You may struggle to obtain a new model at the moment, though, as Toyota states on its website configurator that both RAV4s are currently sold out. The RAV4 Plug-in offers a pure-electric range of up to 46 miles, as well as an official fuel economy figure of up to 282mpg. But unlike any of its closely related counterparts, the RAV4 is available as a plug-in hybrid.
Under it's relatively handsome exterior is yet another iteration of the Toyota New Generation Architecture (TNGA) platform – the same modular set of chassis components that has impressed us beneath the C-HR, Prius and Corolla. Buyer get a choice of front or all-wheel drive with this version, but because this car is hybrid only, it is also automatic only – or rather, CVT-only. The base model is what's called a ‘ self-charging hybrid’, which is marketing-speak for an electrified vehicle that you can’t plug into a wall socket. This individuality doesn’t stop at the styling either, because in the UK at least, the RAV4 is being offered exclusively with hybrid power. But that’s the point this is a car that will excite some and repel others, and that, for Toyota, is better than to provoke no reaction at all. So for this fifth generation of the RAV4, Toyota has ripped up its rulebook on conservative styling and come up with a sharp-edged, square-wheelarched creation that should hold its own against the likes of the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage and Volkswagen Tiguan.
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