NEW Toyota RAV4 Adventure review: cool but pointless?

Опубликовано 27 мая 2022, 16:07

The new, 2022 Toyota RAV4 Adventure is the best looking version yet, but we can’t work out why you’d buy one.

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If you're on the lookout for a well-built, economical, practical and comfortable SUV that's likely to major on reliability, the Toyota RAV4 is a strong choice. It may be a relatively modest seller in the UK, but it is a model with real global significance. Back in 2017, before the last generation RAV4 started to be phased out, it was the fourth best-selling car on the planet – and the best-selling SUV of them all. Over the 25 years since the original RAV4’s debut, though, a plethora of similar vehicles has arrived – to the point where Toyota’s offering has risked becoming ‘just another SUV’, swamped by dozens of rivals.

In response, Toyota has released this: the RAV4 Adventure, a more ruggedly styled version with a chunkier body and plastic body cladding for off-road excursions. The trouble is, our Nicola Hume can’t figure out who would buy one…

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Chapters
00:00 A RAV4 adventure
01:00 Designed for the great outdoors?
01:55 How does it drive?
04:11 Cabin design close look
06:01 Space for passengers and luggage
06:18 Verdict