Test Drive 2016 Toyota Highlander near Colorado Springs
Test Drive 2016 Toyota Highlander near Colorado Springs
Mid-size SUV crossovers continue to gain in popularity due to their balance of roominess, practicality, and fuel savings. The 2016 Toyota Highlander fits this description perfectly. It’s focused primarily on providing up to eight passengers with plenty of comfort and luxury additions, but when the need arises to move freight instead of people, it can quickly reconfigure itself into a serious hauler that can even tow a trailer. Along with two economical standard engines, there’s also a hybrid version for extra fuel reduction.
Interior
When you test drive 2016 Toyota Highlander, you’ll appreciate the 40.7 inches of headroom and 44.2 inches of legroom up front. For the second and third rows of seats, headroom is 39.9 and 35.9 inches respectively while legroom is 38.4 and 27.7 inches respectively. Speaking of seats, if the 13.8 cubic feet of storage space isn’t adequate, schedule your 2016 Toyota Highlander test drive at Pueblo Toyota and they’ll show you how lowering the 60/40 split third tier of seats expands cargo space to 42.3 cubic feet. For truly cavernous space, the 60/40 split second tier can also be dropped for a maximum of 83.7 cubic feet of room. Depending on the trim package, seats can be covered in either cloth or leather, and front seats can be equipped with ventilation, heat, and eight-way or four-way power adjustment capability. Test drive 2016 Toyota Highlander to try out these luxury seats. Among the technological assets standard in all models that our Toyota Highlander sales and service near Colorado Springs has on hand are front and back filtered air conditioning, a 6.1 inch touchscreen, Bluetooth connectivity, and a six-speaker CD/MP3 music system. Other optional luxuries to experience when you test drive 2016 Toyota Highlander near Colorado Springs include three-zone climate control, a 12-speaker sound system, an in-cabin intercom called Driver Easy Speak, and a Blu-ray DVD player with a 9-inch LCD display for the rear seat.
Exterior
With a uniform length of roughly 16 feet and a width of nearly 76 inches, the Highlander comes in four standard styles that include the LE, LE Plus, XLE, and Limited that can be seen at the Pueblo Toyota Highlander dealer serving Colorado Springs Canon City. There’s also the Hybrid Limited with both a gasoline and electric motor under one hood that our Toyota Highlander sales and service near Colorado Springs can show you. All versions come in one of nine colors like alumina jade metallic and shoreline blue pearl that can be viewed at our Pueblo Toyota Highlander dealer serving Colorado Springs Canon City. Carrying all this, the Limited model is equipped with 19 inch alloy rims while the other packages possess 18 inch wheels. To see how they and the optional power sunroof affect the ride, test drive 2016 Toyota Highlander today.
Powertrain
For standard models, the Highlander presents either a 2.7 liter 4-cylinder engine with an output of 185 horsepower or a 3.5 liter V6 that creates 270 horses. Both are coupled with a shiftable six-speed automatic transmission. The 2.7 liter power plant achieves 20 mpg city and 25 mpg highway. Just schedule your 2016 Toyota Highlander test drive at Pueblo Toyota to see how the V6 version accomplishes 19 mpg city and 25 mpg highway. Adding the option of AWD drops both city and country mileage by one mpg each. Outfitted with the V6, the Highlander is able to pull 5,000 pounds of extra payload in a trailer. For further fuel economy, test drive 2016 Toyota Highlander hybrid and see how it gets 27 urban miles per gallon and 28 rural mpg from a 3.5 liter V6 with 231 horsepower. Integrated with a continuously-variable transmission and electric motor, this set-up generates a total output of 280 horses.
Mechanical
Mountain driving can be tricky in bad weather, and when you schedule your 2016 Toyota Highlander test drive at Pueblo Toyota, you’ll see how the optional all-wheel drive capability makes snow and ice more manageable. Standard AWD uses a drive shaft to the rear wheels to distribute power to them when the front wheels aren’t making good contact with the road. The hybrid version achieves the same results by using an electric motor on the back wheels separate from the front one. Your Pueblo Toyota Highlander dealer serving Colorado Springs Canon City can demonstrate the system for you. Also, test drive 2016 Toyota Highlander near Colorado Springs to experience how electric power steering provides firm control for both FWD and AWD systems.
Safety
Due to formidable construction, high-tech additions, and standard safety features like eight airbags, anti-lock brakes, traction and stability control, and tire pressure monitoring, the Highlander has received the top five-star rank from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. To learn how technology makes the ride safer, our Toyota Highlander sales and service near Colorado Springs can inform you about the rearview camera standard in all versions along with options like lane departure and rear cross-traffic alarms and a blind spot monitor. Comfort and Capability: Whether a sizeable amount of provisions or a good number of people need ferrying about, the Highlander’s up to the task. To fully get an understanding of how well this vehicle can accomplish these jobs without wasting sizeable amounts of gas, come out to our dealership and test drive 2016 Toyota Highlander near Colorado Springs today.
DISCLAIMERS
*The above information is regarding the base model 2016 Toyota Highlander. Standard specs and features may change from year to year. Contact our dealership with any questions regarding the new or used vehicle you’re inquiring about.