2023 Toyota Highlander Replaces V-6 with 2.4L Turbo-4

• The 2023 Toyota Highlander is up to date with a brand new 265-hp turbocharged 2.4-liter inline-four engine.
• The inside additionally will get updates together with a bigger infotainment display screen and digital gauge cluster, each elective.
• The 2023 Highlander will go on sale this month, and pricing begins at $37,755 for the nonhybrid and $41,555 for the hybrid.

UPDATE 10/6/22: Toyota has introduced pricing for the up to date 2023 Highlander. The bottom mannequin with its new turbocharged engine begins at $37,755 for the L trim and ranges as much as $50,410 for the Platinum; costs are up a number of hundred {dollars} for all trims, and all-wheel drive is a $1600 choice. The hybrid begins at $41,555, and a loaded Highlander Hybrid Platinum AWD prices $53,760.

It seems that Toyota has begun to section out its tried-and-true 3.5-liter V-6 engine. The 2023 Highlander three-row SUV swaps out that naturally aspirated motor for a brand new turbocharged 2.4-liter inline-four that produces 265 horsepower and 309 pound-feet of torque—a drop of 30 hp from the V-6 however a rise of 46 pound-feet of torque. Toyota claims that the four-cylinder will obtain the identical 24 mpg mixed because the V-6 by way of its EPA rankings.

The brand new gasoline engine will once more pair with an eight-speed computerized transmission and both front- or all-wheel drive. The Lexus NX350 additionally makes use of a model of this engine; in that utility it makes 275 hp and 317 pound-feet of torque. Towing capability for the Highlander shall be unchanged at 5000 kilos. The Highlander’s hybrid powertrain will not change for the brand new mannequin yr and will obtain the identical EPA rankings of as much as 36 mpg mixed for the front-wheel-drive mannequin.

Different updates embody a newly elective 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster that is provided on the Restricted and Platinum trim ranges. Energy folding mirrors are newly commonplace on all fashions, and the XLE and XSE trims acquire an influence liftgate as commonplace. The wi-fi smartphone charger is moved to a extra handy spot on the dashboard, and there are some slight inside trim adjustments and a brand new inexperienced exterior coloration referred to as Cypress.

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This story was initially printed Might 11, 2022.