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    TOYOTA KLUGER

    Jun 27, 2021 5 minutes
    JEZ SPINKS

    HYBRID A SIPPER; NOT A SLURPER

    AMONG Toyota’s myriad multi-seater options, the fourth-generation Kluger installs itself as the singular car-based choice for Aussie buyers more focused on crossing suburbs than going cross-country.

    And a new, headline-making hybrid drivetrain combines with the imminent axing of the Prius V people-mover to establish the large SUV as the only petrol-electric Toyota with seven or more seats.

    Toyota’s hybrid system is well overdue as an alternative to a V6 petrol that has powered the Kluger in Australia since its 2003 debut. It’s been available in the US, where it’s called Highlander, for a decade and a half.

    Not that the omission has cruelled local sales. While Toyota Australia expects the hybrid to become the dominant drivetrain in a sales mix that includes

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