2024 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid (Facelift) Review: HUGE WASTE OF TIME?!
You know Jacob I actually feel sorry for the people who have bought a Toyota R 4 hybrid who are you to sit up there on your bloody high horse before you come at me it’s not because this thing is a bad car it’s actually because a lot of
You owners aren’t actually owners yet in fact a lot of you are waiting 24 months 2 years to get your hands on a red 4 hybrid that might be you you might be waiting for a Toyota R 4 hybrid and in that case you might be month 18 and be
Like is this just a huge waste of my time it’s a good question actually you should have probably asked that earlier yeah and in that time they’ve actually facelifted the Rav 4 it’s a minor facelift but they’ve added some really good stuff so today we’re going to
Answer the question is this a huge waste of time just because it’s so popular that you have to wait a long time for it still it’s a long time man yeah it’s like lining up for a bloody Club these days in Melbourne So today we’re going
To take you for an exterior tour of the facelifted Rav 4 hybrid then we’re going to check out its interior and practicality see all of the changes there we’re going to performance test it see just have quick this thing is from 0 to 100 kmph and also talk about how this
Thing drives because really that’s the main reason you’d buy one is it actually efficient is it good to drive there’s a lot of a lot of unanswered questions Jacob we’re going to try and answer those today we are Jacob let’s get into it let’s do it so the facelift has
Actually been out now for about a year but because of the demand on these things we haven’t actually had them through the Press plate so we finally gotten them this is the xsc which is a new trim or newest of the trims it’s mid-range and it will say you back what
49 Grand Jacob just under 50 before on roads yeah so that’s really reasonable value when you consider that you get a family SUV with a hybrid powertrain at least for the front-wheel drive you can add three grand an option the all-wheel drive which adds another motor electric
Motor at the rear but I don’t think you’ll need it as you’ll see so what’s new for the facelift where you get this revised daytime running lights in fact the whole headlights including the LED turn signals you also get some pretty bright LEDs there too you get LED fog
Lights now as standard across the range and you get a revised bumper although though really it does look pretty damn similar yeah I’m struggling to spot much of a change it’s a very Toyota thing to do incredibly subtle face lfts like incredibly subtle and this is one of
Them still you get your Toyota badge there it’s blue cuz that’s the color of electricity Jacob electricity is blue apparently it’s also your radar you get radar cruise control you also get more safety equipment as standard and by the way if you want to read more about that
Or just a detailed ridden review of this thing head to our website cs.com we do Daily News we do reviews you love it in fact Jacob just frequent our website you know what just make it your bloody homepage on Google Chrome do people do that do people make things homepages all
Right Jacob let’s Che out the side okay so coming to the side and you’re going to notice that the xse is a bit sporty so you’ve got the black shiny plastic cladding there which is fine whatever you’ve got these 18in alloy wheels Alloys have changed now across the range
And Bridgestone lensa tires which are actually pretty damn good tires you got your hybrid badge here Jacob you’ve also got blacked out mirror caps no 360 camera here but it’s okay yeah I would have expected it to be honest yeah maybe you’ve got keyless entry and go which is pretty good tined
Privacy glass you’ve also got the two-tone roof which looks pretty cool and otherwise it’s a bloody Rav 4 nothing else has changed on the side it looks exactly the same from the side but a pretty handsome SUV yeah genuinely yeah all right let’s check out the bum
So if you wanted changes on the bum of the uh Rav 4 Jacob well you might be waiting another 24 months it might take a while you have these tail lights here Jacob with Buddy and candes and Bulbs Toyota Toyota what are you doing no no
No no no okay we have led not incandescent it cheapens the look and it’s not expensive it’s 2024 exactly you have a hybrid badge here so no one forgets that you are driving a green machine got the Toyota badge there have four badge there and
Down the bottom you get um a buer I don’t think it’s revised no I think it’s been unrevised it’s pretty unremarkable but you can let me know what you guys think down in the comments section do you like the looks of the Toy R 4 or did
They really need to do more with this facelift and should Matt do do something about his face I could get a facelift should Matt get a facelift Jacob let’s check out the interior all righty friends so what’s new for the interior I mean actually a few things to be honest
Yeah a few things first of all you lose the absolutely horrendous display of before of yesterday year and now you get a really good display here it’s extremely Snappy it actually works so well you get Wireless Apple carplay and Android auto like faultless I really can’t fault this display so yeah majorly
Impressive it’s just such a step up um it’s not funny up in front of you you get a new 12in TFT display it’s actually quite high resolution you can customize it to your heart’s content shows heaps of information on it just so good man yeah genuinely great viewing angle great
Colors the graphics look awesome it’s honestly a big step up more Tech get a couple of USB C ports there as well so yeah pretty good changes actually all that this car really needed was a tech upgrade and it got it so Props are Toyota they actually listened to
Feedback and and well done like honestly it’s pretty faultless in here it’s really hard to fault So Soft Touch materials absolutely everywhere and that’s really important poent it’s really important you sounded like a like twey the bird or something that’s really important po it’s really important for
Uh soaking up road noise so it’s actually quite quiet in here as I said this is the xsc it’s middle of the range smack bang and you kind of get everything that you need so you got these faux leather seats that are actually really comfortable the driver’s
Side is adjustable in 10 ways and the front seats are heated as well if you want cold seats you’ll have to step up to the cruiser which actually isn’t all that much more expensive you’ve got really good Digi analog air conditioning controls here including some of the nicest dials ever they’re so satisfying
And I love how it hasn’t been relegated to the screen yeah it’s just like kept it there it’s so easy to use big thumbs up you’ve got another USB a port here a 12volt socket and a wireless charger for your phone you’ve got another storage
Area here a pretty big glove box as well the storage area to the right of the driver and the center armrest is nice and soft it’s a lot of space in in there too and a couple of like perfectly sized cup holders they’re not too deep they
Fit most cups in there so can we take a bit of a stock tape it’s like 10 out of 10 for storage 10 out of 10 for connectivity pretty much 10 out of 10 for quality of materials at the price 10 out of 10 for technology now so what
Else is there 10 out of 10 for safety it’s gotten more safety stuff there you go it’s hard to fault and it’s almost annoying cuz you try and find faults but like I’m sitting here even the noname speakers sounds awesome seriously guys like if you’re waiting for one of these
I think you’re going to be really pleased it’s just one of those cars you get in you’re like I’ve got everything I need let’s check out the back seats let’s do it all right man back seats dude spacious like what the I’m 5’11 I’m sitting behind myself and I’ve got heaps
Of leg room heaps of tow room heaps of head room you got two air vents here two more USBC ports map pocket would it be nice to have one on the driver a bit weird it doesn’t quality of the materials back here by the way nice and
Soft you don’t see that in competitors pull down the center armrest and you got a couple of cup holders again faux leather and cloth and it just I don’t know man so nice can I also just mention we forgot at the the front but the blue stitching everywhere looks really cool
Does it does in this xse trim it does look very very cool you can also recline the seat slightly although it is very slight so don’t expect too much but hey at least you get it and then in terms of boot space you get heaps there too so
Power tailgate which is great to see even at this price point it does beep a lot though Jacob it beeps and bongs it just doesn’t stop beeping no it’s actually quite embarrassing you can fold down the rear seats and then you get a stupid amount of room so yeah this thing
Is very practical it’s a great interior space and I’m not surprised to get R reviews Okay so the interior and practicality is fantastic but how does it drive let’s performance test it and see is the hyper power train even worth It all righty daddy Jacob try to put the C into oh sport mode little graphic comes up let’s uh breake boost it fist me I’ve got high hopes for this one let’s a go a Mario oh oh good grip very good grip but it was a bit gentle on the gentle oh oh
Come on oh it’s building it’s building ooh actually okay 8.94 seconds look it’s not going to blow your socks off no but it might blow one sock off all right daddy Jacob Let’s uh let’s drive it let’s all righty friend oh oh my God driving the Toyota Rav 4 hybrid
Xse ooh it’s got some nice little power and torque is it worth the wait it’s a huge weit good question was of time I don’t know if it’s to me but I’ll answer yeah probably probably this is the annoying thing cuz I always root for the underdog
I got to be honest man this is not the underdog no this is the opposite this is the King of the Hill so powering this thing is a 2.5 L naturally aspirated engine aspirated it’s got as aspirin yeah it’s got aspirin but of course it is the hybrid and that means that it
Actually puts out a pretty serious amount of power we have the front wheeel drive here so that’s 160 KW go for the all wheeel drive it adds 3 KW it adds extra 3 KW because you get a little motor at the rear I don’t think you need
It no it just adds weight frankly and this thing is is so good on its own 5.8 L per 100 km even though we’re driving like an idiot you can see our little driving monitor here and it’s really cool they’ve been doing this for years
And I love it you know you put your foot on the brake charging it’s charging you put your foot down a little bit oh little electric motor floor it go now the engine is switched on I love the little Graphics bro they make my little ADHD brain kick it’s like a little
Gamery you know gamery me touch me and gamify me let’s put the car into sport mode now we’re definitely not going to be getting much regen oh god oh I’ll tell you what it’s pretty dty tightens up a bit so with the facelift Jacob they didn’t really do anything they don’t
Need to I mean this thing has been on sale now for a few years and it’s still so so popular and that’s because frankly it just does drive so well yeah it kind of does everything right takes all the boxes it’s efficient economic quiet comfortable good Tech decent price
Though it’s getting up there I don’t know man what’s not to like Yeah it’s annoying I feel like I’m not getting much road noise at all and it’s quite powerful so we didn’t actually mention the talk I realized what is it 200 from the it’s 200 like 202 from the engine
220 from the electric motor yeah so that’s that’s a lot we don’t know the combined figures they never quoted I reckon it’s somewhere in the range of low 300s because ooh was like a that’s like something turned on a subwo violent the other thing Jacob the E bloody C VT
That’s a lot of letters I’d love to tell you how it works it goes well beyond my little brain of comprehension regardless you don’t really notice it until you really you know floor it and then you start to hear a bit of that CVT drone but I will say Toyota’s been doing this
On their hybrids for holy crap for a long time and so I think in in terms of cvts it’s definitely one of the better ones we’ve experienced one Hy one hyy you don’t really notice it you don’t really care you put your foot down it just has a nice P it’s got a
Nice pull to it that you wouldn’t expect from a car that’s this efficient obviously we’re driving it silly but like around town you can get it literally under 5 L per 100 km which is crazy crazy for a big SUV like this and no other manufacturer comes close they
Just don’t that is true and that is why TOA Remains the King of the Hill and that’s why weight times remain at 12 months to 24 months which brings us full circle bro is it worth it is it is a huge waste of time don’t answer that yet
Because we’re about to go around Saucy corner and I need some sauce in my life oh little give me a little bit of EV boost tickle my pickle break boosting it here we go Bubby was that a word bro I don’t know who Bubby is don’t you dare call me that
Again oh god dude it’s actually really dirty our luggage is going crazy in the back oh oh my God what is that mechanical grip man why is this thing so good oh my God you didn’t even turn your hands over dude it’s not losing traction it’s just
Going all right all right all right put this in perspective for me you drove a Honda Civic Type R recently I did and that’s also a front-wheel drive how does this compare that I would say this pizza easily easily if you’re not tracking your Rav 4 hybrid what are you
Doing exactly you’re not sliving as Paris Hilton would say which is living and slaying for those who don’t know look man I don’t know what to say I don’t know what to say that’s pretty impressive is it worth the wait well let’s get into our final thoughts to
Talk about that okay all righty friend final thoughts on the Toyota Rav 4 hybrid is it a huge waste of time do you mind if I let you know what I think you let me know and then I’ll let you know look 24 months is a long time to wait
For a car and it is annoying don’t get me wrong but the Rav 4 hybrid anyway is is almost perfect to a fault right like I can’t find anything wrong with this car it’s actually one of the most frustrating cars for me because I’m looking at it and I’m going there’s
Nothing wrong with you nothing so all those people waiting I mean you can’t really get anything else that’s the same no honestly nothing nothing touches it not even the Kia Sportage which I’ve reviewed as a long term I’ve linked that down below frankly the Rav 4 hybrid it
Just does it gets everything right it gets everything right I can’t fault it I just can’t so no it’s not a huge waste of time boom done
WOW! Waiting 18-24 months for a FACELIFTED Toyota RAV4 Hybrid seems like a lost cause…
But is it? Especially considering the Toyota RAV4 remains the benchmark of the compact SUV segment? Today we’re going to comprehensively review the facelifted Toyota RAV4, going through all of its changes both outside and inside the interior, then we’ll performance test the RAV4 Hybrid and show you just how it drives (and of course, its REAL WORLD fuel economy!). Let’s get into it!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:15 Exterior
00:04:03 Interior
00:06:33 Back Seats
00:07:09 Practicality (Boot Space)
00:07:36 Performance Testing! (0-100km/h)
00:08:13 Driving Impressions
00:12:27 Final Thoughts on RAV4 Hybrid
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