The Toyota RAV4 Adventure arrives as a more butch take on Toyota’s RAV4 and previews updates to the rest of the RAV4 range. The RAV4 news from Toyota this year has been all about the RAV4 Plug-in hybrid, delivering a properly usable electric range so it really is an EV when you want it and […]
New Toyota RAV4 Design Plug-in Hybrid cuts entry-level price to £46,495
Toyota announces a new plug-in hybrid RAV4 trim – the RAV4 Design PHEV – cutting the entry-level price to £46,495. Back in January, the Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid arrived as Toyota shoved a bigger battery, a plug and meaty motors in to the RAV4 to deliver a plug-in hybrid which promises to be both an effective […]
New Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid on sale in January – but it’s not cheap
The new Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid, Toyota’s range-toping RAV4, goes on sale in the UK in January with prices starting at £47,395. With car makers striving to lower their average emissions as much as they can to avoid punitive fines, even Toyota is having to play the plug-in hybrid game, despite a long history of […]
Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid DETAILS ahead of UK market launch for the range-topping RAV4
The Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid joins the RAV4 range in the UK in March 2021, with the promise of 302bhp and 46.6 miles. Toyota announced a year ago that, despite apparent reservations at Toyota about PHEVs, that the RAV4 with plug-in hybrid powertrain would arrive this year. That’s not happening (we’ll blame it on Covid […]
Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid DEBUTS with 302bhp and 37-mile EV range
The Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid is revealed at the Los Angeles Motor Show, boasting a 302bhp powertrain and a 37-mile electric range. We’re pretty sure Toyota aren’t big fans of the plug-in hybrid route, but market demands are a bit more important – certainly in this transition from ICE cars to electric – than opinion, […]
New Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid joins the RAV4 range next year
The Toyota RAV4 is getting a new powertrain option in the UK next year, with a plug-in hybrid version arriving to joining the ‘self charging’ hybrid. The Toyota RAV4 has always been a bit of a conservative buy, loved by more mature car buyers and a staple of Toyota’s range for 25 years. But a […]
New Toyota RAV4 REVEALED – heading for the UK in 2019
The new 2019 Toyota RAV4 has been revealed in New York, built on the TNGA Platform and with a more purposeful look and new engines. Arrives in the UK in 2019. The Toyota RAV4 is a bit of an old-school Toyota, focussing on keeping a rather older demographic of buyer happy with a combination of […]
New Toyota RAV4 TEASED ahead of a debut at the New York Motor Show
There’s going to be an all-new, fifth generation Toyota RAV4 arriving at the New York Motor Show this month, and Toyota start the tease with a single photo. The Toyota RAV4 isn’t the most exciting car in Toyota’s arsenal, but it is still a huge seller despite it now, effectively, being a six year old […]
Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Excel Review (2017) – Toyota’s old faithful goes hybrid
We have the RAV4 Hybrid Excel AWD 2.5L CVT in for review and road test as Toyota’s long-running SUV remains mainstream but now comes with a hybrid option. The world is full of SUVs of every size, from very compact urban runarounds to full size SUVs like the Range Rover and XC90. But Toyota has been […]
Toyota RAV4 updated – and with HYBRID RAV4s now available right across the range
The Toyota RAV4 has been given a bit of an update and is now available with hybrid powertrain right across the RAV4 range. Hybrid RAV4 from £29,005. As buyers start to eschew diesels (actually, it’s really old diesels they should worry about, not Euro 6 diesels), Toyota are reaping benefit from the diesel backlash with their […]