Toyota will reveal its all-new RAV4, previewed in this initial teaser image.
The Japanese automaker has given us precisely squat to go on, aside from this
image – except to say that it’s coming to New
York Auto Show.
The new RAV4 will be a vital product for
Toyota. So you can expect the manufacturer to throw all the weight of its
considerable resources behind it. We’re expecting the new crossover to adopt
far more muscular styling, inspired by the FT-AC concept. It’s anticipated to share
its underpinnings with the C-HR and the new Lexus UX, and incorporate all the latest safety and
infotainment technologies Toyota has at its disposal.
Look for motivation to come mostly in four-cylinder
form. Like the current model, there’ll likely be a hybrid option – if not two,
as Toyota recently introduced on the new Auris. But the purely electric RAV4 EV
went the way of the dodo with the last generation, and we wouldn’t expect it to
return without an internal combustion engine to back it up.
We’ll have to wait a little longer to find out more,
but not much longer. The new RAV4’s debut is scheduled for 9:10 a.m. EST on
Wednesday, March 28.
