In the North American market, Toyota Highlander is not as "hard to find" and "markup sales" as the domestic market, its competitors are many, in addition to the Volkswagen Atlas (domestic Tuon) and Chevrolet trailblazers, even Honda and Nissan have 7 SUVs to compete with, such as Honda Pilot and Nissan Pathfinder are strong competitors of Highlander, and this year, these two 7-seat SUVs are expected to introduce the domestic market, especially honda pilot, which is at the same level as Highlander, It is a direct competitive relationship.
In Honda's 2022 new car launch plan, we saw a "New C-SUV" model. It is reported that it is a 7-seater medium-sized SUV, and honda crown road and UR-V are 5-seat medium-sized SUVs, and this new 7-seat medium-sized SUV is likely to be a Honda Pilot.
The Honda Pilot currently on sale in North America is the third generation model, and overseas media have recently exposed the camouflage road test photos of the new Honda Pilot (fourth-generation model). We expect that Honda's domestic Pilot will launch the fourth generation model at the same time as the overseas market, and this generation of models has been replaced with a new platform, which will be built based on the platform of Acura MDX, with the front suspension being a double wishbone independent suspension and the rear suspension being a multi-link independent suspension.
The length of the current Honda Pilot is 4991mm, the wheelbase is 2819mm, which is longer than the Highlander, coupled with Honda's space planning capabilities, Honda Pilot's interior space is still very advantageous in the same class, and it is expected that the body size of the new car will also maintain the same level of the current model. Power, the North American version of the model is 3.5L V6 engine + 9AT transmission in the powertrain, this V6 engine is unlikely to be introduced into the domestic market, it is expected that the domestic will use 2.0T + 9AT powertrain, and this set of powertrain has been tested by the market on the crown road and UR-V, its maximum power is 272 horsepower, the maximum torque is 370 Nm, the book data is not weak. The 9AT gearbox is supplied by ZF.
Different from Highlander's 2+3+2 7-seat layout, Honda Pilot adopts a 2+2+3 7-seat layout, from the seat layout, Highlander is more suitable for use as a "big 5-seater" SUV, usually the third row of seats are reclined, and reused when there are many people. The Honda Pilot's third row of seats does not have enough lateral space, and it will be crowded to sit three people, so it is better to use it as a "big 6-seater" SUV. It was easy to sit two people in the third row of seats.
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This year's 7-seat SUV market will be very lively, Dongfeng Nissan will introduce Pathfinder (Pathfinder), Honda will introduce Pilot, Infiniti QX60 will also be launched soon, and the domestic version of BMW X5 (providing 7-seater models) will also be officially unveiled this year. With so many 7-seat SUVs at different prices pouring into the market at once, will consumers be overwhelmed? In particular, Nissan Pathfinder and Honda Pilot, they both point directly to the Toyota Highlander, it is foreseeable that the "days" of the Highlander will no longer be easy in the future, and the phenomenon of price increases will no longer exist. In the luxury medium and large SUV market, even the BMW X5 is domestically produced, and the days of Mercedes-Benz GLE and Audi Q7 domestic production will be far away?