IN International terms, Australia has a exceptional link with the Toyota Kluger.

 

We’re the only place outside the house of the US and Japan to receive all four generations – nevertheless we didn’t get era a person until finally its mid-life facelift – and we’re also the only area outside the house of Japan to simply call it ‘Kluger’ courtesy of Hyundai trademarking ‘Highlander’ – the Kluger’s nameplate in all other markets.

 

So era four is very significant for Toyota in Australia – not only for the reason that it debuts an all-new GA-K system, shared with the present-day Camry and RAV4, but also for the reason that it has the probable to challenge Toyota’s possess Prado 4×4 as the reigning gross sales champ between significant SUVs.

 

If the RAV4 is any guideline, the ace up Kluger’s sleeve is the optional hybrid drivetrain available throughout all trim concentrations, exclusively with a sophisticated ‘eFour’ AWD program and a constantly variable automatic transmission (CVT).

 

Until Hyundai’s Santa Fe Hybrid launches later in the 12 months, the fourth-gen Kluger will be the only significant SUV to offer you a hybrid design in Australia, even nevertheless a Kluger Hybrid has been available globally due to the fact 2005!

 

Where this fourth-era design genuinely demands to lift Kluger’s match, on the other hand, is in terms of seating ease and comfort and functionality, inside good quality, and ride ease and comfort.

 

Now that the new Kluger/Highlander is a legitimate global design (heading to the British isles and Europe for the first time, solely in Hybrid kind), its ambitions have to have to prolong considerably past simply pleasing Center America.

 

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