2023 Toyota Highlander XLE

Beaver Direct Certified | 2023 Toyota Highlander XLE | The Year the Highlander Caught Up: Wireless CarPlay, the New Toyota Multimedia System, and the Turbo Engine, in the Trim Most Families Buy | 68,937 Miles
68,937 Miles | Magnetic Gray Metallic over Harvest Beige SofTex | Stock #T040126 | Beaver Direct Certified | XLE Trim with Moonroof, Heated Seats, Blind Spot Monitor, Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

For the first three years of this Highlander generation, the cabin tech was the one thing reviewers kept marking down: a wired-only phone connection and an interface that felt a generation behind the rest of the vehicle. For 2023, Toyota fixed it in one stroke. The Highlander got the new Toyota Audio Multimedia system with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, over-the-air updates, cloud-based navigation, and a "Hey Toyota" voice assistant that understands natural phrases, and in the same model year the 3.5-liter V6 gave way to the 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with more torque. This 2023 Highlander XLE in Magnetic Gray over Harvest Beige is the first year of that update, at 68,937 miles, in the trim that makes up most of Highlander sales.

The 2.4-liter turbo makes 265 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque through an eight-speed automatic, and it is rated to tow 5,000 pounds. The torque figure is the one to pay attention to: it is 47 pound-feet more than the V6 made, and it arrives at 1,700 rpm instead of 4,700, which is the difference you feel pulling onto GA-400 with the family aboard. Ask us to confirm the drivetrain on this unit; the 2023 XLE was offered with front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive, and the fuel economy figures follow that choice.

XLE is the Highlander with the comfort equipment and the light interior. Harvest Beige SofTex seating, which is Toyota's synthetic leather in the warm tan that makes the cabin feel a size larger and shows less heat-soak in summer than black, with heated front seats and an eight-way power driver's seat. A power tilt-and-slide moonroof, a hands-free power liftgate, roof rails, three-zone automatic climate control, wireless phone charging, second-row captain's chairs that slide forward for third-row access, and a third row that folds flat into the floor. The 8-inch touchscreen runs the new multimedia system described above, with a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Toyota Safety Sense 2.5+ is standard, and the XLE adds the blind spot monitor. The pre-collision system with pedestrian and cyclist detection and intersection support for left turns, full-speed dynamic radar cruise control that follows traffic down to a stop and back up, lane departure alert with steering assist, lane tracing assist that keeps the vehicle centered on marked highways, road sign assist, and automatic high beams. Blind spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert, which the LE does not get, is standard on the XLE.

Magnetic Gray Metallic is the Toyota gray that hides road film and pollen and gives the Highlander a more expensive silhouette than silver, and over the Harvest Beige interior it is the combination that looks newest the longest. At 68,937 miles, this Highlander is past Toyota's 3-year/36,000-mile basic and 5-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranties on mileage, which is why it is sold as Beaver Direct Certified with the Platinum warranty rather than as-is, and why the price on a 2023 XLE looks the way it does.

Beaver Direct Certified
Every Beaver Direct Certified vehicle comes with the Platinum 12-Month/12,000-Mile Warranty, a $1,395 value, included in the price. Before it reached the lot this Highlander went through reconditioning and a multi-point inspection, and we will show you the inspection report. Toyota's factory warranties have run out on mileage on this vehicle, so treat the Platinum warranty as the coverage; ask us and we will show you the terms in writing.

The Beaver 30-Day Exchange
Take it home for a month. Pair your phone without a cable, fill all three rows, let the radar cruise handle GA-400, and feel the turbo pull with the family aboard. If it is not the right vehicle, bring it back within 30 days and exchange it for one that is.

Come see it.
This 2023 Toyota Highlander XLE, Stock #T040126, is on the ground now at Beaver Toyota of Cumming. If you have been searching for a used 2023 Toyota Highlander XLE for sale near Cumming GA, call 470-533-2000 and ask for the gray Highlander with the beige interior.