With last year's redesign, Toyota boosted the size of the Highlander, making room for a genuinely usable third row.
The new version also has a removable center seat in the second row. In the old Highlander, rear-impact whiplash protection was the only weak spot, but that's now been improved.
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Last updated November 25 2008: 9:42 AM ET