2019 Toyota Rav 4 introduced.

[itguy08]

Originally Posted By: javacontour
oilBabe will be glad she got her 2017, she is not a fan of the "pop-up" display. That's why she didn't consider the Mazda offerings at that time.


I like the styling. That interior looks much better than the low rent stuff out of previous Toyotas. I'm in agreement about those nasty pop up LCD's. Look like a cheezy afterthought wherever they have been used. Like "Oh [censored], we forgot the LCD, let's stick it here".

 

[buster]

What do you think of the upgraded AWD system?

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases...-300620218.html

 

[nthach]

It sounds like Toyota took Land Rover's Terrain Response system(and Ford's version of it), paired it with a PTO that can uncouple the driveshaft(or using a center diff) and added a torque-vectoring rear diff. I wonder if Toyota really worked on this in-house with Aisin and JTEKT(Toyoda Industries) or farmed it out to Borg-Warner/Haldex?

While Honda did offer torque vectoring AWD, SH-AWD never really made its way below Acura, and Land Rover only offers torque vectoring on the Range Rover proper and Sport. The Subaru system is still superior(but it lacks torque vectoring) but Toyota might have done this to make the RAV4 hold its own, the previous one was known to grenade under heavy braking under certain conditions when it had to suddenly engage/disengage. Mitsu, Audi and Mercedes also have it - but it ended up on an "enthusiast" car(Lancer Evo). This might be the first time the hoi polloi have access to torque vectoring AWD without buying a luxury marque.

 

[glock19]

Originally Posted By: nthach
It sounds like Toyota took Land Rover's Terrain Response system(and Ford's version of it), paired it with a PTO that can uncouple the driveshaft(or using a center diff) and added a torque-vectoring rear diff. I wonder if Toyota really worked on this in-house with Aisin and JTEKT(Toyoda Industries) or farmed it out to Borg-Warner/Haldex?

While Honda did offer torque vectoring AWD, SH-AWD never really made its way below Acura, and Land Rover only offers torque vectoring on the Range Rover proper and Sport. The Subaru system is still superior(but it lacks torque vectoring) but Toyota might have done this to make the RAV4 hold its own, the previous one was known to grenade under heavy braking under certain conditions when it had to suddenly engage/disengage. Mitsu, Audi and Mercedes also have it - but it ended up on an "enthusiast" car(Lancer Evo). This might be the first time the hoi polloi have access to torque vectoring AWD without buying a luxury marque.


Subaru has had active torque vectoring since 2015.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: Tundragod
Don't like that Ford-looking grill.