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| The 2017 Toyota Highlander SE. |
It has been a little more than a year since
our last review of a Toyota Highlander. That one was a loaded Limited Platinum that nudged the as-tested price perilously close to the $50,000 mark. For a vehicle that TireKicker has always been somewhat lukewarm about since its last redesign---and don't get us started on
the dubious value proposition of the Highlander Hybrid---that was a bit much.
Some good news: Toyota has freshened the look of the 2017 Highlander. The chrome strip behind the Toyota badge on the grille has been banished, and a body-color strip at what would be the bumper line has been moved up and thinned out. That breaks up what had been a bottom-heavy and, to our eyes, awkward-looking grille. It's a definite improvement.
