I have to ask why? Ive never understood the venza well.
If you need more space, why not buy the highlander hybrid?
If you don’t need the space and value the MPGs, what’s the matter with the RAV 4 hybrid, or better, the Prime?
If you have the money or want more power, go with the Lexus RX (I’m failing to see the reason that the f-sport exists in that trim, since it doesn’t include beefed up brakes, but that’s a discussion for another thread).
To me the highlander is the winner. They took the cost out of it compared to the RX (the pricing used to be much closer), and took the pig of an engine out of it, so it returns good MPGs.
I personally hope that they revise the RX450h F-sport to be a PHEV, so the plug in element of it makes up for the lower MPGs/more power for the RX over the Highlander, and then update the brakes in the f-sport with more significant energy recovery in ideal conditions (which should be doable with the larger battery), and more substantial braking in other conditions (including “sportier” use. I think that would be a winner for me, should I ever decide to get rid of my accord hybrid.
The Venza is the same 5 person seating as the RAV, with lower MPGs and higher cost. I’m not seeing the point....?