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Vehicle 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Base 2007 Mercedes-Benz M-Class ML63 AMG
100,000-Mile Extended Service Interval For Spark Plugs No Yes
12-Volt Battery Yes No
1 Rear Seat Power Outlet and 1 Cargo Area Power Outlet No Yes
288-Volt Sealed Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Yes No
2 Front Cupholders, 2 Rear Cupholders; 4 Cupholders Total No Yes
2 Front Power Outlets Yes Yes
2 Third Row, 2 Cupholders Total Yes No
3-Function HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
4508-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Yes No
4MATIC(TM) Full-Time 4-Wheel Drive No Yes
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes Yes
4-Wheel Electronic Traction System (4-ETS) All-Speed Traction Control Controlled By ABS and Engine Management No Yes
6239-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating No Yes
6.2-Liter, 90-Degree V8, 32-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 503@6800, Torque Of 465@5200, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
7-Speed Electronically Controlled Adaptive, Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
Active Head Restraint No Yes
Adaptive Automatic Transmission Yes Yes
AIRmatic Adaptive Damping System (ADS-II) Interactive Adaptive Variable Suspension No Yes
Alloy Wheels, 17-In. X 6.5-In. Yes No
Alloy Wheels, 20-In. X 10-In. No Yes
All-Wheel Drive Yes No
Aluminum Trim Located On Center Floor Console and Doors No Yes
AM/FM Radio With 6 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3/WMA Player Yes No
AMG Chrome Exhaust Pipes No Yes
AMG Sport Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Audible Warnings Include Headlights-On and Key-In-Ignition No Yes
Audio Pre-Wiring Yes No
Automatic Climate Control No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic Off Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On and Dusk Sensor No Yes
Automatic Locking Retractors No Yes
Automatic Tilt Away Steering Column No Yes
Battery No Yes
Black and Chrome Grille No Yes
Brake Assist Electronic Brake Assistance No Yes
Burl Walnut Genuine Wood Trim Located On Center Floor Console and Doors No Yes
Cargo Area Power Outlet Yes No
Cargo Area Tiedown Hooks Yes No
Cargo Area Tie-Down Hooks No Yes
Cargo Cover No Yes
Cargo Net No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area Yes Yes
Center Stow(TM) Second Row 40/20/40 Split Folding Reclining Hideaway Bench Seat With Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Armrests Yes No
Chrome Grille Yes No
Chrome Located On Doors Yes No
Cigarette Lighter and Ashtray No Yes
Cloth Seats Yes No
Color Keyed and Chrome Body Side Molding No Yes
Color Keyed and Chrome Exterior Door Handles No Yes
Color-Keyed Front and Rear Bumpers No Yes
Comand Modular Control System Centralized Control Instrumentation For Phone, Audio, Navigation, and Telematics No Yes
Continuously Variable Electronically Controlled Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive Yes No
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor Yes Yes
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal No Yes
Cruise Control No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Light Yes No
Delayed Courtesy Lights No Yes
Digital Clock Yes Yes
Drive-By-Wire Control For Electronically Controlled Throttle With Intelligence (ECT-i), Electronically Controlled Brakes (ECB) and Electric Power Steering (EPS) Yes No
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes Yes
Driver Knee Airbag Yes No
Driver Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Dual Color-Keyed Power Folding Power Adjustable Heated Electrochromic Signaling Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Dual Vanity Mirrors Yes No
Easy Entry Seat Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Electroluminescent Instrumentation Yes No
Electronic Brake Assistance Yes No
Electronic Brake Force Distribution Yes Yes
Electronic Stability Program (ESP(R)) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction and ABS Measures Steering Wheel Angle/Direction, Yaw Rate, Wheel Speed and Lateral Acceleration No Yes
Engine Start/Stop Button Yes No
Exterior Rails No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge Yes Yes
Front Active Head Restraints Yes No
Front Air Dam Yes Yes
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts Yes No
Front and Rear Automatic Load Leveling No Yes
Front and Rear Automatic Locking Retractors Yes No
Front and Rear Color-Keyed Bumpers Yes No
Front and Rear Crumple Zones Yes Yes
Front and Rear Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front and Rear Outboard 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and Rear Pretensioners With Force Limiters No Yes
Front and Rear Reading Lights No Yes
Front and Rear Side Head Curtain Airbags Yes No
Front and Rear Skid Plates No Yes
Front Auxiliary Audio Input Jack Yes No
Front Carpeted Floormats Yes No
Front Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Front Dual Color-Keyed Folding Power Adjustable Heated Exterior Rearview Mirrors Yes No
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Dual Multi-Contour Heated Bucket Seats With 3-Settings, Adjustable Seat Height, 3-Position Dual Power Memory and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats, Driver Seat Manually Adjusts 8-Ways Total, Passenger Seat Manually Adjusts 4-Ways Total With Driver Adjustable Seat Height, Adjustable Headrests and Armrest Yes No
Front Dual Seatback Storage Pockets Yes Yes
Front Dual Seatbelt Height Adjusters Yes No
Front Dual Sunvisors Yes Yes
Front Halogen Foglights and Single Red Rear Foglight No Yes
Front Map Lights Yes No
Front Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 328-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 310-mm Solid Disc Brakes Yes No
Front Power 391-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 366-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Pretensioners With Force Limiters Yes No
Front Seatbelt Height Adjusters No Yes
Front Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Full-Size Spare Tire Yes Yes
Fully Automatic Power Liftgate No Yes
Glove Box Yes No
GPS and DVD Navigation System No Yes
Halogen Headlights Yes No
Harman/Kardon(R) AM/FM Radio With 440-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume, LOGIC7(R) Surround Sound System With 11 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer Located In Glovebox; MP3 Player; Sirius Satellite Radio (Includes 6-Month Subscription) No Yes
Head Protection Curtain Side Head Curtain Airbags No Yes
Hill Descent Control No Yes
Hill Start Control Yes Yes
Hybrid Synergy Drive(TM) 3.3-Liter, V6, VVT-i 24-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 209@5600, Torque Of 212@3600, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads; Front Permanent Magnet Electric Motor With Horsepower Of 167@4500 and Torque Of 247@0-1500RPM; Rear Permanent Magnet Electric Motor With Horsepower Of 68@4610-5120 and Torque Of 96@0-610RPM (Hybrid System Net Horsepower Of 270) Yes No
Illuminated Entry Yes Yes
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Anti-Dive Geometry, Coil Springs and Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent Multi-Link MacPherson Strut Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Anti-Squat, Alignment Control, Coil Springs and Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers No Yes
Infrared Glass No Yes
In-Glass Radio Antenna Yes No
Interior Load Area Light Yes Yes
Interior Pollen and Dust Air Filter No Yes
Intermittent Rear Window Wiper Yes No
Intermittent Rear Wiper/Washer No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes Yes
L A T C H Yes Yes
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Locking Fuel Filler Door No Yes
Maintenance System Plus Service Interval Indicator For Oil Level and Brake Wear No Yes
Manual Air Conditioning Yes No
Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Includes Seat and Steering Column; Passenger Includes Seat No Yes
Memory Steering Column No Yes
Metallic Paint (If Selected) Yes No
Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock, Tailgate, Fuel Door, Illuminated Entry, Exterior Lights, Anti-Theft, Power Windows, Sunroof and Panic Alarm No Yes
Nappa Leather Located On Doors, Center Floor Console and Instrument Panel No Yes
Nappa Upgraded Leather Seats With Alcantara(R) Cloth Inserts No Yes
Neutral Tinted Glass No Yes
Night Security Illumination Perimeter Lighting With 1 Minute Duration No Yes
Overhead Console Storage Yes No
Panic Alarm No Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Passenger Weight No Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Weight Yes No
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Power Door Locks With Automatic Locking Yes No
Power Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering Yes No
Power Tailgate Locks/Unlocks Via Remote Keyless No Yes
Power Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Power Tilt and Slide Glass Sunroof No Yes
Power Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Power Vehicle Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power Window Lockout No Yes
Power Windows With Driver One-Touch Up, One Touch Down and Pinch Protection Yes No
Power Windows With One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down No Yes
Programmable Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Programmable Power Door Locks With Automatic Locking No Yes
Projector Beam Halogen Headlights No Yes
Radio Antenna No Yes
Rain Sensing Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Rear 3-Point Center Seatbelt Yes No
Rear 60/40 Split Folding Bench Seat With Fold-Down Center Armrest and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Rear Air Dam No Yes
Rear and Side Gray Privacy Glass Yes No
Rear Armrest Storage No Yes
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Rear Center 3-Point Seatbelt No Yes
Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Camera Yes Yes
Rear HVAC Controls No Yes
Rear HVAC Ducts No Yes
Rear Privacy Glass No Yes
Rear Side Airbags No Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Rear Step Up Bumper Yes Yes
Rear Window Defroster Yes Yes
Regenerative Braking System Yes No
Remote Fuel Door Release Yes No
Remote Tailgate Release No Yes
Rollover Sensor Yes Yes
Running Boards No Yes
SBRP245/65R17 105S BSW, All-Season Tires Yes No
SBRP295/40ZR20, High-Performance Tires No Yes
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags Yes Yes
Second Row Carpeted Floormats Yes No
Selective Unlocking No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams Yes Yes
Silver and Burled Maple Woodgrain Trim Yes No
Smart Access Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Exterior Lights, Door Lock/Unlock, Liftgate, Panic Alarm and Engine Start/Stop Button Yes No
SpeedShift(TM) Manually Interactive Transmission No Yes
Star Safety System(TM) Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio and Trip Computer Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Multi-Function Display, Phone and Transmission No Yes
Subwoofer No Yes
SULEV Emissions Yes No
Sunshade Located On Sunroof No Yes
Tachometer No Yes
Tele Aid Telematics Includes Automatic Collision Notification, Concierge Services, Emergency Response, Roadside Assistance, Security System Notification, Stolen Vehicle Tracking, Remote Unlocking, and Reservations; 12-Months Included At No Charge No Yes
Tele Aid Vehicle Location System No Yes
Tele Aid Vehicle Theft Tracking No Yes
Telephone, Navigation, Audio, Portable Media Player and Hands-Free Communication System Telephone Pre-Wiring No Yes
Third Row Hideaway Folding Bench Seat With Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes Yes
Tow Hitch Receiver Yes No
Towing Prep Package Yes No
Traction Control Yes No
Transfer Case No Yes
Trip Computer With Average Fuel Consumption, Miles To Empty, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption, and Stop Watch No Yes
Trip Computer With Average Speed, Average Fuel Consumption, Miles To Empty, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption, Stop Watch, Trip Odometer Yes No
Underbody Tire Carrier Yes Yes
Valet Lockout No Yes
Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers With Windshield Wiper De-Icer Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm, Anti-Lift Sensor, and Engine Immobilizer No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Engine Immobilizer Yes No
Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) Operated Via VSC Vehicle Stability Control System, TRAC Traction Control, Anti-Lock Brakes, Electronic Brake Assistance, Electronic Brake Force Distribution, Electric Power Steering (EPS) and Electronically Controlled Brakes (ECB); Measures Yaw Rate, Steering Angle and Wheel Speed Yes No
Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via ABS, Traction Control and Engine Power Reduction Yes No
Warning Lights Include Low Fuel, Low Coolant, Brake System, Door Ajar, Oil Level and Low Washer Fluid No Yes
Warning Lights Include Seatbelt Unfastened, Airbag, Door Ajar, Oil Pressure, Brake System, Low Fuel, Low Washer Fluid and Oil Temperature Yes No






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