First appointment with the sixth generation, debut on the market in the first weeks of 2026: muscular look, full hybrid and plug-in engines up to 304 HP and a truly engaging Gr Sport variant
A preview many months after the actual debut on the marketforeseen in First weeks of 2026then keeping any indications on the pricein addition to some technical data that will be revealed later. Toyota does not anticipate anything more than it is for a real one demonstration of strength. To this was served to turn on the spotlight on the new e Sixth generation of RAV4 In a presentation-event that, it is worth remembering it, does not arise at all to react to a drop in sales of the current model. Rav4 last year touched the best -selling car title in the world, with over 1 million units. Elsewhere it would seem easier to limit yourself to administering, but this is precisely what Toyota decided not to be enough. Gazzetta Motori has met new Rav4 closely: he has a more personal designmoves the potential of the Plug-in Hybrid engines and brings to the debut the New digital platform on which the Japanese group has invested funds and work. Is a concrete product and consistent, in its own way also impressive.
Toyota Rav4 2026, Design
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In dimensions that remain identicalon 460 cm in length, actually changes the whole horizon of a car that becomes almost chiseled in detail and aggressive as a whole. The very horizontal hood designs that line of belt of the side which is then maintained up to the third tail ram, where the tailgate is “accompanied” by very muscle shapes. Toyota wanted a RAV4 that seemed closer to the groundbut above all slender forwardthanks also to the strong presence of the rear passengers, made with a joint of edges.
It is no coincidence that the use of the logo of the three ellipses not in the most classic but black chromed finish, nor are the new characters chosen for the initials Rav4. It was sought openly more personalityin all the details, including the headlights with a U -colored U -colored headlights with an angled and very vertical front, also in the “normal” version. There GR Sport variant then replaces the front grill with a hed -of -honeycomb hexication which is only the clue to one curated processingwith extended carriageways is 20 mm, a stiffer set -up and specific adjustments for the serving of the steering, in addition to the 20 ” black alloy wheels.
Space and technology
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There will be time to evaluate the trunk capacity and the habitability actually available to passengers, despite the fact that the freedom of movement at the height of the shoulders that the consistency of materials of coating, even if evaluated in those that still remain specimens of pre -production. Going into the new Rav4 we can however go furtherthat is, evaluate that this will be the first car to adopt the Arene development platform: RAV4 can be fully considered a vehicle defined by the software. It is a very deep turning which concerns the very method of designing the car, that is, starting from an operating system capable of managing its own present and future features, therefore an open and infinitely more capable platform of the current solutions to evolve, of Add applications and servicesto update the safety or customization features of the dynamic aspects, all over the entire life cycle of the car.
The face of all this is already in the interface of use, with 12.3 ” screen behind the steering wheel of rectangular shape flanked by a second display from 12.9 ” in the center of the dashboard. Graphics, menu and organization of functions are one remarkable evolutionary step Compared to what Toyota has offered so far.
PowerTrain
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The news are not small even for the Gamma of Powertrain available, with the inevitable presence of the Full Hybrid and its general increase in efficiency, just for the version a front -wheel drive from 183 hp that for the one AWD-I A all -wheel drive intelligent from 191 hp. Net acceleration for Rav4 is however on Hybrid plug-in sidewith the new lithium ion battery from 22.68 kWh of capacity that allows an autonomy in 100% electric mode that comes to 100 km. Continuing current recharge is possible up to a power of 50 kWthat is, from 10% to 80% in just 30 minutes, while the 11 kW alternating current charger is faster than the previous version, with times that take only three hours. From the experience of Toyota Prius A extensive use of technology arrives geofencingwhich combines road data in real time and on traffic from navigation with information on the usual routes and the driver’s driving style. The system can automatically switch from hybrid to electric mode to optimize autonomy.
Compared to the current generation, RAV4 Plug-in then uses an electric motor with a Power up to 150 kW up to 150 kWthat is 204 HP, and this allows you to differentiate the range even more clearly. Remains the all -wheel drive variant intelligent AWD-I with total power of 304 hp For an acceleration 0-100 km/h in 5.8 seconds, but for the first time one is also introduced Rav4 Plug-in alone front -wheel drivewith 268 hp and intended to bring a wider band of audience closer to the hybrid solution.
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