Toyota Highlander 2021
This morning.
Via Irish Times Letters:
Michael McAleer (“Has this big family SUV missed its chance?”) notes in his review of the new Toyota Highlander (seven-seater, retailing at €60,000) that this vehicle is “meant to conquer the mean city streets on the school run rather than head up a convoy on a rescue mission in Mali”.
The leafy suburbs, not the mean streets, in this country are clogged up most mornings with convoys of monster vehicles on the school run. Maybe these drivers are in fact on such dangerous rescue missions after all. Pity the poor cyclist and pedestrian. It’s a jungle out there.
Fight!
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Jeepers! Most people when they grow up put their toy bicycles away.
Though I am sure the urban poor find some use for them by antagonising their betters by ignoring red lights, pedestrians and failing to display any road etiquette!
What a jealous small little mind McAleer must have….
p.s. Do I win a prize for trolling? :)
SUVs don’t bother me on the mean streets, it’s in car parks that they become a nuisance!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwjGvWoUUAMZbM9.jpg
If you were on a bike and one close-passes you at 80 Kmh you might reconsider
He gives it three stars and at €60k reckons it’s reasonable value?
G.T.F. !!
+1
motoring journalism is a very specific breed but surprisingly a field we’ve never really had much of a presence in…
despite being a country just a skip behind the likes of the UK and Germany in the arena of car enthusiasm
with a decent motorsport heritage too
who spend a lot of time glued to Top Gear, 5th Gear, Car SOS and the like…
we’ve never in my memory anyway had any interesting critical motoring journalists, magazines, columns or TV programming to hook up to
Years ago we had Ted Bonner who could be whimsical and enjoyable; though in those days there wasn’t as much to say about cars. Engines were pretty standard in mainstream cars, tech was non-existant and extras were limited.
Alan Wilkes of the Evening Press was also worth reading for his views and road tests of cars and motoring.
Giving an independent road test report of cars and not just repeating the car companies P.R. handouts.
Vaguely recall an RTE motoring show in the 1990s presented by Karl Tsigdinos. Can’t recall whether it was up to much or not. Most notable thing about it for me was the surname of the presenter.
I’m not au fait with the qualities of Irish motoring journalism but if I won the Euro millions I’d hesitate at spending €60k on a vehicle.
Hard to know what’s payola and what’s not these days. That said I’ve no quibbles with my 14 year old Toyota.
I suspect if he gave it 1 or 2 stars he won’t get another car from Toyota to review. tis the circle of reviews..
Thinking of walking 1km down the road for some milk? Why not bring 2000kg of metal, plastic, glass and rubber with you.
nice way to put it.
In other news, Irish times is a disaster and neoliberalism is bad
Well now. The one thing you will never see is a Toyota Highlander leading a convoy on a rescue mission in Mali or anywhere else in Africa – the Highlander and almost every SUV out there save for the Land Cruiser, the Hilux, the Nissan Patrol and Óglaigh na hÉireann favourite, the Pajero (RIP). Pretty much everything else would disintegrate in 3 months.
Ahhh, Rosette, I just saw your comment after I posted further down the thread; you’re correct and as much as I’m not party to Land Rover, we have a LR Defender (which is the size of a baby Humvee) after 20 yrs and she’s still going, otherwise all of our 4x4s are either Toyota or Mitsubishi. SUVs are grand for mom and pop soccer runs, a 4×4 off-road vehicle is for exactly that.
P.S. You mentioned Pajero as well as Toyota! Well, one of our longest and most steadfast 4x4s is a Pajero and even though she’s 12 yrs young. there’re are no signs of her giving up despite the abuse she’s been subjected to for years.*
* What’s with the RIP?
Pajero is a very rude spanish word!
Hahaha I never knew that!
Oh dear…
That’s incorrect. Toyota 4 x 4 vehicles are hugely popular in African countries because of the availability of parts.
And the fact that they need fewer parts than their rivals!
The brick wall in the left foreground of the photo is incidentally the corner of the same building that is used in Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia as the outside of the bar. This is where the outdoor shots are filmed.
Japan is the only country in the world that manufactures reliable, dependable and fully functional 4×4 off-road vehicles which can challenge any landscape, weather, extreme conditions and environment such as the North Pole.
The Toyota Hilux is a beautiful beast of a machine.