When it comes to SUV models, there is bound to be a model that cannot be avoided, that is, the Toyota Highlander, as a benchmark SUV model, the car will sell more than 400,000 new cars in the global market in 2021, and in the domestic market, GAC Toyota Highlander has also accumulated more than one million vehicles.
Some people call Highlander "the evergreen tree in the SUV market", not only the sales of the car are steady and unabated, but also in terms of retention rate, stability and practicality, etc., it has a reputation, and peace of mind and durability is its biggest advantage.
The new fourth-generation Highlander has been on the market for more than half a year, and under the TNGA architecture, both the styling design and the configuration performance must have been improved.
Of course, the price of the new car has also risen, compared with the old model, the starting price of the new car has increased by about 30,000 yuan, and the appearance of the replacement model has changed greatly, and the power is the 2.5L hybrid version of the whole series. However, it is worth mentioning that this time, GAC Toyota has adopted the same way of selling the new and old models to the Highlander model, but the old model only has a 2.0T four-wheel drive 7-seat version.
In addition, recently, according to our latest understanding, some media have exposed a new Toyota Highlander pure fuel version of the road test photo on the online platform, according to the official plan, the new car or will be launched in the second quarter of this year, and listed in the third quarter, and began to be delivered within the year.
It can be seen that the new car is not equipped with a formal license plate, and judging from the exposed device, or the vehicle emission test is being done, it can be basically determined that the car is still a test car.
From the rear to infer, the new car shape will continue the design of the fourth generation Highlander, as for the "D-4ST" and "AWD" logos at the rear, it can be determined that it is a 2.0T four-wheel drive pure fuel version model.
At present, Highlander already has a 2.5L hybrid version, including two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, 5-seat version and 7-seat version, as well as the old model on sale 2.0T four-wheel drive 7-seat version, and the new car exposed this time or will have a higher cost performance, thereby lowering the entry threshold of Highlander, which is expected to be around 250,000.
Written in the end: So the question is, is it necessary for Highlander to have a new 2.0T all-wheel drive fuel version?