2012 Toyota Highlander Base
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Base
Hudson, NC 28638
Is this 2012 Toyota Highlander Base a good deal?
OAV verdict: Overpriced
Why: Listed at $16,900, comparable market range $7,500–$13,995, based on 11 comparable listings.
Market context (not a verdict input): Listed 4 days.
Market price position
$16,900 · $2,905 above market high
- Comparable range
- $7,500 – $13,995
- vs. market high
- + $2,905 (21% above)
- Comparable vehicles
- 11
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$10,748This vehicle $16,900 · $6,152 (57%) above MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$13,871This vehicle $16,900 · $3,029 (22%) above TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-09-26) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally recently sold in an estimated 6–24 days.
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Local Market Range
Comparable listings in this vehicle's local market, rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
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About This 2012 Toyota Highlander
Listing updated: Sep 26, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Hudson, NC · On lot for 4 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2012 Toyota Highlander Base is listed at $16,900 by c&j auto sales in Hudson, NC 28638. It has 93,461 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Black. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 3.5L V6 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV's independent, evidence-backed Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Overpriced — priced above the supported comparable range. Based on 11 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $7,500 to $13,995. These comparisons match year, make, and model, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage — every price shown is the real advertised price. On used vehicles, mileage can still cause OAV to withhold a verdict — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than call it a deal it can't support.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 4 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 26, 2026. The comparable band (patent pending) is the input; ptm-verdict-v1 is the versioned OAV rule set that turns it into this verdict.
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Hudson, NC suvs market analysis. OAV rates each vehicle against its comparable range and comparable count — local-first, widening the comparison set only when local inventory is too thin to support a reliable range; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2012 Toyota Highlander against similar vehicles currently available for sale — same make, model, and year range, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage; on used vehicles it withholds a verdict when mileage would distort the comparison — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than overstate a deal. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the comparable-range floor by at least OAV's minimum-gap margin; a smaller gap under the floor is Fair Price.
- Fair Price — priced within the comparable range, or below the floor by less than that margin.
- Overpriced — priced above the comparable range.
- Unscored — OAV withholds a verdict when the evidence cannot support one: too few or too widely spread comparables, a price it cannot validate, a branded or salvage title, or mileage that would distort the comparison. The listing stays visible; only the rating is withheld.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Hudson, NC, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 5TDBK3EH0CS136391 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented vehicle market standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles.
2012 Toyota Highlander Market in NC
NC Market Listings
66
Average Price
$13,392
Price Range
$7,650–$17,770
Avg Days on Lot
75
Based on all 66 2010-2014 Toyota Highlander listings in the NC market, the average asking price is $13,392. This listing at $16,900 is $3,508 above the broader NC average (26% above the NC average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across NC; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in NC range from $7,650 to $17,770. Similar vehicles spend an average of 75 days on dealer lots in this market.
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8 similar listings shown (closest matches by model year and mileage) (subject trim: Base — compare trims below)
This is a broad, statewide same-model set (any trim, mileage, or title) — not the qualified comparable cohort behind the verdict above; lower prices here typically reflect a different trim, higher mileage, or a branded title.
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