2001 Toyota Highlander Recommendations

Adding a fourth sport-utility vehicle to the Toyota line, the new midsize 2001 Highlander was an under-the-skin sibling to the popular car-based Lexus RX 300. Both were built on the Toyota Camry/Lexus ES 300 sedan platform. Highlanders, however, displayed more traditional wagon styling than the RX and strode a 4 inch longer wheelbase, with most of the increase going to extra cargo room.Toyota saw the Highlander as a midsize SUV for buyers interested more in on the-road comfort, refinement, and performance than in offroad ability and a truck-tough image. The unibodied Highlander was slightly longer than Toyotas body-on-frame 4Runner, but stood about half an inch lower and 5 inches wider.