Built on the same platform as the Camry sedan, the original Toyota Highlander SUV was doomed to dullness from the beginning, wedged squarely between the homely wagon and the dreaded minivan.

Apparently this hasn't bothered Toyota, as the fully redesigned 2008 Highlander pursues the same look of mainstream American suburbia as before. It looks like a RAV4 with meaner headlights and a bigger...