2024 Toyota Grand Highlander XLE vs. 2024 Honda Pilot Touring. Thanks to: Evans Toyota of Fort Wayne www.evanstoyota.com/ Don Ayres Honda of Fort Wayne www.donayreshonda.com/ automobiles.honda.com/pilot www.toyota.com/grandhighlander/
Awesome. This is the model I'm expecting next week. Fingers crossed. GHL Limited Base Hybrid. And if we are lucky and it gets here before the end of the month (it's suppose to be by the 23rd), we will be hitting the road on an 8 week trip with our new ride. If not, a bit disappointed, but we'll just have to do it with our current Highlander Limited.
Red / Black - Wanted the bench seat, but it was going to be 2 to 4 months lom=nger to get, and not willing to wait that much longer. Place our name on "The List"! back in September
Release of gas cap in Toyota works for me, work for large company another employee cypher gas from car. Inside release for gas perfect. Need a gas cap lock regardless.
Why wouldn't you compare the EX L with the XLT? I'd take the 3.5 all day vs that 2.4 turbo. 3.5 is a very reliable engine. This new turbo 4cyl is yet to be proven.
Thanks for the comment. I would have loved to test the GH with the V6. Grand Highlanders are nearly impossible to find on dealer lots. The one I had access to was the 4 cylinder, sadly
Yeah maybe against this one it ain't proven but the regular hybrid grand highlander with the proven hybrid and multi port/direct injection blows that gdi direct injected timing belt leaking oil crap away lol. There's even a few years old examples with over 400,000 miles. A full on direct injection isn't doing that without a lot of maintenance
@@Chadscarcomps there is no 6 cylinder grand highlander. 2.4 turbo, or 2.5 non turbo with hybrid that gets great mpg, or the Max hybrid which is 2.4 turbo and different arranged electric hybrid for power, not as much mpg.
I have not seen any indication from Honda about putting in a hybrid to the Pilot or Odyssey. I would expect to see them incorporate a hybrid powertrain in the next generation of the Pilot (3-4 years away). Odyssey gets redesigned next year, so that may give us a clue
No second row bench seat in the Toyotas upper trims and that 4 banger turbo, these were deal killers, going Honda Pilot. Only people that know nothing about engines would go with 4 cylinder turbo. Non-Turbo only way to go for a gas engine regardless if it's hybrid or not.
second highest trim has second row bench option in Limited trim for gas, or the fuel saving hybrid model. Bench not available on limited hybrid max power version
I agree with you. This was a big miss for Honda. It was just redesigned for 2023 and can only be had with an old-looking 9" screen? Maybe when they do a mid-cycle refresh at year 3 (typical Honda cycle) they will change the dash a bit to accommodate an 11 or 12" screen (or bigger)!
Thanks for the comment. Someone else mentioned this and I am not sure what my video software is doing with the exposure. I think I have found a workaround for my latest 2 comparisons. The original video footage is spot on.
4 cilinders turbo with questionable reliability backed by the Toyota's name VS a 6 cilinders no gimmicks with a Honda checkered past in terms of oil consumption, VCM etc. yet almost on par with Toyota in terms of reliability. Decisions...decisions.....
Yeah and honda is gdi or direct injection only. Toyotas direct with multi port to help clean the engine design has gone high miles even with a few year older models.
Also the middle option regular hybrid grand highlander doesn't have a turbo it's just d4s 4 cylinder with hybrid. That turbo crap is only the gas turbo and hybrid max with the turbos.
Your comparing basic model grand highlander to a upper trim honda pilot. Alot of reviews does the exact same thing. If you're reviewing 2 vehicles at the same time. You should compare them with the same trim level.
Unfortunately, Grand Highlanders are very difficult to get my hands on. Dealers simply don't have them. I was fortunate Evans Toyota had 2 GH on the lot. They had just received them a few days before. I always look to compare similar trim levels (see my Accord/Camry comparison coming later today) as this provides a more apples to apples comparison.
Funny you say that, but don't realize the GH and Pilot DO NOT have directly competing trim levels. They are all at different prices compared to each other when you look at the options that they come with. XLE also is not a "base" trim. It's just the lowest trim currently offered for the GH. The EXL and XLE trims do not compare to each other. So what are you really looking for? Even in the more expensive Limited trim, the GH still has fake leather seats compared to real leather seats that come standard on an EXL Pilot that's thousands less. There will never be a comparison that favors the GH when you compares options to price. Not to mention, the awd in the GH is dogshit compared to the Pilot.
@@ChrisMaj if I wanted to watch tv, I’d waste money on a useless Tesla. And as for your question, I’m paying a premium price, I expect a better and bigger screen on the dash like Toyotas and at least like the accord with the 12 inch screen.
The smaller engine will still be more reliable at least the regular hybrid version (not the hybrid max or turbo gas one) same true and proven hybrid train from the regular highlander and d4s direct injection with multi port which i dont think any honda even has any multi port anymore and ive heard so many issue with honda pilots and leaks plus timing belt engine still? Wth? Lol
