2023 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER XLE FULL REVIEW - 3 ROW TOYOTA SUV - BEST TOYOTA SUV
2023 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER XLE FULL REVIEW - 3 ROW TOYOTA SUV - BEST TOYOTA SUV
Toyota Highlander XLE Full Review. In this video we will take an in depth look at the 2023 Toyota Highlander XLE. This is the most aggressive looking of the Toyota Highlander lineup with the black wheels, black mirrors, black grill and black badges. This Highlander also has the spunky 4 cylinder turbocharged engine that actually packs a punch! We will go deep in the features and I’ll show you some of the most amazing convenience and safety features available today! Could this be the best Toyota SUV? I think you’ll be as impressed as I was with this amazing 3 row Toyota SUV as I was!!
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0.36 -> Hey hey everybody Brock Frady here helping
you enjoy your ride. In today's video we're
6.24 -> going to take an in-depth look at this 2023 Toyota
Highlander. But before we get started I would like
12.66 -> to say a huge thank you to Impex Auto Sales in
Greensboro, North Carolina for the opportunity to
18.78 -> film this 2023 Toyota Highlander. I'll be sure to
leave all of Impex Auto Sales contact information
24.18 -> including their website in the description box
below. The first thing you really recognize
29.88 -> about the 2023 Toyota Highlander especially the
one that's this package, it's the XP package, is
36.66 -> the fact that it's really sleek. This is not the
old school boxy Toyota Highlander that was just
43.08 -> boring and blah crazy reliable but wasn't much
for a feast of the eyes. This one totally changes
50.46 -> that whole narrative. It's got a beautiful sleek
look it's got touches all around it that really
56.94 -> combine for an overall really cool looking SUV.
I love the dark wheels here. Those are so slick
63.54 -> looking. Those are going to also be nice when they
get brake dust on them so you can't really tell
67.98 -> that you haven't washed your car in a while. Black
mirror that matches the wheels. I love these side
73.38 -> steps right here. Those have proven very effective
for my use over the weekend of this vehicle.
78.18 -> Notice your XP badge there on the side but overall
it's got a real kind of an athletic look. The
84.84 -> front styling here is nice without being overdone
and what I mean by that a lot of manufacturers are
90.78 -> going with these massive, massive grilles that go
all the way over the front of the entire vehicle.
96.12 -> This does have that black honeycomb looking grill
that's like a piano black. It's nice and shiny but
102.54 -> it doesn't overwhelm the front so it just all
becomes about a huge mouth. I'm really glad to
107.94 -> see that Toyota put actual fog lights right here
instead of making that just a plastic reservoir
113.46 -> of nothingness. It's actually functional. I like
where the headlights are and how they wrap all
119.04 -> the way around so you have your side markers so
whenever your turn signals on people really know
124.08 -> what your intentions are. The hood nice and
athletic looking it's continuing that motif
129.54 -> on the side there that we just looked at but it's
got all these lines in it makes it look nice and
135.18 -> aggressive and bold. Sunroof up top. I also like
the bottom portion here that's got this plastic
143.04 -> thing there it looks it just looks all
really really good. It all blends in,
149.16 -> comes together nicely. You also have LED turn
signal indicators there in your side mirrors.
155.46 -> I said before that this is an XP you can see by
the logo on the side there. The emblem on the side
161.22 -> you have X Series on the back here but this is an
XLE Highlander XLE and you can see by the black
169.62 -> badging right here on the rear black Toyota badge
black XLE the black wheels,the black mirrors,
176.76 -> the stuff up front. That's what makes this
the X Series so it's got a little bit more
182.94 -> of a bold aggressive look check out the Pearl in
that paint. Isn't that great looking? Let's roll
189.72 -> around to the back to see what's going on back
here. There is a rubber piece right here under
195.6 -> the emblem and as long as you have your key on
your person you can just pull that back and it
201.54 -> will power open the rear hatch. The premium
models have a kick to open feature, this one
208.44 -> does not. There's your Highlander all-weather mat
in the back. You can obviously see that the third
214.2 -> row seat is up and engaged the way you're going to
fold that seat is going to be this tab here. You
221.1 -> can fold that down and the headrest automatically
goes down so that it makes it easily collapsible.
229.2 -> Boom super nice and you notice that I did not
actually have to disengage the seat belts from
237.54 -> this. You can if you want to that's a lot of cargo
area right there. Also notice that in the rear you
243.18 -> have captain's chairs I really really like this
option you also have rear sun shades you can see
248.52 -> this in the back. Really really nice and these
captain's chairs are going to be super comfy
253.5 -> nice and roomy for people of all sizes and shapes.
You also have a center console here with a couple
261 -> of cup holders got a couple of bottles of water
there for example a little bit of storage right
266.46 -> there and then right here in between the front
seats is going to be your climate console. You
273.48 -> can see that you have fan speed off fan direction
Auto and temp with a couple of power points right
279.6 -> there. You also have controls right here on the
outer portion down low in order to control seat
285.78 -> functions. This is going to be for the seat
back this is folding the seat flat and this
292.62 -> is moving the entire seat forward and backward
and you can see that these are labeled so that
298.26 -> the steps that you need to take in order to fold
the seat flat step one step two right there and
305.94 -> then you can go step two. This headrest doesn't
automatically collapse so you could fault that
310.74 -> completely flat if you wanted to as well. And
now here is an example of the complete cargo
316.44 -> capability of this Highlander. You can see that
that second row is folded completely flat and
322.86 -> that gives you a ton of storage right there, seats
folded all is well tons of storage big opening.
332.22 -> Good job Toyota getting in it is super super
roomy. You can see here my knees are totally
340.32 -> fine and look how far I don't know if you can
tell but that back seat is like pretty far back
346.68 -> um so I'm I'm gonna have tons of room. I really
like the power or or the manual shades here on the
353.64 -> side glass. That makes it nice for sunny days. You
can see you've got nice materials here. Everything
359.16 -> basically goes together really, really well and
I think it's part of that XSP package. But soft
367.2 -> touch materials here on the handles and for your
arm rest power windows a little bit of a storage
373.62 -> there in the seat back. I already mentioned the
center console but this is what it's like from
379.08 -> the perspective of a passenger in the back seat.
Let's take a look at the third row seat and see
385.98 -> if I can even fit in this thing so right here.
Step one step two I'm just actually going to take
393.3 -> step one and I'm going to try to get in this thing
I'm over six feet tall and it is not going to be
404.76 -> really super functional for me but if I were
in here you can see here the the second row
412.92 -> passenger is not going to have much room at
all. So you're gonna have to have a fairly short
417.12 -> person here short person here if you're gonna
have a tall person here doesn't make that much
421.44 -> sense but hey what if. Right a couple of cup
holders here and here is the tiny tiny third
427.92 -> row you can see here that it reclines really
really well and that is because of this tab
432.96 -> right here so you can actually lean that up
in case you need storage back here and then
439.02 -> you can take it and re-recline it if you wish
but that that's actually pretty nice now you've
445.2 -> got three seat belts back here and I I gotta
say this as you already know is designed for
452.34 -> little kids this is actually not going to
be bad for for short trips for little kids
459.24 -> couple of adults here adults up front uh it's
going to be tough on a long trip because if you
464.88 -> have all of these seats full plus a third row full
you're not going to have room for any luggage but
470.82 -> you know for short trips around town all over
the place this is going to do the trick you
477.72 -> also notice that you have side airbags all the way
down that's right there so another nice thing that
484.44 -> I like is the fact that whenever you disengage
this this seat automatically slides by default
491.52 -> Plus Check out my brand new socks these things
are just the bomb absolutely gorgeous now let's
498.66 -> take a look at the key fob you can see on the
top you have lock below that unlock below that
504.54 -> hold and then red hold Panic alarm you also have
the ability to remove a physical key from the key
512.94 -> fob there's a tab here you press that in and
then you can slide a physical key right out
519.18 -> that will never be used to start the car that's
only used in the event that the battery in the
523.92 -> key fob dies at which point you will plug it in
to the door handle and then you can get into the
529.62 -> vehicle the doors are locked right now and I can
just approach the Highlander I can as long as the
535.26 -> key fob is on my person grab the handle and it
will unlock automatically then there are a couple
541.86 -> of dimples right here on top of the door handle
as you're walking away all you do is touch this
548.46 -> and the doors lock and now let's take
a quick look at the heart of the Beast
554.64 -> in order to open the hood all you do is
locate the Toyota icon and you'll feel
560.52 -> under here and there will be a little bit
of a tab right in the middle right there
566.28 -> that is how you open the hood and check it out
the little turbo that could I love the fact that
572.88 -> this is turbocharged you're going to be using SAE
0w-20 oil that's basically like water but that's
580.74 -> what this requires it allows it to get up into
the engine much faster when you're starting it
585.48 -> to protect itself and it will last longer you
don't have to have your oil changed as often
591 -> there's your windshield washer fluid there's your
brake fluid there's your battery all right there
595.86 -> fuse box you've got coolant here you also have
your radiator here do not ever open this whenever
603.66 -> it's hot but this is your little four-cylinder
turbocharged engine which I am a huge fan of I
611.88 -> really really like this engine the only thing
about it is is that it sounds a little bit a
618.42 -> little bit weak when you're driving it it doesn't
feel weak it just sounds that way a little bit
626.94 -> and I don't know if you can hear the engine
or not but it's it's just a little bit
631.38 -> tinny sounding that's totally fine
as long as it's got the horsepower
635.82 -> behind it to do what you need
to do that's all that matters
644.78 -> [Music]
645.78 -> it's a nice clean rev zero hesitation it responds
very quickly to the pedal input [Applause]
663.06 -> foreign
667.56 -> now let's take a look at the Highlander from the
driver's perspective I really enjoy the feel of
673.68 -> the steering wheel the look and the layout of the
dash on the right side of the steering wheel is
679.44 -> going to be all of your cruise control a couple
of safety things here and then radio functions
684.6 -> here mode Skip and and go back you can see here is
going to be how to handle your multi-information
692.52 -> display how to control that and that's here it's
got OK up down left right multi-directional keypad
700.14 -> with a back arrow and the phone here Bluetooth
and then right here our voice commands and
706.38 -> volume up and down so the way to think about
that multi-information display cruise control
712.92 -> audio is on the very bottom left and right I
really like the feel of the steering wheel as
720.48 -> well with the thumb grooves right there and then
the stitching here makes it look kind of uh kind
727.32 -> of fancy nice and luxurious now as far as your
turn signals and headlights are concerned you
732.24 -> can see it says DRL off that's daytime running
lights off that's Auto that's parking lights
738.48 -> and that's headlights so you can turn those on
manually I recommend just leaving it on auto you
744.6 -> can see you also have fog lights here and that's
off and that's on always use your fog lights in
750.78 -> bad weather whether it's rain or fog or snow
or whatever actually snow sometimes you might
756.36 -> not want to use your fog lights in snow it just
depends on how hard it's snowing then you have
760.68 -> the ability to push that forward and that's
your brights and then you also have a signal
766.26 -> here and you can just pull that down once without
fully engaging it and it will blink three times
773.4 -> nice little lane change feature let's take a
look at our wiper stalk you can see it says
777.78 -> Mist off intermittent low and high the default
for this is off mist is one push-up and release
785.4 -> and then intermittent low and high you also
have intermittent right here that controls
790.68 -> your intermittent speed and then on the very end
of the stalk is going to be your controls for your
796.08 -> rear wiper off intermittent and on over here on
the driver door handle at the very top you have
802.86 -> your control for your power mirrors you can just
turn this one click to the left and control the up
808.32 -> down left and right of the mirror for the driver's
side and then you can do the same thing for the
814.5 -> passenger side as well you have door locks window
locks and power windows all over here on the left
821.34 -> side this is a nice look though with the brushed
aluminum trim look soft touch material it's nice
827.46 -> for me to lean my knee against and then your black
contrast stitching here on the dash and everything
832.5 -> it's a really nice look now let's take a little
bit of an in-depth look at the controls on the
837.72 -> steering wheel as I mentioned before this is a
multi-directional keypad and it's going to control
842.46 -> all of the things that happen right here in the
center cluster of the dash and let's jump in right
848.34 -> there and take a look at the detailed information
on that Center multi-information display now what
854.52 -> I'm going to be doing right now is using that
multi-directional keypad along with ok to control
859.32 -> what you see right here so what I'm going to be
doing right now is using that multi-directional
864.42 -> keypad on the steering wheel to control what you
see right here in this multi-information display
870.9 -> and so right here on the top left you see a little
leaf and that gives you a digital speedometer plus
877.86 -> distance to empty then you have driving support as
your next one down and you can see two lines right
884.16 -> here on the left and the right of that icon and
that is going to let you know when your lane Trace
890.28 -> assist LTA steering assist active Lane centering
active and so what that does is it lets you know
897.06 -> that that is going to be active and you're only
going to be able to use that while you're driving
903.18 -> this is also going to be used for radar cruise
control you will see a little Blue Block right
908.46 -> there once radar cruise control is actually active
there it is and you can see three blue blocks and
915.24 -> that maintains the distance between the Highlander
and the vehicle in front of you according to this
921.36 -> breakdown so that's the furthest distance that's
next furthest and then that's the closest it's
926.94 -> a great feature scrolling down again there's
audio so whatever audio you're playing through
931.86 -> the speakers in the vehicle that is what's going
to show up right there and then you can press OK
936.84 -> for Source or to change the source from AM
FM satellite all those things or Bluetooth
943.32 -> whatever you want to do and then this is going to
be a whole Suite of safety stuff so this is going
948.84 -> to be pre-collision system BSM blind spot monitor
rcta rear cross traffic alert I love all of these
957.24 -> things they all work really really well in the
vehicle to keep you safe and then I just press
962.46 -> to the right and you can see where it says tire
pressure you can see I also have another screen
967.32 -> that I can press right again and then that that
takes me back to that safety and then there are
972.84 -> settings right here so this is where you can
actually control and do the different specific
977.94 -> setups for all of these different features
so there's Lane Trace there's pre-collision
985.32 -> there's radar Cruise blind spot monitor rear
cross traffic alert your sun warning and then
991.92 -> settings detailed settings and did you see on
all of these as I'm scrolling left and right
996.78 -> you can press and hold OK in order to change the
details of the settings so LTA Lane Trace assist
1003.98 -> there's Lane centering it's on there's your
sensitivity sway warning and sway sensitivity
1009.14 -> I'm going to hit the back arrow and then back
out of that and then you can just continue to
1014.18 -> do that so if I wanted to change something with
the pre-collision feature press and hold OK and
1020.12 -> as you saw from before I can go into that feature
and change the detailed settings seat belt status
1026.18 -> you I love that feature you can see it thus the
driver's side is red that indicates that I do
1031.7 -> not have my seat belt on but that will actually
tattletail on all the people in the car it will
1036.38 -> let you know who does not have that their seat
belt on that is a great feature so that's going
1040.76 -> to be your Center multi-information display using
OK up down left right on the front of the steering
1047.18 -> wheel in order to operate that entire thing so now
let's take a look at our Center screen our whole
1053.18 -> console setup here I love the fact that Toyota
has actually improved this Qi wireless charger
1060.5 -> for your cell phone so there it is right there all
you do is just lay it down and it begins to charge
1066.2 -> your cell phone you can see it says QI charging
confirmed and now it's charging my phone got a
1072.38 -> couple events here nice piano black material all
around tracing it then there's your hazard lights
1078.98 -> right here are your big big dials for your climate
controls all you do is turn that left or right to
1086.12 -> adjust the temperature left and lower right raise
the temperature you can also press the middle of
1093.32 -> that and that is going to activate Auto so once
auto is active that is going to make it work just
1099.38 -> like the central air in your house so whatever
temperature reads out here it is automatically
1104 -> going to maintain that temperature in the cabin
then you have sink right here this is kind of
1109.28 -> a a weird place to have the sink but there's
sink right there so then you have a heated seat
1116 -> controls right here and it's three level heated
seat controls that's one of the things that I kind
1121.7 -> of don't like about this is that the heated seats
are like seat um the warmers-ish they're not seat
1130.76 -> heaters and I know that sounds funny but they just
don't get very hot even on the highest setting I
1137.42 -> wish Toyota heated seats would get warmer that's
that's I think that's probably my only gripe about
1142.88 -> this car you have your front defrost here rear
defrost inside mirror defrost there and then
1148.82 -> this is your windshield wiper de-icer so if it's
nasty outside or if it's cold and your windshield
1154.58 -> wipers are stuck to the windshield press that
it will melt there's a little bit of a element
1159.62 -> underneath the glass where the windshield wipers
lay on the glass and that is going to cause them
1164.84 -> to thaw out rear climate controls rear climate
power that's air filtration and then recirculate
1173.24 -> so that's nice climate all right there but I
really do like how the display works in the
1179.96 -> fact that the touch screen is nice and easy it
responds well it responds quickly in order to
1187.82 -> experience Drive connect you do have to subscribe
I'm not going to subscribe right now but that is
1193.88 -> called Drive connect audio controls are all right
here you can see that Bluetooth is active but I
1200.9 -> can browse my sources right here so radio how to
car guy that's the name of my phone for Bluetooth
1207.26 -> Apple music Amazon music and there you go then
I can manage my devices right there but there's
1213.8 -> radio and you can see here that once radio comes
on radio does include XM or satellite radio so
1221.54 -> that's right there favorites are all listed right
here and you can see what's playing you can see
1228.56 -> the name of the song name of the song title name
of the artist all right there here and so here
1234.38 -> are some of your presets all right there and I
really enjoy the fact that this responds well
1239.36 -> to touch and uh you know moving it up and down
it's not like real clunky and you in the days of
1246.44 -> old it used to be real blocky and kind of clunky
and then here are here's my information this is
1252.26 -> my contacts my favorites keypad text messages
all right there and then vehicle climate trip
1259.52 -> information and vehicle alert all right there and
then I have settings right here I need to register
1266.78 -> the profile to load all of my personal settings
in but I can also use it in a modified way as a
1274.4 -> guest and then there's personal info Bluetooth
tooth and devices I can put up to five and then
1282.26 -> I have General General is things like screen beep
is it going to beep and I actually prefer it not
1289.7 -> to beep so I'm going to leave it with that check
this out screen sensitivity the higher value will
1296.36 -> allow a smoother operation with gloves so you
can actually move that all the way up to three
1302 -> and if you have gloves on with the fingertip
things that are good for haptic feedback or
1306.86 -> feedback for touching screens that's going to
make it more efficient of use there so in that
1313.16 -> nice Wi-Fi vehicle customized I really like
this section this is really cool you can go
1320.36 -> lights autos auto on sensitivity and this is for
the headlights so you can make that normal or you
1327.32 -> can make it dark or bright brighter or darker and
that is going to have to do with how the when the
1334.22 -> headlights cut on when it's in automatic so the
brighter you can make them cut on as the sun is
1341.24 -> still out a little bit or you can make it cut on
automatically when the Sun starts to go down a
1347.48 -> little bit more that's really really nice Auto off
timer daytime running lights on then there's door
1353.06 -> control do you want the doors to automatically
unlock when you shift it to park do you want the
1358.46 -> doors to automatically lock when you shift it from
Park so that's really nice Wireless electronic key
1365.06 -> when you double press do you want it to unlock so
this is going to be all the different settings for
1371.84 -> Keys smart access doors remember I was showing you
before and I told you that you could actually make
1378.2 -> it unlock the driver's door only whenever you
touch the door handle with the key or all doors
1383.36 -> so there you go that's how you set that and then
specific settings for climate going back to that
1389.18 -> map and so that's going to be it for this portion
of it all nice and easy to use so now let's take a
1396.44 -> look at the console here you can see here that you
have a button that says snow and you have traction
1403.22 -> control off hold and your park brake so snow is
going to make it start off in a different gear
1409.76 -> ratio to make it less likely to slip the wheels
in bad weather right here is traction control off
1417.38 -> right here is going to be brake hold and this is
a fantastic feature that I really really like to
1423.56 -> use brake hold makes it so that once this is
active when you are at a stop light you can
1430.22 -> actually take your foot off the brake and sit
there and it will hold the brake automatically
1435.68 -> for you until the light turns green and then all
you do is press the gas and go great feature a
1441.02 -> parking brake right here then you have your drive
modes and that's going to be sport normal and Eco
1447.86 -> you can adjust these on the Fly you don't have to
change or stop or anything like that you can just
1453.44 -> do it no matter what speed you're going sport is
going to change it so that the throttle mapping
1459.26 -> or the throttle response is more sensitive so as
you press the gas down it's going to take less
1465.74 -> pedal travel in order to achieve speed Eco is the
opposite of that when it's in eco mode it's going
1472.7 -> to be more more fuel efficient thereby less
engine response so it's going to require more
1478.4 -> pedal travel in order to achieve speed normal
is basically a combination of Eco and Sport
1485.24 -> then here's your gear shifter right here put your
foot on the brake put it in reverse and you can
1490.58 -> see your backup camera there we'll take a look
at that in just a minute there's neutral there's
1496.82 -> drive and at any speed you can flip it over and
change gears manually up and down you up shift
1505.28 -> here so when you push it toward the front of the
car that increases up through the transmission
1510.56 -> one two three four five or when you pull back
that's five four three two one when you're done
1517.76 -> having fun with the manual transmission there
you can flip that up back over at any speed and
1524.18 -> just continue your drive now that we've taken a
detailed look at the vehicle all over the place
1530.9 -> let's take a drive and I have it in sport mode
and so that's going to make it more sensitive
1546.68 -> that's a feisty little four-cylinder buddy it's
holding that High Rev but it puts a little bit
1552.56 -> of a smile on my face because I just I just love
the technology and it's it's there's very little
1559.16 -> turbo lag I'm really actually surprised with how
little turbo lag there is in this thing I'm sure
1565.22 -> you could hear the engine it's it's it's a
little bit tinny sounding but that's okay
1570.56 -> um it's it's it's a four cylinder pulling a big
vehicle red light Let's test the brakes brakes
1577.82 -> are great not too grabby nice and smooth the thing
that I noticed about this Highlander as soon as I
1583.4 -> got into it was just how comfortable the driver's
seat is same thing for the passenger seat as well
1589.34 -> but the the seats are just Uber comfortable the
seats almost feel like they they are like a really
1596.24 -> high-end mattress they just feel really really
good and they would be great for a long trip I
1606.44 -> would have no problem taking this little thing
on a long trip and based on the the throttle
1611.48 -> response that I just got out of it in sport mode I
would not be scared at all to load this thing down
1617.18 -> with all of the gear that you need to load it down
with load it down with all the people you need to
1622.88 -> load it down with and you will be totally fine in
this car it is there is no reason to not consider
1630.74 -> this because of a four-cylinder turbo engine so
let's talk about City Driving in the Highlander
1636.5 -> I enjoy it it's it's it's like super easy there's
nothing complicated about this thing at all it's
1644.06 -> a pleasure to drive and here are a couple of
reasons why I say it's a pleasure to drive because
1650.6 -> it's whisper quiet uh I think the windshield is
double laminated which means there is an acoustic
1658.16 -> laminate that runs in between two pieces of glass
and it makes it better for wind noise the sound
1664.4 -> dampening materials are Primavera and it makes it
so that it's really really nice I can barely even
1670.94 -> hear any of this traffic that's going on around me
right now I can hear a little bit of the fan speed
1675.98 -> you know I can hear a little bit of the hum of the
engine but as far as traffic around me I can hear
1682.88 -> it just a little bit and that's nice I do have
to say again as I said a little earlier that the
1689.3 -> engine is a little bit loud but you know whatever
you'll get used to that that's that's really not
1695.78 -> an issue at all the pedal response especially when
you're in sport mode is super fast really nice
1703.4 -> and clean and the braking is really really easy
really smooth no lag none of that stuff the feel
1713.06 -> of of the dash and the features and everything
overall the layout of all of this is is is okay
1722.72 -> um I have seen layouts that I like better but I
think with all of the features that are available
1728.78 -> on this thing they gotta put the buttons
somewhere and and I do like how Toyota has
1734.9 -> taken an initiative over the past couple of years
to simplify their cabins and to make everything
1740.18 -> more user friendly easily reachable all that kind
of stuff so you can see that some thought has gone
1747.08 -> into it so that all makes your City Drive which
is probably what's going to be the most that is
1754.82 -> done in this vehicle makes it all really nice
and easy to operate another thing that I like
1760.4 -> and and I I don't know how you feel about cruise
control in the city and that is something that
1767.24 -> I actually use quite often oh I want to show
you another feature that I highlighted earlier
1771.74 -> but it's a break hold and that is a button that's
right here so you press that and then on the dash
1778.4 -> right here it says hold in green and hold in like
an amber color my foot is off the break right now
1784.52 -> Isn't that cool and it's holding the break all
I do now is tap the accelerator and I'm going
1791.18 -> now hold is still on it's still lit up in
green on the dash and that means that the
1797.42 -> feature is still on but it's not
active and whenever it's active
1802.7 -> you know it's active because it's got
hold twice one green one amber colored.
1811.04 -> Man that is seamless, that that automatic
transmission is just like totally perfect.
1819.68 -> There was very little turbo lag. I think that's
due in large part to the fact that I was in sport
1826.22 -> mode. It's hanging the RPMs kind of high right
now so I'm gonna go down here to eco mode I'm
1834.56 -> going to hit it twice now we're in Eco there's a
little green Eco that popped up right there and so
1840.98 -> we're good to go so now if I want to use my radar
cruise control all I have to do since the feature
1848.48 -> is actually uh on I can see a green radar Cruise
icon on my Dash all I have to do is press plus
1857.36 -> res and now that's going to maintain my speed but
right now you can see that the steering wheel is
1865.82 -> actually it sees the lines on the road and it is
allowing me to stay within my Lane. If I take my
1872.9 -> hands off the wheel completely it's going to fuss
at me here in just a second there it is LTA hold
1878.48 -> the steering wheel you knucklehead. They didn't
say that last part but that's what it intended.
1884.9 -> So right now it it's just a really an easy drive
now I do have to say there's a decent amount of
1893.9 -> wind noise going on right now I'm going 74
and I don't know if you can hear it or not.
1902.72 -> That's a pretty good amount of wind noise right
there but it's super comfortable right now it's
1907.58 -> it's we're just humming along at 75. uh turning
1900 RPM and I could just do this for hours it's
1920.72 -> very very easy so here's the backup camera it is
in Reverse right now you can see that there are
1926.24 -> uh lines on the screen all you need to do is put
those lines where you want the vehicle to end up
1932.9 -> in this case in this driveway and then all you
need to do is back it on up keeping the lines
1939.02 -> straight and that's all we got nice and easy for
that backup camera okay everybody that's gonna
1946.76 -> do it for our look at the 2023 Toyota Highlander
if you are going to be driving this thing around
1954.26 -> the city occasionally taking a long trip this is
a perfect vehicle for you even in this setup you
1963.38 -> don't have to get the Platinum Edition or all
the crazy expensive doodads in order to enjoy
1969.26 -> what this vehicle can bring to you if you don't
have a vehicle that's been made or if your vehicle
1975.44 -> hasn't been manufactured within the past five six
seven years this thing is going to be loaded with
1981.08 -> technology and comfort features that you're
really really going to enjoy now here's the
1986.3 -> other thing about it is I really really enjoy the
four cylinder the thing will fly and it absolutely
1993.92 -> blew my mind especially when having to get on
the interstate or really needing to gun it even
1999.98 -> if it was not in sport mode this thing is fast
it's all you need one thing that I would like to
2007.48 -> see Toyota do and it's it's kind of insignificant
and it sounds kind of frou-frou but I would like
2014.44 -> to see them improve the heating of the front
heated seats because they don't get that hot
2021.94 -> and I like I like toasty buns that's going to do
it for our look at the 2023 Toyota Highlander. I
2029.86 -> hope you enjoyed watching the video as much as
I enjoyed bringing it to you. Remember to hit
2034.78 -> that subscribe button if you did enjoy it. And
also I would like to say another huge thank you
2039.76 -> to Impex Auto Sales in Greensboro, North Carolina
for the opportunity to film this beautiful Toyota
2046.12 -> Highlander. But remember the most important
thing of all have a wonderful day everybody!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQXYszA-EE