The launch of the new fourth-generation Toyota Highlander has been on the market for more than half a year since June 2021, but until now, there are still the old Highlanders of the 2021 model on sale, and there are new and old models selling at the same time. The new Highlander came to test drive a few days ago, and we also conducted a very detailed evaluation, so here, I will tell many consumers who are still waiting for Highlander that there is no need to buy the old model.
Let's start with the conclusion: the existence of the old Highlander is very necessary.
#外观对比
Let's start with the most obvious aspects of appearance. Since the past few years, the domestic car market has slowly changed from middle-aged to young people, that is to say, more and more young people have mastered the initiative of choosing cars and buying cars, so the new cars launched by manufacturers are getting younger and more handsome.
The Highlander is no longer just the standard for middle-aged stay-at-home men, and young people who love life and want to explore the diverse world are slowly leaning towards this old top-notch 7-seater medium-sized SUV. So the appearance of the fourth-generation Highlander naturally becomes more youthful and sporty, you don't have to be afraid of it being too greasy, it can fully withstand the sports style of young people, and it is also attractive to some friends in their 30s.
But for the older, relatively "old-fashioned" and "traditional" fathers and uncles, this young look is not very acceptable in any way, they tend to prefer the atmospheric, rugged old model, I once showed my father a picture of the new Highlander, he thought about it and said: "This is highlander? How did it come to this, but not bad. But when I showed him the photos of the old model, he still resolutely chose the appearance of the old model.
It makes great sense to sell the new and old models simultaneously at the appearance level, and it gives us more choices.
#内饰对比
Similar to the exterior, the new Highlander uses a colored instrument screen for the entire series, with a low match of 7 inches and a high match of 12.3 inches, and the old one has a low match of 3.5 inches of monochrome and a high match of 4.2 inches of color.
The gap between the central control screen is even greater, the new model is all suspended large screens, low with 8 inches and high with 12.3 inches, while the old model is a more classic embedded screen, low with 6.1 inches and high with 10 inches.
Although many young people are very "old" with large screens and virtual buttons, there will still be some people who prefer small screens + physical buttons, including the author himself, so the advantages of the old models in this regard are still very large.
The same is true in the configuration, such as the new Highlander's voice system can control the sunroof and air conditioning, the high beam is all changed from halogen to LED, and many people especially like the HUD head-up display function, which is also equipped on the new Highlander's high-end model.
All this is the same as the appearance, but also means that the Highlander, which sells new and old models at the same time, can be compatible with both "radicals" and "conservatives".
#动力与油耗对比
It is worth mentioning that the biggest change in the new Highlander is the power, from the old 2.0T engine to the 2.5L + motor dual engine system, from the physical sense, the new Highlander in the city with the car will be more comfortable, because the motor drive in the front of the start can be very soft to drive the wheel rotation, there will not be a little feeling of channeling.
Reflected in the fuel consumption is also very "comfortable", in the case of traffic jams in urban areas, this new 2-ton Highlander with motor batteries can achieve 5-6 liters of 100 km fuel consumption, which really subverts our cognition.
The official fuel consumption of the old 2.0T is 8.9 liters, which is more than 10 in the case of traffic jams. But this does not mean that the old model is not good, on the contrary, in the eyes of the older generation, the pure engine of the model leather degree, is certainly stronger than the car with two sets of systems, even if Toyota's dual engine has been verified for a long time, but their recognition of the battery and motor is still not very high.
At the same time, if you run more high speeds, or live in the city traffic jam is not serious, 2.0T power and fuel consumption is still no problem.
Summary & some small suggestions
As mentioned above, if you are a young man like the author, more concerned about the bonus of science and technology, handsome and young appearance, always have the need to go out with objects, take daughters-in-law and old children over the mountains, then the new Highlander is definitely a good choice.
If you're not so easy to embrace something fresher and don't trust the intelligent cockpit and hybrid system, the old Highlander will certainly make you worth the money.
At the same time, if your budget is not so generous, then the old Highlander is really fragrant. The hybrid Highlander started at 268,800 yuan, and the two-wheel drive top match exceeded 310,000 yuan, but the old model is currently only a four-wheel drive version on sale, with a price range of 258,800-306,800 yuan. Cheap bowl of 2.0T old model is actually not old, just different positioning, now do you know how to choose?