When will the new RAV-4 be released?
#16
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An embargo means that you cannot reveal certain information about a specific product until an agreed upon day and date. This is all done intentionally because so many factors are involved with a new product launch. These early reviews and press gatherings are all invite only and all paid for by the manufacturer. Some will say they do not agree with embargo's, but they forget that a manufacturer has gone through so much to launch a vehicle (or product), that it is only fair for every party (press, customer or manufacturer) that it is done a specific way.
#17
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An embargo means that you cannot reveal certain information about a specific product until an agreed upon day and date. This is all done intentionally because so many factors are involved with a new product launch. These early reviews and press gatherings are all invite only and all paid for by the manufacturer. Some will say they do not agree with embargo's, but they forget that a manufacturer has gone through so much to launch a vehicle (or product), that it is only fair for every party (press, customer or manufacturer) that it is done a specific way.
#18
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Yes, but embargos and product-delays can get out of hand. A perfect example was the Lincoln Continental....you, me, and Steve were writing it up while the auto press was still mum, and not even first-drives were being released. Then, when it was finally was released, and we started to see some press-reviews (though Steve and I got to test-drive some early samples), nobody bought it.
Annie Leibovitz Lincoln launch
Randy Olson Toyota Launch
The irony of the Randy Olson photos, is that half of the photos of the Toyota Land Cruiser were shot in Canada, a place that at the time and currently does not offer the actual Land Cruiser (in the images) for sale.
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#21
there is no doubt that new Rav4 is leaps and bounds over uninspiring old model... but there is also no way it is close to interior quality of UX.
I would seriously consider new Rav4 Hybrid, where previously there was no chance I would get that box on wheels Rav4.4.
Also, in many things it is going to be much better bang for the buck than NX, even though there will be gulf in engine power... but at the same time it will only happen in 2019, and only with top end Rav4 models that will cost $35k, and then in late 2020, new NX will make us wonder why Rav4 exists.
I would seriously consider new Rav4 Hybrid, where previously there was no chance I would get that box on wheels Rav4.4.
Also, in many things it is going to be much better bang for the buck than NX, even though there will be gulf in engine power... but at the same time it will only happen in 2019, and only with top end Rav4 models that will cost $35k, and then in late 2020, new NX will make us wonder why Rav4 exists.
Yup, cause those moms in their Suburbans are cutthroat when it comes parking spots at Costco. At least the Rav4 will probably maneuver better
#22
UX shifter looks really good close up... then you will have people complaining why is it nicer than RX shifter, lol. Cant win on internet.
I am glad Toyota made Rav4 interior that does not look like crap... 4.3 had it, 4.4 failed miserably, but it is not going to be a Lexus interior even at $35k+ that some of Rav4's will go for.
#23
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I am glad Toyota made Rav4 interior that does not look like crap... 4.3 had it, 4.4 failed miserably,
#24
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If (?), by 4.4, you mean the last--generation version, I mostly agree....I wouldn't say it necessarily looked like crap, but, except for the tank-solid attachment-anchor for the rear-seat folding, most of the materials inside felt like dime-store quality that would break off in your hand.
The interior materials of the current, 4th-generation RAV4 were not that bad, definitely not "dime-store quality", in my opinion. If they truly were that bad, I don't see how it could have become America's best-selling crossover, better than the Honda CR-V and the Ford Escape.
#25
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Yes, but embargos and product-delays can get out of hand. A perfect example was the Lincoln Continental....you, me, and Steve were writing it up while the auto press was still mum, and not even first-drives were being released. Then, when it was finally was released, and we started to see some press-reviews (though Steve and I got to test-drive some early samples), nobody bought it. I can still count the number I've actually seen on the road on one hand...over a year and a half later.
All of an automaker's functional groups do not and cannot approach a new-product introduction in isolation. They MUST work together, and like ALL new-product introductions, the introduction of the Lincoln Continental would have been meticulously planned, and all groups involved -- including Marketing (responsible for hosting introduction drives and enforcing the embargo) and Production (responsible for assembling a product that was good enough to sell by the ship date) -- would have agreed and signed up to a schedule of activities and deadlines. Marketing held up their end, assuming that Production would meet its responsibilities. Production did not.
#27
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I call that an over-exaggeration. I know that you do not like modern Toyotas and Lexi but let's not over-exaggerate.
The interior materials of the current, 4th-generation RAV4 were not that bad, definitely not "dime-store quality", in my opinion. If they truly were that bad, I don't see how it could have become America's best-selling crossover, better than the Honda CR-V and the Ford Escape.
The interior materials of the current, 4th-generation RAV4 were not that bad, definitely not "dime-store quality", in my opinion. If they truly were that bad, I don't see how it could have become America's best-selling crossover, better than the Honda CR-V and the Ford Escape.
Just a general comparison.....I was not being literal.
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most of the materials inside felt like dime-store quality that would break off in your hand.
#30
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