What practical advantage does RAV4 have? Incredibly high cost of maintenance? Terrible driving performance? Lack of air filtration? Inconvenience of pumping toxic cancer liquid in gas stations? Horrible entertainment system?
Just wished the RAV4 was as modern and refined and tech forward as the newer comparable Hyundai’s. Reliability of Toyota with the tech and refinement of Hyundai would be unbeatable for the segment. The new rav4 is a step in the right direction at least.
Not the original commenter, but I would say that Toyota has a long history of being a few generations behind on tech, and also has a history of hard grey plastic interiors.
Teslas will continue to fall in down the leaderboards as right-wing governments strip EV incentives away. Gas cars won't go away as soon as I previously thought.
Krato-kakisto-pluto-klepto-theocracies will be the undoing of us and the planet. In a more rational world without the yoke of corporate corruption, EVs would heavily subsidized and there would be far more investment in efficient public transport infrastructure.
As long as most countries don’t pump their own oil and the countries that do become increasingly politically unstable, there will be huge national security pressure to adopt EVs. No one wants their economy shut down because Iran decided to close down a straight.
Why is it not good? Higher trim levels give you all wheel drive, offroad tuned suspension and bigger wheels, but not everyone wants or needs those options.
But not including "Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee" $1,545 (USD) or sales tax, which varies by state/county, typically around 8.25%. So the minimum subtotal is $30,795 USD or grand total $33,335. Fees and prices are (or were) somewhat negotiable.
Practicality always win. People will eventually get sick of a hip product which is difficult to use and if it is also cheaper? That's even better.
What practical advantage does RAV4 have? Incredibly high cost of maintenance? Terrible driving performance? Lack of air filtration? Inconvenience of pumping toxic cancer liquid in gas stations? Horrible entertainment system?
Just wished the RAV4 was as modern and refined and tech forward as the newer comparable Hyundai’s. Reliability of Toyota with the tech and refinement of Hyundai would be unbeatable for the segment. The new rav4 is a step in the right direction at least.
What do you mean by modern and refined? I'm not trying to be funny, I am just curious what those terms mean to you.
Not the original commenter, but I would say that Toyota has a long history of being a few generations behind on tech, and also has a history of hard grey plastic interiors.
Car whose most expensive trim is about the same price as other car's lowest trim.
And (more importantly in my book) not made by a company headed by someone who does fascist salutes at public events.
Which one is which?
The RAV4 is far cheaper than the Telsa, at least here in Australia where TFA is from.
The most expensive RAV4 is around AUD$65,000, while the cheapest Telsa Model Y is around AUD$70,000.
Teslas will continue to fall in down the leaderboards as right-wing governments strip EV incentives away. Gas cars won't go away as soon as I previously thought.
Krato-kakisto-pluto-klepto-theocracies will be the undoing of us and the planet. In a more rational world without the yoke of corporate corruption, EVs would heavily subsidized and there would be far more investment in efficient public transport infrastructure.
As long as most countries don’t pump their own oil and the countries that do become increasingly politically unstable, there will be huge national security pressure to adopt EVs. No one wants their economy shut down because Iran decided to close down a straight.
From my perspective (with our prices) - I have no idea how.
RAV4 starts at ~$62.8 with the most expensive being ~$85.5k.
Model Y starts at ~$73k with the most expensive being ~$85.9k.
At the lower end of the scale, neither is a good car, but especially the RAV4.
Why is it not good? Higher trim levels give you all wheel drive, offroad tuned suspension and bigger wheels, but not everyone wants or needs those options.
In the US Southeast the cheapest trim is $29,250. Maybe you're talking about hybrid in Australian/Canadian dollars?
But not including "Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee" $1,545 (USD) or sales tax, which varies by state/county, typically around 8.25%. So the minimum subtotal is $30,795 USD or grand total $33,335. Fees and prices are (or were) somewhat negotiable.
Also:
0. https://web.archive.org/web/20250617171046/https://www.toyot...Makes me wish IA had regional captures to consider Anycast because what someone in one region saw isn't necessarily what someone else in another saw.
RAV4 base model starts at $29k USD
Yeah. I don't know where OP is from but I recently helped someone shop for a hybrid and it was a little under 40k for a 2025.