2024 Toyota Grand Highlander First Drive: Evolution of a Proven Formula

•    Auto123 got in a first test drive of the brand-new 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander.

•    The new SUV is longer, taller and has a longer wheelbase than the Highlander.

•    Of the three powertrains offered with the model, two are hybrids.

Kamuela, Hawaii - Another new SUV joins the Toyota family this year. The name of the Grand Highlander explains what it is, essentially. Yes, this is a more spacious version of the familiar Highlander. 

Some might ask: Why? Why not, says Toyota, which has noted that consumers' appetite for ever more spacious SUVs continues unabated. In fact, some of the Highlander's potential customers found the third-row space of that model insufficient. So Toyota is giving those folks what they need. In a world of fierce competition, the Japanese automaker couldn't pass up the opportunity to expand its SUV lineup and, hopefully, its customer base. 

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