re: 2017 Toyota Highlander (Thoughts)

So Highlander inherits a semi quasi Lexus front fascia but everyone dogs the RX and NX.....

You can get about the same car and in a few areas better in Kia Sorrento for about 10k less. Consumer Reports recently rated them and the KIA was top in the category SUV with the Highlander second by only 1 point.

How many kids are you thinking about having? If just 1, you may want to look at other options since you won't really need that 3rd row of seats much, and Highlander's are a lot more expensive than other good options.

I'd consider a Subaru Outback, which is a lot less expensive. It's got a lot of cargo space in the back and it comes with the crossbars installed on the top, allowing even more space on the top. It's a highly rated car, gets good gas mileage, and all wheel drive.

I don't like what Honda did with The Pilot. It looks like a minivan now. Also, keep in mind all of Honda's issues with recalls last year. They screwed us over. They didn't have the parts to replace something that made the car unsafe and refused to provide a rental car. Their customer service is crap.

After 2 years that Yukon Denali will fall apart faster than a North Korean rocket.

Just test drove it and several other vehicles for the wife. it came down to it and the Acura MDX and rdx.

We looked at the limited, looked at the MDX with the tech package and the rdx with the advance pkg.

Liked all three and all rode well. She preferred the Acura's ride and how she sat it them. She felt more comfortable. We decided we didn't need the third row (no kids), so we are gonna roll with the RDX.

Has a few more features and she likes the interior better on the RDX for just a tad more than a limited highlander. In that 40k price range those are the 2 that stood out. She drove damn near everything.

For the record, with the seat all the way back on the RDX I still had enough room to be comfortable on a long drive. I'm 5'10". Has a little pep with 279 hp V6.

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The RX is hideous.

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I don't know who the genius is at Toyota who came up with the latest design concept for Toyota/Lexus, but he needs to lay off the Sake... they've taken god awful to a new level.

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I agree they do look more like a mini van now you can never go wrong with the yukon denali tho...i recommend to all especially if you have 2+ kids

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Yea just get a private limo to chauffeur your family around everywhere since money isn't an option. Highlanders and Pilot's in this thread and you recommend a Yukon Dinali. fricking OT'ers

My wife has a Highlander and loves it. I love it as well. Great vehicle. She will def get another one for her next vehicle

Drove that too... that RX is cramped as frick in the front. Felt like things were closing in on me. Wife didn't care for it either.... the guys big selling feature was the "hold" feature that you could initialize and not have to hold the brake in traffic. Yeh, not what you try to demonstrate when my wife is driving the car. Hard enough to trust her driving much less a button to keep the brakes applied b/c someone is too lazy to hold the brake.

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I like the 4Runner, but I'm actually afraid what Toyota will do to it if it gets redesigned. They could very well ruin a cool vehicle.

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the SR5's are embarrassing, so ugly...you'll have to buy a brush bumper just to protect that front grill

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I put 300K miles on my Yukon and the only thing I had to change were the front wheel bearings (normal for all high mileage vehicles).

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How'd the interior look? Be honest. Did your radio buttons have any of the paint left at all? How about the steering wheel?