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 toyota toyota highlander mazda | First Test: 2011 Toyota Highlander Limited 4WD |
One may have predicted 2008 to be an unlucky model year for the then-new, second-generation Toyota Highlander. Just a few months prior, Mazda's first-gen CX-9 debuted for the '07 model year, and shortly thereafter won a comparison test against the Acura MDX and GMC Acadia. Obviously, the Highlander had stiff competition before it even hit the street. Making matters worse for Toyota, the CX-9 got better for '08, thanks to a more powerful 3.7-liter V-6 that replaced the initial 3.5. In our 2008 Sport/Utility of the Year contest, both the Highlander and CX-9 competed -- more or less against each other, as each is a seven-passenger midsizer -- with the results heavily skewed toward the Mazda. (It...
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