2018 Toyota Highlander

New Front Fascia

The 2018 Highlander features a refreshed front fascia with an updated front grille and redesigned headlights, making for one bold first impression. And with a unique grille tailored for each grade, there’s a Highlander that perfectly matches your style.

New SE Grade

Turn up the attitude. The all-new Highlander SE grade stands apart with its bold, gloss-black grille and headlights with unique black housings. Exclusive 19-in. multi-spoke alloy wheels help this SUV show off its sporty side. Inside, aggressively styled stripes on the seats remind all passengers that this SUV is always up for some fun.

Redesigned Lighting

Let’s shine a light on style. Redesigned headlights now feature integrated Daytime Running Lights (DRL), amplifying the 2018 Highlander’s signature look. The all-new SE grade ups the excitement with its dark-black-accent headlights, while Highlander Limited Platinum has a powerful presence of its own with smoked-chrome headlight housings. Every Highlander gets all-new LED taillights for added visibility in the rear.

Alloy Wheels

Highlander shows off its athletic side with a selection of available alloy wheels. The sporty Highlander SE has 19-in. multi-spoke alloy wheels with a machined finish. Highlander Limited Platinum has an added touch of sophistication with 19-in. 5-spoke Dark Chromtec

New 3.5-liter V6

The available all-new 3.5-liter V6 direct-injection engine helps give Highlander the perfect blend of power and efficiency. Engineered using Toyota’s next-generation technologies, this advanced engine is mated to an all-new Direct Shift-8AT (8-speed Automatic Transmission) to help give you more control. These components work brilliantly together to help give Highlander brisk acceleration off the line, and more mpg when cruising at speed.

MPG

Optimizing fuel efficiency means making enhancements all over—like the transmission and efficient engine that help to enhance EPA mpg estimates and earn an Ultra Low Emission Vehicle II (ULEV-II) rating.

Stop and Start Engine System

The new Stop and Start Engine System (S&S)¹ is available on V6 gas-powered Highlanders. This technology shuts the engine off when Highlander is at rest—like when at a stoplight—to help you save more fuel. When it’s time to go, releasing the brake pedal seamlessly restarts the engine so you can effortlessly get on your way.

Available Dynamic Torque-Control All-Wheel Drive

When the road gets adventurous, Highlander embraces it with available Dynamic Torque-Control All-Wheel Drive (AWD). It distributes engine power from front to rear and manages the vehicle’s braking system from side to side, giving you better control.

Available 5000-lb. Towing Capacity

Some adventures are so big you have to tow them. No problem. Highlander can be equipped to tow up to 5000 lbs.²

USB Ports

With a total of five USB ports,¹ it’s easy to power up the family road trip. Three USB ports up front and two USB ports in the rear help everyone keep their favorite portable electronic devices plugged in.

Seating For Up To 8

Highlander’s roomy interior gives you enough space to seat up to eight people and provides more comfort along the way with reclining third-row seats. Available second-row captain’s chairs help Highlander comfortably seat seven and offer the same great versatility. You can even get heated second-row captain’s chairs on the Limited grade with Platinum Package.

Cargo Space

Waste no space. We designed the rear suspension of Highlander to create more space in the cargo area for your gear.² And since every journey’s different, Highlander is there to adapt. Sometimes you’ve got lots of people, lots of gear or a mix of both. The 60/40 split third-row seat has the ability to fold flat and recline to accommodate your needs.

Quiet Interior

Part of enjoying the road is to not hear it. Highlander has silencing insulation materials along its floor to help keep things quiet, as well as acoustic-type glass in the windshield to further reduce noise entering the cabin.

Panoramic Moonroof

In-seat entertainment for everyone. Your passengers have the whole sky to entertain them, thanks to the available panoramic moonroof that is part of the Platinum Package.

Rear-Seat Entertainment

Entertaining from the driver’s seat is tough. Let the available rear-seat Blu-ray Disc^™ entertainment system help. The 9-in. display screen comes with RCA jacks, remote and two wireless headphones.³

Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist

Lane Departure Alert (LDA)¹ helps you stay in your lane. The system detects visible painted lane markings on the road and alerts you if you start to drift out of your lane. An audible beep and flashing light on the instrument panel alert you to take corrective action. When combined with Steering Assist,² LDA helps keep Highlander in its lane by providing gentle corrective steering when necessary.

Dynamic Radar Cruise Control

Designed to improve your drive. Highlander’s Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC)³ works like conventional cruise control but can do even more. Using forward-facing radar technology, the system is designed to automatically adjust vehicle speed to help maintain a preset following distance between you and the vehicle directly in front of you.

Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection

The Pre-Collision System⁴ with Pedestrian Detection⁵ (PCS w/PD) helps keep the road safe by detecting pedestrians in certain situations. By combining millimeter-wave radar with a camera capable of shape recognition, the system provides an audible warning and a display notification to alert you of a possible collision with a pedestrian under certain circumstances. If you don’t react, automatic braking and collision-avoidance support is then given to help prevent a collision.

Automatic High Beams

Enhance visibility and help make nighttime driving safe for everyone. The Automatic High Beam⁶ system uses a camera to help detect oncoming vehicles as far away as 2000 feet and, depending on the circumstances, automatically switches the high beams on and off, making it easier for other drivers on the road.

Star Safety System^TM

Highlander features the Star Safety System^™, a suite of six active safety features that include Enhanced Vehicle Stability Control (VSC)¹, Traction Control (TRAC), Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA)² and Smart Stop Technology^®(SST).³

Advanced Airbag System

An Advanced Airbag System⁴ helps protect you and your family with driver and front passenger dual stage airbags, driver and front passenger seat-mounted side airbags, a driver knee airbag, a front passenger seat-cushion airbag and Roll-sensing Side Curtain Airbags (RSCA) for all rows.

LATCH

LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) provides an added measure of safety for the smaller members of your family. LATCH includes lower anchors and tethers on the outboard second-row seats and a tether anchor on the middle seat of the second and third rows.

Tire Pressure Monitor System

A Tire Pressure Monitor System (TPMS)⁵ comes standard on every Highlander. Designed to monitor tire pressure at all times, it alerts the driver when a tire or tires become critically underinflated and is one more way Highlander helps keep you safe.

Bird’s Eye View Camera

Highlander’s available Bird’s Eye View Camera¹ helps you see nearby objects and get in to and out of the smallest spaces with ease. The system includes Perimeter Scan—an innovative feature that displays live, rotating 360-degree views of your surroundings when you’re parked.

Blind Spot Monitor and Rear Cross-Traffic Alert

The available Blind Spot Monitor (BSM)² is designed to heighten your awareness on the road by alerting you when a vehicle enters a blind spot on either side. Rear Cross-Traffic Alert (RCTA)³ works similarly. When you slowly back out of a driveway or parking spot, it provides audible and visual indicators to warn you of approaching vehicles.

Driver Easy Speak

Highlander’s available Driver Easy Speak feature has a built-in microphone up front that picks up your voice and transmits it to rear-seat passengers through the back speakers.

Entune^™ Multimedia Bundle

With the available Entune^™ Multimedia Bundle,⁴ Highlander has the tech to make any drive a whole lot more fun. With the available 8-in. high-resolution touch-screen display, integrated navigation⁵ and a suite of popular apps, this is one smart way to help keep you connected. With integrated SiriusXM^® Satellite Radio⁶ compatibility, you’ve got coast-to-coast access to over 150 channels of commercial-free music, sports, talk, comedy and more.

Three-Zone Automatic Climate Control

No matter where you go, the temperature’s perfect inside. The three-zone climate control available on Highlander features individual temperature controls for the driver and front passenger, along with a separate control panel in the back for the second- and third-row vents.