano and SantaFe
Sequoia - full size to take on the likes of Tahoe / Suburban

Whats missing is a CUV like the Mazda 7 or Ford Edge... but then again a CUV is just a more "carlike civilized midsize" ... so there is a good chance that the Highlander might just evolve into that..but I doubt it.

scionofPCFL

On the one hand, Toyota needs another wagonesque vehicle like they need a union contract, but on the other hand, the Pacifica-esque model is missing from line up.

ashiva

i know we're talking highlanders/4runners/civilized v/s offroading but since wagonesque came up it would be awesome to have another toyota station wagon like the 88 camry.
*hint*hint