The Toyota Harrier is a very successful vehicle and thus the Japanese car major has prepared the SUV’s third generation model for the domestic car market of Japan. The auto maker has revealed this new SUV for the Japanese car consumers.

This new generation luxury SUV is basically very similar to the new 2013 Lexus RX model, but in order to keep it separate and exclusive for the Japanese car consumers, Toyota has given it its individual styling with very trendy and classy design elements. Similar to the many Japan specific vehicles in the recent times, the new generation model of the Toyota Harrier flaunts a eye catching plexi-glass transparent front grill giving the car’s frontal looks a bold and sleek styling. This design feature is further enhanced by the combination of aggressive headlight design giving the all new Harrier a head turning front fascia.

Under the hood, the all new Toyota Harrier will be offered to the car consumers of Japan in two powertrain options.

The first among the two engines is a 2.0 liter DOGC 4 cylinder mill mated to an automatic transmission that will be available in both 2 wheel and all 4 wheel drive systems. This engine variant will be available in the Japanese market from 2^nd of December, 2013. This engine is actually a variation of the same engine that does its duty under the hood of the very popular Toyota RAV4. It has the capability to produce the maximum power output of 151PS and a peak torque value of 193Nm. The Harrier model with this engine option will provide a fuel efficiency of 16 km per liter as per the Japanese test cycle.

The other powertrain option of the all new Toyota Harrier is that of a Hybrid system. The Toyota Harrier hybrid will be available in the Japanese car market from 15^th of January in 2014. The hybrid variant of the Harrier comes powered by a 2.5 liter electric motor that has the capability to produce a combined max power output of 196PS and the peak torque of 206Nm. The latest generation Toyota Harrier will be offered to the Japanese public in only the E-4 all wheel drive system. However keeping in line with the rest of the much acclaimed Toyota hybrid vehicles, the all new Harrier Hybrid will be able to offer a much enhanced fuel efficiency.

Toyota has launched the all new Harrier in Japan with the starting price 2,720,000 Yen for the regular Harrier and 3,610,000 Yen for the Hybrid variant.

The car was in the limelight till 2008, and this was the year when Toyota planned to introduce the production of Lexus LX and stalled the manufacture of Harrier. Those who admire the Harrier, there is some interesting news, the company plans to re launch Harrier. Images of the car have been splashed on the company’s website and for those interested the car will be showcased during the latter periods of 2013. The car might be premiered at the prestigious Motor Show in Tokyo scheduled for November.

The most interesting fact about the new car is there are Harrier elements retained, with a raking windscreen at the rear. The C Pillar is artistically designed and the enhanced sporty elements are contributed by glass panel. The front portion has a unique wedge design which is something novel to Toyota’s design language. According to a press release Toyota marks the features of Harrier with an outstanding design language along with other customer desirable factors such as strength and speed.
Further details of the car have not been released; the car might be a hybrid according to details of the front design. Most people are excited with the launch of Harrier especially with launch periods of Lexus RX coming closer. The most interesting question is if the next generation Lexus RX be implanted with few elements from Harrier.

The images of the new Harrier has been splashed on the Japanese website CarWatch, the most thrilling aspect is the car is known as Lexus RX in US and Europe. Some of the interesting design elements to watch out for are the exclusive style statement in the front portion which is in tune with other remarkable designs of Lexus cars. The admirable design language is visible at the rear as well with creatively designed tail lights.

The interesting aspect about the design that would excite those who are passionate about car designs is the revamped greenhouse theme which is observed in the window design, and there are artistic lines that merge the rear tail lights and front. Based on overall design analyses, the car has few hybrid elements, there is not much information revealed on engine components. People claim that the car might be equipped with a powerful 3.5 liter engine with V6 hybrid technology observed in present RX450h.
In terms of interiors, there are no pieces of images released; the most curious aspect would be the closeness in design language between Harrier and Lexus RX. Those who are curious will have to patiently wait for the Tokyo auto show scheduled for November. The Harrier would indeed be a thrilling launch and those who have driven the car in the past can bring back the earlier memories.