2013 Toyota RAV4 - Official Pics Leaked!

agspins · 30th November 2012, 00:01

Very hyundai-ish and Mitsu inspired.pretty confused styling.

Superleggera · 1st December 2012, 01:54

I happen to see the new Nissan pathfinder in flesh this morning. It looked amazing and the interior is just awesome.

Nitrous Power · 1st December 2012, 02:39

Just saw official announcement. Toyota dropped V6 and new RAV-4 will be available with only one engine: 2.5L in-line 4 and 6 Speed AT.

raul · 1st December 2012, 03:24

I was over at RAV4World and nearly everyone there is cribbing about the dropping of the V6 and threatening to defect. It seems Toyota wants to reserve that for the highlander.

I liked the older RAV, it was spacious and looked a bit unique. I have rented one many times. Its spacious and easy to drive. The new one is a bit generic, its seems to lose the RAV4 look.

Nitrous Power · 1st December 2012, 20:47

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Originally Posted by raul

I was over at RAV4World and nearly everyone there is cribbing about the dropping of the V6 and threatening to defect. It seems Toyota wants to reserve that for the highlander.

But, to my knowledge, most of the sales of current RAV-4 comes from inline-4 and not V6. IMO, having only inline-4 will not hurt Toyota too much.

desertfox · 18th June 2013, 12:47

Great stuff. A competitor to BMW X1 and Captivia CRV, but it is more of a Crossover vehicle now, much like a Nissan Murano.

Potential to be a Lexus as well in some markets.

But this is far fetched from the original RAV 4 days, i remember the SWB 2 Door 2000 cc RAV 4 it had plenty of rattling plastic inside but used to run through the desert on the highest dunes like a rabbit !

volkman10 · 12th July 2013, 08:00

2013 Rav4 earns 'poor' rating in small overlap crash test!

The new crossover might be better than it was before, but it could still only manage a rating of "Poor" in the test that has been a bugbear for a number of manufacturers.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/11/2...rash-test-w-v/

Nitrous Power · 12th July 2013, 20:14

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Originally Posted by volkman10

2013 Rav4 earns 'poor' rating in small overlap crash test!

The new crossover might be better than it was before, but it could still only manage a rating of "Poor" in the test that has been a bugbear for a number of manufacturers.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/11/2...rash-test-w-v/

However, if you go through the entire report, it earned top Safety ratings for four other tests that IIHS performed.

AyAn! · 12th July 2013, 21:02

That is a very boring looking Toyota in a boring looking color. With a name that it doesn't do justice to. The interiors seem like a tribute to big,old houses and it looks like a mutated Corolla on the outside. This is what we are missing, guys:-

2013 Toyota RAV4 - Official Pics Leaked!-toyotarav419961.jpg

The 1996 RAV4, looking so cool, even with factory spec wheels & rubber.

http://cdnlive.cardesignnews.com/LA2...d-of-progress/

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