We've had our HH since late July, highly recommended for comfort, driveability, useable space for size and mileage compared to a vehicle of similar size and weight. We traded in a 98 Ford Windstar and 2002 Toyota Corolla for the HH, the most difficult part is getting used to sharing the HH. I needed something with enough size to replace the Windstar that would carry video gear and crew for productions, the wife HATED the Windstar for its size and the way it handled, hardly would drive it, yet the HH was acceptable in size and driveability to give up her Corolla. Our mileage runs 26-27 in mixed driving, with some very short commutes, would do better with the kind of drive described. In may ways the Highlander is a higher-riding station wagon version of the Camry, on which it's based, and it's wonderfully quiet and comfortable. We would buy another, though if we had unlimited $ we'd probably have a HH and Prius for use around town, the HH for the road and when we carry our 2 greyhounds (plus a foster dog or two). BTW, the Windstar is probably my last Ford, compared to the wife's Toyotas over the years the Fords have been much more problemmatic and expensive to maintain. HH is new to see what long term experience is, but it's coming up on 5K and has had NO problems, period. Can't say any of the Fords I owned were that flawless.

About the 2007, I think there was some recent discussion in the Edmunds HH forum that it'll be a 2008, become larger (Avalon rather than Camry platform), and coming in to take its place kind of size-wise will be the redesigned Rav4 in HSD version. - John