New Toyota Highlander and Highlander Hybrid to Debut in Chicago

Carmakers have been hush-hush about what they’ll be debuting at the Chicago Auto Show next month, but finally we have some news. Toyota announced today that it would debut its redesigned 2008 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid SUVs on Feb. 7 at McCormick Place. We don’t have much more information, but it is kind of funny that while most automakers are trying not to use the term “crossover” for their car-based SUVs these days, Toyota is still using sport utility vehicle for the Highlander, which is currently based on the same platform as the Toyota Camry. The 2008 Highlander is rumored to be based on the larger Avalon platform to make room for a roomier third row of seats.

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[ARVIND]

this car is nise

[Nicholas]

I still dont understand why companies make SUVs which are supposed to be rugid, but make them based on car plateforms.