---
title: "This Is the Upcoming 3-Row Toyota Grand Highlander’s Bigger Rear End"
date: "2022-12-01"
modified: "2022-12-01"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-is-the-toyota-grand-highlanders-bigger-rear-end"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Toyota News"
tags:
  - "Highlander"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "Toyota"
---

# This Is the Upcoming 3-Row Toyota Grand Highlander’s Bigger Rear End

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/01/Toyota_Feb-8_2023-3.jpg>)
*\<em\>Toyota\</em\>*

Anyone who follows automotive trademark filings will have seen this coming, but [Toyota](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/toyota-news>) has confirmed the existence of a bigger version of its three-row crossover called the Grand [Highlander](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2023-toyota-highlander-turbo-first-drive-review-features-price-options>). The company [legally called dibs on the name last](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41860/toyota-grand-highlander-could-be-a-longer-larger-suv>) August. It's even released a very dark teaser shot of the rear end before the vehicle is fully revealed at the Chicago Auto Show in February.

A little surprisingly, the Grand Highlander's stern looks to be quite a bit different from the back of the regular Highlander. First off, the taillights are less squinty, sporting parallel LED signatures while the bottom of the liftgate itself looks a bit more sculpted. "Grand Highlander" badging now lives big and proud on the center license "mustache" instead of down and off to the side.

Here, take a look at it alongside a similar angle of the regular Highlander.

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/01/Toyota_Feb-8_2023-4.jpg>)

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/01/2022_Toyota_Highlander_Bronze_009-1.jpg>)

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/01/Toyota_Feb-8_2023-2.jpg>)
**Toyota**

Look closely and you'll spot a "Hybrid Max" badge, which tells us that the new 'Yota SUV will rock the same performance-oriented hybrid system as the new Crown sedan. In that car, it's a 2.4-liter turbo-four paired to an electric motor for a total system output of 340 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque.

The only other technical detail Toyota has confirmed is that the Grand Highlander will indeed be a three-row—unsurprising since the regular-length Highlander already comes with three rows. In any case, the Toyota Grand Highlander will be unveiled on Feb. 8 and likely be on display at the Chicago Auto Show.

For 2023, Toyota gave the regular Highlander a new turbocharged engine that's definitely made it more efficient but, as Weekend Editor Nico DeMattia found in [our First Drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2023-toyota-highlander-turbo-first-drive-review-features-price-options>), a little less refined. Hopefully the Hybrid Max powertrain—along with those presumably bigger quarters—will make the Grand Highlander the Highlander to have.

*Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach him here: chris.tsui@thedrive.com*

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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