Vehicle Type RAV4 owners typically rave about fuel economy, highway ride quality and noise levels, and semi-sporty handling. Compact Crossover History/Description The fourth-generation Toyota RAV4 hit dealers in 2012 for model-year 2013 with new styling, tech, power, and safety equipment – all of which intended to maintain the mod

It’s just so easy, isn’t it? It would be too easy to fall into that trap of writing off the latest RAV4 as just the latest evolution of the crossover equivalent of a toaster; room inside for five, pretty good cargo space and the occasional tech flare in the form of USB ports, heated seats, maybe a backup cam. I’m convinced that if I showed yo

Toyota today revealed the 2020 RAV4 TRD Off-Road model at the Chicago auto show. It’s the first time the automaker has applied the Toyota Racing Development label to its compact crossover model. Building on the existing Trail trim’s extra ground clearance and more aggressive styling cues, the RAV4 TRD Off-Road sports a suspension system tuned

There are those who would tell you being popular is overrated, but in the auto industry, popularity equals profitability. Just ask one of the many car manufacturers competing for sales in the compact crossover category. Toyota is primed to win that particular popularity contest, predicting its RAV4 will overtake Ford's Escape as Canada's best-se

The 2018 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is basically unchanged this year as Toyota prepares to introduce an all-new RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid for the 2019 model year. They’re expected to go on sale in the fall of 2018 and early in 2019 respectively, and will have new truck-like styling similar to the Tacoma pickup, a roomier cabin, and improved safety and perform

Toyota is now offering 13 different models and trims of the RAV4, offering nearly as many configurations as we've come to expect from full-size pickups. For this year the biggest change is the Toyota RAV4 Prime, aside from that, the most notable changes are in the price. The RAV4 starts from $28,250 this year, just $160 more than last year. Star

“There are bolts and washers in common with the previous model, but everything else is brand-new.” Very clear handling improvements on the road that even the least particular drivers will notice. This description of the 2019 Toyota RAV4 came directly from Yoshikazu Saeki, its Chief Engineer. If you’re cross-shopping the 2018 version

The RAV4 was one of two trailblazers in the mini-ute/cute-ute/crossover category along with Honda’s CR-V. Remember when those came out? We didn’t know what to make of the little things, but boy did we ever start buying them. It’s the category to look out for now, and has left cars and big SUVs in the dust. The RAV4 has evolved significantly since

Toyota’s been doing quite well for itself lately with the RAV4. It’s a good thing Toyota is heavily invested in putting the hybrid powertrain forward as a no-compromises solution because, frankly, it’s far and away the RAV4 I’d most consider buying. It’s been the best-selling SUV in Canada for the past two years in a row. It’s the best-

15 years ago, Toyota launched the Prius in Canada. Their first entry into the gas-electric hybrid market paved the way for the rest of the field to follow suit. And since 2004, Toyota Canada has been the leader in hybrid sales, no doubt, due to the immensely popular Camry Hybrid's introduction to the market in 2006. Following the same formula as

I was so in favour of the concept of a hybrid RAV4 I had to do significant amounts of research just to make sure such a thing had truly not existed yet. I was convinced Toyota had produced a hybrid RAV4 in the past – surely they did, it just makes so much sense as a trailblazer in both the hybrid and compact crossover fields. They hadn’t, though. T

In the summer of 1957, Robert Bateman and Bristol Foster took delivery of their specially prepared Land Rover, dubbed the Grizzly Torque. For more than a year, the Rover would become their home, with Bateman – who would become Canada’s most beloved wildlife artist – decorating its flanks with a mural for each country they visited. The Trail’s

Toyota has just revealed an all-new 2019 RAV4 compact crossover. It gets new powertrains, new active safety technology, and production of the hybrid comes to Canada for the first time. The new RAV4 gets a big upgrade in style. It trades the pinched-nose look of the current crossover that's shared with the Corolla and Yaris for a big, bold Tacoma

Toyota’s perennial compact crossover is quickly becoming as much-loved a Canadian entity as hockey and Tim Hortons. The Woodstock, Ontario-built RAV4 is – and has been – wildly popular amongst Canadian drivers, with over 55,000 units sold in 2018 here in the Great White North. That was enough to earn the RAV4 top sales spot on a list of 32 compact

One of the pioneers of the crossover game, the made-in-Canada Toyota RAV4 received a redesign for 2019 that has it looking very unlike any version before it. It’s tougher-looking, more chiseled, a little more purposeful, and, if I’m honest, my favourite looking RAV4 of all-time. For 2020, Toyota has gone back to the drawing board and added even