We always had an eye on the Toyota Highlander, since it had the strongest appeal on our mind for its well-rounded characteristics. But the price tag it always came appeared to us as quite expensive. Hence, when we got to see a used version of the 2019 Toyota Highlander, in the inventory of Meridian used Toyota dealer, we didn’t want to let go of this opportunity to drive it home.

Till date we rejoice our decision of buying the used version of a 2019 Toyota Highlander that looked as good as new, and drove the same way. What it delivered more than this was ample drive and ride safety, several comfort features, and good fuel efficiency, all offered to us in a quite family-friendly package.

The 2019 model year edition of Toyota Highlander comes under the broad umbrella of family crossover SUVs that place in its cabin, three wide rows of seats that can seat eight occupants. The 2019 Highlander was available in LE, LE Plus, SE, XLE, Limited, and Platinum trim levels, and for us, the base trim with some optional features added seemed to be the perfect model, fulfilling all our requirements.

Power to Rule

The major reason why we always wanted a Toyota Highlander was its amazing performance abilities and powertrain features. Here we got the chance to drive home the used version of a Toyota Highlander that rode with a 306-horsepower making 3.5-liter V-6-engine even though there was the 295 hp version available that had a 2.7-liter 4-cylinder engine under its hood. We were fortunate enough to get an all-wheel drive setup that made us feel all the more excited, especially for our upcoming off-road drives.

A super smooth acceleration can be said to be the forte of the 2019 Toyota Highlander that we got to experience, whenever we took it to the highway mergers. Even on the roughest surface, the 2019 Toyota Highlander drove softly, that made all the rides undoubtedly luxurious. It is still a vehicle that handles extremely well and that is reason enough for models like Mazda CX-9 or the Honda Pilot, to lose many of their customers for this Toyota model.

Comfort Zone

Apart from its engaging performance and supreme ride quality, the 2019 Toyota Highlander has even more virtues to boast about. In all its three rows of seats, it has plenty of comfort stored for each of its passengers. The space allotted for ease of entry and exit speaks louder of a well-thought interior that also contains excellent storage ideas for small items.

Drive Safety

Toyota has also equipped its 2019 model year version of Highlander with an array of standard active safety technologies, that include automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, active lane control, adaptive cruise control, and automatic high-beam headlights that lower the risk of a collision almost to nil, assured our long-trusted used Toyota dealer from whom we got the offer of buying a gently used version of 2019 Toyota Highlander at a most lucrative price.

Jeffrey Connolly