2019 Toyota RAV4 Spotted Testing
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2019 Toyota RAV4 Spotted Testing
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Yes, but at least it looks better than the present RAV-4, with the typical Toyota bulldog-effect up front. This new one, IMO, is a definite improvement...in fact, it recalls the former Chevy styling trend of using a big thick bar across the grille, with the company's logo in the middle.
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I hope that Toyota is not trying to make the RAV4 into a mini-FJ Cruiser. Other automakers' crossovers -- Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5 and the Germans' compact crossovers -- are becoming more car-like. I may consider a new RAV4, but only if it has a wider rear seat AND it is not dressed up to look like a rough-and-tough FJ Cruiser or 4Runner.
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Seems awfully disguised to be able to determine how it may look.
What I do hope for with the next Rav4 relates to effort. Since generation 1, these have always looked a bit unfinished or slightly scaled down. Like not lacking in parts, but more like half-baked. Not a full dashboard, not a full upper and lower center console, not a filled out body (narrow shoulders), tiny wheels, black bumpers, no exhaust or bumper trim, etc. This somewhat makes sense, when you think about the role of the original Rav4. That was a short, run-about two-door with an optional open top. Not a family hauler that today's unit is supposed to be. Toyota has not completely morphed it away from its mini beginnings. The CRV has a more expensive look, or a bit more substantial inside and out. The Tucson appears sporty and modern. The next Rav4 needs to look more than what it costs, not less.
What I do hope for with the next Rav4 relates to effort. Since generation 1, these have always looked a bit unfinished or slightly scaled down. Like not lacking in parts, but more like half-baked. Not a full dashboard, not a full upper and lower center console, not a filled out body (narrow shoulders), tiny wheels, black bumpers, no exhaust or bumper trim, etc. This somewhat makes sense, when you think about the role of the original Rav4. That was a short, run-about two-door with an optional open top. Not a family hauler that today's unit is supposed to be. Toyota has not completely morphed it away from its mini beginnings. The CRV has a more expensive look, or a bit more substantial inside and out. The Tucson appears sporty and modern. The next Rav4 needs to look more than what it costs, not less.
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Seems awfully disguised to be able to determine how it may look.
What I do hope for with the next Rav4 relates to effort. Since generation 1, these have always looked a bit unfinished or slightly scaled down. Like not lacking in parts, but more like half-baked. Not a full dashboard, not a full upper and lower center console, not a filled out body (narrow shoulders), tiny wheels, black bumpers, no exhaust or bumper trim, etc. This somewhat makes sense, when you think about the role of the original Rav4. That was a short, run-about two-door with an optional open top. Not a family hauler that today's unit is supposed to be. Toyota has not completely morphed it away from its mini beginnings. The CRV has a more expensive look, or a bit more substantial inside and out. The Tucson appears sporty and modern. The next Rav4 needs to look more than what it costs, not less.
What I do hope for with the next Rav4 relates to effort. Since generation 1, these have always looked a bit unfinished or slightly scaled down. Like not lacking in parts, but more like half-baked. Not a full dashboard, not a full upper and lower center console, not a filled out body (narrow shoulders), tiny wheels, black bumpers, no exhaust or bumper trim, etc. This somewhat makes sense, when you think about the role of the original Rav4. That was a short, run-about two-door with an optional open top. Not a family hauler that today's unit is supposed to be. Toyota has not completely morphed it away from its mini beginnings. The CRV has a more expensive look, or a bit more substantial inside and out. The Tucson appears sporty and modern. The next Rav4 needs to look more than what it costs, not less.
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yes, if you are reading this toyota PLEASE put a V6 option back in the rav, i know FOR A FACT that you're losing rav4 sales by not doing so. customers have literally told me that they'd buy it if it had more power and then went on to get the santa fe 2.0T sport
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Seeing those videos where the Honda and Toyota awds could not pull themselves up an incline, really changed my opinion on them. Has Toyota done anything to improve the AWD system? imho there should be some disclosure on how these systems perform....otherwise buyers may get them thinking they are good in foul weather, only to find they are stuck...