Inside Story: 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited

Your money or your life?


That phrase normally accompanies the image of a Saturday Night Special in a dark alley, not the showrooms of Dealership Row. Or does it? Consider that money is currently in short supply around the globe, for both vehicle expenses and the fuel it consumes. Your life is actually more about your children’s life, or your grandchildren’s, and whether or not recess for them will one day require a portable respirator. The Here and Now dictates that those kids have to get to school, hockey practice, and science fairs, and the Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited can provide those services with minimal fuel costs, and minimal expulsion of CO2. All it asks of you is a premium of $54,360, instead of the MSRP of $47,885 for a non-hybrid Highlander 4WD V6 Limited. This week, Inside Story digs into the usual marriage of conveniences, as well as the idiosyncrasies of hybrid life that don’t make it into the brochure.


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Yup. It used to be $56k.