It seems like these 2 cars are the best SUV deals out there unless you go with a small bare bones Equinox. It seems like I can get a QX60 for around the $400 mark and if the deals are what they were on the highlander will be at the $300 mark. With the QX being 36 month and the Highlander 24.
What would you guys chose? I like them both for different reasons.
Anyone have updated numbers they could share? I need 15k per year.
for $100/month, I prefer the qx60 but this is more about personal preference than anything else
I am kind of leaning that way, but i think the Highlander is very comfortable. The QX is more refined.
Were are we seeing Highlanders for $300 a month? Are we talking basic spec?
I have to say I felt the QX60 drove really badly when I drove it, and it had loads of scuttle in chassis when going over bumps etc.
Others that can be had just below $400 are Hyundai Santa fe SE ultimate, Kia Sorento SXL, Nissan Pathfinder Platinum.
The Ford Explorer with Sports appearance pack comes in just above $400 as well.
So is having slightly more luxury and potentially more insurance costs worth it for the Infiniti? So at the minimum the QX60 is going to cost you $1,200 more a year to have payment-wise.
Also when you want to get out of it (trade-in) early then who is going to have the better residual? (HINT: it’s the Highlander)
Perhaps the deals now aren’t as good as they were a few months ago. There was a forum on here showing the XLE for $275 a month plus tax?
XLE for $275? Good luck with that now. It’s a $40k vehicle.
It was a 40k vehicle back then too
There are Toyota special deals on the XLE Highlander for my zipcode of 44060. $309.00 for 36 months BUT with $4099.00 down plus tax, title, license, dealer fees, etc.
Several months ago I think the deal was around $299.00 with $3900.00 or so down.
So $300 with zero down is achievable if a dealer is willing to give a 4k or so discount?
That probably included some discount already, so you would need an addition $4k discounted, which sounds unlikely.
Agreed. A highlander xle is probably around the same price as a base QX60 if I had to guesstimate. About $400 plus tax. Hackers may be able to negotiate better deals than that though.
If they are the same price that means the qx60 is the clear winner to me.
What kind of dollar amounts can we expect on QX60’s right now?
Just my two cents on this. I have driven both, and although the QX60 is covered in leather it is an incredibly dated car. It feels like an old truck to drive, passengers bounce around in the rear seats and the dashboard and controls are really showing their age. Please do not think you are getting a luxury bargain by buying this car. It is a Nissan Pathfinder by any other name. I have recently driven the Kia Sorento SXL and I would take that every day of the week over a QX60. It feels decades newer and more up to date. As for the Highlander, good car made much better by the new gearbox and engine introduced in 2017. MSD’s help loads as Toyota have zero rebates right now.
Now having said all that I am not saying that the QX60 is a bad car but go in eyes wide open, everyone looks for different things in cars so my view is just that, mine.
Also, the QX60 does not get great crash safety results if you don’t spec it up with the forward collision detection.
Personally I like the Highlander better. This is for the wife though. She loves the look of the qx and has been lusting after it for years.
my friend got the Highlander and doesn’t like the transmission whatever that means.
Your wife lusting after anything other than you should be of concern…especially if it’s made of metal and leather…
The QX60 doesn’t look too bad from an exterior point of view but I agree with @Ed_Churchward that the tech is years bygone.
I am not nearly as pretty as a QX! I am like a '76 F-150. Rusty but trusty.
You mean the new 8 speed.
I just “bought” one not leased, but still, i feel its more refined, though it lacks the punch for a 295Hp engine.
Depends on what you mean by “like the transmission” YMMV