I did 1200 miles around France in a 4x4 drive Excel - motorways, off road up tracks and in town driving at an average over the whole lot of 55mpg. Shame on you for constantly saying diesel better when the emissions on this are less than half most of the diesel competitors, and the electric drive is not just in town - it kicks in whenever the road suits, so you can find yourself doing 80 on the motorway in all electric mode too. I found this review shallow and pretty dim
Louis De Marco I just got mine three days ago ~ :) such a nice looking car and comfortable ride . But I guess the consumption will base on your driving habit ? So will somewhat vary between individuals ?
Did you happen to see that the channel is titled Driving Electric and she is promoting and praising a Skoda Kodiaq - That's how the murky world of media works - she appears to be a paid media agent - which unfortunately most of them are - depending on which side offered them the prize. Ignore her.
Also got one, mostly combined driving, live in a very hilly area too, summer time 50mpg, winter 42-44mpg. Can't complain about that, when the last diesel one in the Mk4 was only doing 37mpg.
Gave up on the review when she described the sport mode as nonsense. I own one of these cars and there is a noticeable improvement in acceleration response and more weighted steering in sport mode. Fed up of journalists who really dont fully understand or cannot feel the nuances of driving dynamics. Trust me there is a marked difference between modes and to state they are 'nonsense' suggests the reviewer is clueless.
I agree with you I have the AWD version and always drive in Sports Mode because its more responsive and nimble than in Normal Mode. How could she say its non-sense??
At last a really fair review. Its great not to hear a journalist just being dismissive of its CVT style transmission, usually ignoring the fact all cars make a racket under hard acceleration - but few are as quiet as the RAV4 when not. You did slightly gloss over the RAV4's most key party trick, its incredibly lower CO2 for company car drivers, in 4wd guise its typically 50g/km less than the competitors you mention. The considerable saving in BIK will go quite some way in paving over the cars minor shortcomings. Well it did for me having benchmarked the competition it was compelling. Hence I have one on order. Note there is quite a long lead time for these in the UK. Hot cakes and all that.
I agreed completely. I had an extended test drive recently, where I covered over 700 miles in a mix of motorway and 50/60mph single carriageway roads and returned an average of slightly over 60mpg, (4.7l/100km). As mentioned, lead times in the UK are abysmal, I ordered mine, (basic Icon model with no accessories, as a company car), on 13 June and have been given an expected delivery date of 30 Apr 2020.
Just bought a new RAV4 hybrid and getting incredible mileage. City driving is where the hybrids really shine. In heavy stop and go traffic my RAV can get 46mph. Driving around town fast on highway and uncrowned roads the RAV will get 39 to 40 exactly what it is at its rating. The car is quick and fun to drive. I also own a Mazda CX-5 and the Hybrid is a bit faster and handles about the same, both are great to drive. Even so, mileage is so much better on the RAV4.
hi @Ed Kutzler, I am right now in the market looking for a compact SUV and looking to buy either CX5 or RAV4 Hybrid. Apart from the obvious mileage in which RAV4 shines...Is there any thing else CX5 shines over RAV4. I am quite inclined towards CX5 for its design...and most of the review mentions about good driving dynamics in CX5. But at the same time...with the world moving towards electric/hybrid...I just wanted to give a try on Hybrid also(RAV4). which one would u recommend?
Why own the RAV4 hybrid AWD, and already ordered the the 2019, comes Okt 2019.owned BMW x3 Mercedes CLK, Toyota is a great car. Anonymous but great. Build quality great. And all the electric Bell's.and whistles. Order that on a BMW or mercedes the price goes grazy. Three years we hade the RAV4 no complaints.its great. Having one and test drove the 2019 I really can't find my self in all these car "experts".it's loud with hard when you put the peddle to the metal, than you bought the wrong car.my Toyota is fantastic and it beat every English produced cars,🇸🇪
Are you nuts or something. It's the best selling car in north America. It is reliable as F. How can you compare it to skoda for some miles on the highway. These cars will outlive you my lady. No wonder the British empire fell. Start believing in reliable alternatives like US Australia and Canada. European and British cars and SUVs are junk.
In EV mode only 2.4km in ideal conditions without conditioner and with heated engine... I am also waiting for full EV rav (at least 340km) or plugin with (40-60km range).
A PHEV would require a much larger Lithium battery pack that would eat into the boot space and make the car even heavier than it is now. That in turn would cut into its fuel economy once purely on Petrol. That's the problem the Outlander has. The technology also makes it more pricey, so it would make little sense to buy it over an EV. If you are only planning on driving it on electricity, then just get an EV. If you drive longer distances, the averaged out fuel economy would actually be worse than the Hybrid that it is now.
Apple play and android auto are free upgrades as far as i'm aware if not supplied as standard by now as for the different driving modes you do feel the difference i drove one 4 wheel drive for a week and compared it with the new Honda CRV hybrid and decided on ordering the Toyota Rav4 i find it better isolating the road noises. no one mentions the CO2 difference between the diesel ones and the RAV4 it's i think the best in the class can't wait to get mine end of the month
Great review, gave me quite a bit of information about whether I am going to like driving a RAV4 and it will be down to how I feel about the test drive I think, thanks Cheers!
reviewer should also comment on reliability, resale and service which are very important to family looking into this segment. the alternative brands she’s mentioned are appalling in these areas.
Conor Nugent You wouldn’t want to anyway. This has a rather small, Nickel Hydride battery instead of a Lithium Ion, so you wouldn’t get much of a charge. However, it’s cheaper, and performs better in cold weather than the Lithium, plus it takes up no room in the cabin.
Nice review, however I do not agree with the towing remarks. There is a difference between what a car is allowed to tow legally, and what is considered a good towing vehicle. Normally a formula is used where caravan or trailer behind the car, is best to not exceed 75% of the weight of the towing vehicle. Given the weight of the RAV4 (=/- 1700 kg + passengers and luguage of approx 400kg = 2100 kg) a max trailer weight of 1575 kg would be adviseable. If you make a compare, it makes more sense to use this formula than just look at the legal limit.
Atkinson engines my friend. The problem here is that it's not a plug-in hybrid, because these are well engineered hybrids that are limited by their battery capacity.
Different compression Vs expansion ratio because to keeps the intake valve open for a bit during compression so the exhaust is clocer to atmospheric pressure at bottom dead center. Makes the engine more efficient but less powerful hence the size.
@@urbmak to get let's say 150hp out of a 1.0 turbo engine you would have to advance out the timing and run lower compression to avoid pre detonition. Thats less efficient.
@@urbmak Turbos don't last as long which goes against what Toyota is all about. Atkinson cycle engines are almost always used on hybrids with any manufacturer to maximize fuel economy.
You said in starting that it was a competitor to the Outlander PHEV only to mention diesels the rest of the review. Just wondering how it compares to its closest rival. Seeing as You're an EV biased channel. Thanks.
The Outlander is significantly slower. It is larger, with more boot space, since it doesn't have a 3rd row, but it also doesn't have a spare tyre. The Mitsubishi offers a more robust AWD system than the Toyota. Much more robust. However, once it runs out of battery charge, it gets horrific fuel economy, worse than the non-hybrid version, because of its very underpowered petrol engine. It's also very archaic when it comes to its interior and tech.
Rob Bilton The engine in both works in tandem with the electric motor to power the wheels. There is still no hybrid where the ICE engine works solely to power the batteries. The closest to it is the 2020 Honda CR-V hybrid, which uses the engine to power the batteries, but powers the front wheels directly at a limited motorway speed. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is the same in the UK and North America.
@@afcgeo882 we didn't get the 2.5 Atkinson cycle engine for this model year. Or the updated battery and generators. Just the styling. How you describe the Honda is how the video describes how the Mitsu system works. Only at over 90kph can the motor direct drive the front wheels. Otherwise the motor only provides power to the generators.
Strange how What Car seems to like the Honda CR-V more than this. Better ride and economy and less harsh engine when accelerating. We currently have a 18 plate hybrid rav and weren’t sure about upgrading to this model next over the Honda as the engine is certainly noisy and the handling is not that good.
I think describing any hybrid as "self charging" is ridiculous: EVERY car, including cars with NO electric drive is self charging. And saying "you don't have to plug it in" makes it sound better than plug in hybrids, which is definitely NOT the case. There's no doubt that Toyota led the way with the Prius, and had a massive positive effect on the global market, enabling consumers to consider more eco friendly alternatives, but let's get things straight: a hybrid car which you CANNOT plug in must BURN FUEL to charge its batteries, so it's only a little bit less polluting than one with an ICE!!
It could actually be more polluting due to higher mpg on motorways as pointed out here and due to the extra weight of carrying the hybrid system around
Michael Herlihy It has slightly worse MPGs on the motorway... COMPARED TO DIESELS! It has vastly better MPGs compared to other petrol CUVs. It’ll get about 40mpg (imperial) on the motorway! There is simply no way that it’s more polluting than a Diesel. It’s a lot less polluting than a petrol!
That’s not true that hybrids are not efficient on motorway, they are and always been better than any diesel just not as efficient as in town. And yes they drives fantastic on motorways, you need to learn how to drive them, not like a typical tractor driver. I will buy a diesel if it’s a 6 + cylinders and it’s a large suv pick up truck, not something like that. Skoda, Audi, Vw, PSA, all those are in the past now, only maroon will buy them, they may well get banned before your lease ends, so make your mind, don’t trust auto journalists they talk what been told to talk.
@@Lucky8s indeed I'll buy something else after this review where she correctly highlighted so many shortfalls this car has compared to its rivals. I think the review is actually very good and informative
@@Nickoboss29 Yeah go enjoy your "futuristic" interior with this RAV4 infotainment system. I didn't know a model x is nicknamed yugo but ok, definitely not as futuristic as the ones you've driven for sure lol
Instead of people frothing at the mouth at the single mention of Toyota’s “Self Charging” marketing BS (called full hybrid by the reviewer) maybe it would be better to point out that any vehicle that derives all its motive energy from petrol doesn’t belong on a RUclips channel that calls itself “Driving ELECTRIC”. Or maybe just look up the meaning of “Hybrid”. It would also be better to encourage Toyota to expand its range of PHEVs to vehicles like the RAV4. I have test driven the new RAV4 and would love to see it able to do 50km on plug-in batteries. Comparing it with diesel rivals that are getting banned in a lot of places in the near future is also pointless. If your electricity is produced by burning coal, then a “Full Hybrid” is a better option but is certainly not ELECTRIC DRIVING.
Toyota’s “Self Charging” is BS for dummies. Normally, one should understand how Toyota's hybrid works before buying. If, however one is a dummy - who cares :)
It seems like you’re the one frothing at the mouth to discredit hybrids. First off, much of the charge comes from... hang on to something... regenerative braking, just like full EVs! GASP!!! Second, this car uses three electric motors to propel the vehicle (two in the FWD variant). The rear axle is ONLY propelled by electricity. Finally, I know you think electricity comes from magical fairies, unicorns and narwhal farts, but most of it actually comes from burning coal or natural gas, hydrodams that destroy the ecosystem and nuclear plants that then bury their radioactive waste under your house without your permission. That’s on top of the fact that they require LiIon batteries which contain precious metals which are often mined using less than ethical practices. So yeah... this car generates some of its electricity from petrol. Deal with it.
It's a petrol hybrid car. Diesel's are excellent for towing and near the fuel economy of hybrid petrol cars but pollute worse then even regular petrol cars. Which I'm hoping is why Toyota got rid of diesel Rav4 in this new generation :)
James , no, it is a petrol car. all the electrical power that is ‘generated’ is taken from forward motion generated by the petrol engine. In 15 years my diesel car has ‘saved’ more than enough ‘embodied’ carbon by not being scrapped than any pollution caused by a day to day 50 mpg diesel motor over the day to day 25mpg, or so, of a petrol motor. Not only that, being all aluminium it is far more recyclable. I don’t drive in any cities either. ‘Self-charging hybrid’ is a manipulative and cynical marketing ploy that you have fallen hook, line and sinker for. Of course diesels and petrols pollute. Of course we are running out of oil. Of course a petrol engine is very slightly less polluting than petrol BUT.... The future has to be EV not hybrid. Hybrid cars are just a way for car manufacturers to make money from servicing the greater number of moving parts and lubrication needed with an ICE vehicle and to finance the shareholders of oil companies that rely on selling petrol, diesel and lubricants.
John Kellett Much of the electrical energy is recaptured from regenerative braking, something your Diesel could never do. It also produces MUCH more power and is able to propel a heavier vehicle faster, but with tens of times less pollution than your Diesel. Now I know you don’t care about pollution, so my guess fir why you’re here, commenting: You’re a troll.
George L , no, far from it. My next car will be a real EV. ‘Self charging’ petrol hybrid cars are just petrol cars, the energy ‘recaptured’ from braking has been generated from ICE power. At best they improve slightly the efficiency of an ICE that is doing more work pushing a heavier car around. Can you not see that? True EVs that plug-in, and have no generator ICE or diesel / petrol tanks, can get their electrical energy from 100% renewables from the sun, wind and water. That is increasingly common in the U.K. and Europe. The U.K. did not need to burn coal in any power station for two weeks recently, the first time in well over 100 years.
John Kellett Without getting deeper into physics (which you clearly don’t excel in), no, it doesn’t catch that from the ICE engine. It catches that from kinetic energy (movement). It’s EXACTLY what makes EVs efficient too. It uses the electric motor to slow down, instead of the engine or the brakes, and transforms some of that kinetic energy back into electricity, which propels the car, just like in a regular EV. Nice try trolling though!
I average 50mpg which is pretty much incredible for a car of this size which packs a 2.5l petrol engine. What’s she on about?! Sport mode there’s a clear difference, terrible review.
How can it be self charging when it needs petrol to do it. The range is between 6-8 on the battery. PHEV is better and always will be compared to the so called self charging bull from Toyota
It is self-charging because it charges itself. It does not need you or anyone else to charge it. Tell me, when you took the IQ test, did the screen say, “fail”?
It's simple really. Don't buy anything (unless it's a classic, I see you drive VW) for now without a plug. In 5 or 6 years time don't buy anything with an engine (electric cars have motors). I know I have a Zoe, but I accept that whilst I am perfectly happy driving electric it's not yet for everyone. However, once owned you'll not return to ICE.
I did 1200 miles around France in a 4x4 drive Excel - motorways, off road up tracks and in town driving at an average over the whole lot of 55mpg. Shame on you for constantly saying diesel better when the emissions on this are less than half most of the diesel competitors, and the electric drive is not just in town - it kicks in whenever the road suits, so you can find yourself doing 80 on the motorway in all electric mode too. I found this review shallow and pretty dim
So it can zip along in electric mode at higher speeds, always woundered why no one has ever said this in a review. Thanks
She is speaking rubbish
Just purchased a Rav 4 hybrid. in USA
44.4 mpg Best fuel economy in an suv that I have driven.
Russell Condie what trim did you get?
I own one of these and I constantly do between 46 and 47 mpg average including motorways... Not sure what she's on about
Louis De Marco I just got mine three days ago ~ :) such a nice looking car and comfortable ride . But I guess the consumption will base on your driving habit ? So will somewhat vary between individuals ?
Did you happen to see that the channel is titled Driving Electric and she is promoting and praising a Skoda Kodiaq - That's how the murky world of media works - she appears to be a paid media agent - which unfortunately most of them are - depending on which side offered them the prize. Ignore her.
Also got one, mostly combined driving, live in a very hilly area too, summer time 50mpg, winter 42-44mpg. Can't complain about that, when the last diesel one in the Mk4 was only doing 37mpg.
@@prasadkolluri4877 Nonsense
If only the diesels were available in Canada! All these UK videos rubbing it in about the available diesels!
Gave up on the review when she described the sport mode as nonsense. I own one of these cars and there is a noticeable improvement in acceleration response and more weighted steering in sport mode. Fed up of journalists who really dont fully understand or cannot feel the nuances of driving dynamics. Trust me there is a marked difference between modes and to state they are 'nonsense' suggests the reviewer is clueless.
I agree with you I have the AWD version and always drive in Sports Mode because its more responsive and nimble than in Normal Mode. How could she say its non-sense??
so sport mode means less steering boost, and pressing the accel pedal less distance?
At last a really fair review. Its great not to hear a journalist just being dismissive of its CVT style transmission, usually ignoring the fact all cars make a racket under hard acceleration - but few are as quiet as the RAV4 when not.
You did slightly gloss over the RAV4's most key party trick, its incredibly lower CO2 for company car drivers, in 4wd guise its typically 50g/km less than the competitors you mention. The considerable saving in BIK will go quite some way in paving over the cars minor shortcomings. Well it did for me having benchmarked the competition it was compelling. Hence I have one on order. Note there is quite a long lead time for these in the UK. Hot cakes and all that.
I agreed completely. I had an extended test drive recently, where I covered over 700 miles in a mix of motorway and 50/60mph single carriageway roads and returned an average of slightly over 60mpg, (4.7l/100km). As mentioned, lead times in the UK are abysmal, I ordered mine, (basic Icon model with no accessories, as a company car), on 13 June and have been given an expected delivery date of 30 Apr 2020.
Just bought a new RAV4 hybrid and getting incredible mileage. City driving is where the hybrids really shine. In heavy stop and go traffic my RAV can get 46mph. Driving around town fast on highway and uncrowned roads the RAV will get 39 to 40 exactly what it is at its rating. The car is quick and fun to drive. I also own a Mazda CX-5 and the Hybrid is a bit faster and handles about the same, both are great to drive. Even so, mileage is so much better on the RAV4.
hi @Ed Kutzler, I am right now in the market looking for a compact SUV and looking to buy either CX5 or RAV4 Hybrid. Apart from the obvious mileage in which RAV4 shines...Is there any thing else CX5 shines over RAV4. I am quite inclined towards CX5 for its design...and most of the review mentions about good driving dynamics in CX5. But at the same time...with the world moving towards electric/hybrid...I just wanted to give a try on Hybrid also(RAV4). which one would u recommend?
Why own the RAV4 hybrid AWD, and already ordered the the 2019, comes Okt 2019.owned BMW x3 Mercedes CLK, Toyota is a great car. Anonymous but great. Build quality great. And all the electric Bell's.and whistles. Order that on a BMW or mercedes the price goes grazy. Three years we hade the RAV4 no complaints.its great. Having one and test drove the 2019 I really can't find my self in all these car "experts".it's loud with hard when you put the peddle to the metal, than you bought the wrong car.my Toyota is fantastic and it beat every English produced cars,🇸🇪
What are you talking about!?? I have one and it makes 4,9l/100km ...news flash! Thats really good!
she's probably comparing it to german diesels, which will do a bit better, on paper.
She is an intruder 😆
Get Japanese forget German cars
German cars are better
@@kristians2704are they? I’ve owned several and don’t see much difference!
@@dambo8416 mercedes bmw porsches are so much more advanced, nicer, better to drive than comparable Japanese cars
Bad review. I now get 54mpg driving 40 miles to work.
A channel called “Driving electric” mentioning Skoda Kodiak...
Yes exactly. Well said.
Would you please point to the midsize suvs that offer better fuel economy on the highway?
Are you nuts or something. It's the best selling car in north America. It is reliable as F.
How can you compare it to skoda for some miles on the highway. These cars will outlive you my lady. No wonder the British empire fell. Start believing in reliable alternatives like US Australia and Canada.
European and British cars and SUVs are junk.
Disappointed it's not available as a plug-in variant. Even the limited EV range would be an incentive for me.
In EV mode only 2.4km in ideal conditions without conditioner and with heated engine... I am also waiting for full EV rav (at least 340km) or plugin with (40-60km range).
A PHEV would require a much larger Lithium battery pack that would eat into the boot space and make the car even heavier than it is now. That in turn would cut into its fuel economy once purely on Petrol. That's the problem the Outlander has. The technology also makes it more pricey, so it would make little sense to buy it over an EV. If you are only planning on driving it on electricity, then just get an EV. If you drive longer distances, the averaged out fuel economy would actually be worse than the Hybrid that it is now.
it will be 2020 as a plug in hybrid later on the year
1:28 thank you for that, most reviews don't mention how hybrids or evs behave on highway driving or faster speeds
which one you recomend and why
I get 46mpg for daily commute and in town driving.
Apple play and android auto are free upgrades as far as i'm aware if not supplied as standard by now as for the different driving modes you do feel the difference i drove one 4 wheel drive for a week and compared it with the new Honda CRV hybrid and decided on ordering the Toyota Rav4 i find it better isolating the road noises. no one mentions the CO2 difference between the diesel ones and the RAV4 it's i think the best in the class can't wait to get mine end of the month
This is the exact color and trim I’m wanting too
Great review, gave me quite a bit of information about whether I am going to like driving a RAV4 and it will be down to how I feel about the test drive I think, thanks Cheers!
Australia is getting free android auto and apple play upgrades later in the year with a firmware update.
Still no official word about Androd Auto in the States.
Is it me? Or am I the only one who doesn't mind the car revving up to speed? Probably all them racing games 🤣.
reviewer should also comment on reliability, resale and service which are very important to family looking into this segment. the alternative brands she’s mentioned are appalling in these areas.
All new cars will be more or less reliable for the first 5-7 years and that’s enough for 95% of people who buy new cars
@@kristians2704 that is not true
What is the Electric only driving range on this vehicle ?
More like can't plug in rather than don't have to.
Conor Nugent You wouldn’t want to anyway. This has a rather small, Nickel Hydride battery instead of a Lithium Ion, so you wouldn’t get much of a charge. However, it’s cheaper, and performs better in cold weather than the Lithium, plus it takes up no room in the cabin.
@@afcgeo882 Not to mention the NiMH battery has better reliability and is cheaper to replace and fix. Which is toyota's claim to fame.
Brilliant review, thank you!
Nice review, however I do not agree with the towing remarks. There is a difference between what a car is allowed to tow legally, and what is considered a good towing vehicle. Normally a formula is used where caravan or trailer behind the car, is best to not exceed 75% of the weight of the towing vehicle. Given the weight of the RAV4 (=/- 1700 kg + passengers and luguage of approx 400kg = 2100 kg) a max trailer weight of 1575 kg would be adviseable. If you make a compare, it makes more sense to use this formula than just look at the legal limit.
Is this car the AWD hybrid rav 4?
She seems to be giving the review with a negative mindset
I am curious about the infotainment screen obscuring your sight line. Was this the case when trying to judge where the front bumper is during parking?
Chris Devarenne It’s not set on top of the dash.
Well done, informative, not too long.
LOVE YOUR HONEST REVIEWS!!! I just watched your NX review as well... question - would you pick RAV4 Hybrid XSE or NX Hybrid Base? why? thank you.
I’m always mesmerized how every hybrid out there gets a really dirty engine every time
Atkinson engines my friend.
The problem here is that it's not a plug-in hybrid, because these are well engineered hybrids that are limited by their battery capacity.
toyotaprius79 why can’t they just put a turbo 1.0 ?
Different compression Vs expansion ratio because to keeps the intake valve open for a bit during compression so the exhaust is clocer to atmospheric pressure at bottom dead center. Makes the engine more efficient but less powerful hence the size.
@@urbmak to get let's say 150hp out of a 1.0 turbo engine you would have to advance out the timing and run lower compression to avoid pre detonition. Thats less efficient.
@@urbmak Turbos don't last as long which goes against what Toyota is all about. Atkinson cycle engines are almost always used on hybrids with any manufacturer to maximize fuel economy.
You said in starting that it was a competitor to the Outlander PHEV only to mention diesels the rest of the review.
Just wondering how it compares to its closest rival. Seeing as You're an EV biased channel.
Thanks.
The Outlander is significantly slower. It is larger, with more boot space, since it doesn't have a 3rd row, but it also doesn't have a spare tyre. The Mitsubishi offers a more robust AWD system than the Toyota. Much more robust. However, once it runs out of battery charge, it gets horrific fuel economy, worse than the non-hybrid version, because of its very underpowered petrol engine. It's also very archaic when it comes to its interior and tech.
@@afcgeo882 is this from experience? The engine primarily is supposed to act as just a generator, we don't have the upgraded motor in NA either.
Rob Bilton The engine in both works in tandem with the electric motor to power the wheels. There is still no hybrid where the ICE engine works solely to power the batteries. The closest to it is the 2020 Honda CR-V hybrid, which uses the engine to power the batteries, but powers the front wheels directly at a limited motorway speed. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is the same in the UK and North America.
@@afcgeo882 we didn't get the 2.5 Atkinson cycle engine for this model year. Or the updated battery and generators. Just the styling.
How you describe the Honda is how the video describes how the Mitsu system works. Only at over 90kph can the motor direct drive the front wheels. Otherwise the motor only provides power to the generators.
Strange how What Car seems to like the Honda CR-V more than this. Better ride and economy and less harsh engine when accelerating. We currently have a 18 plate hybrid rav and weren’t sure about upgrading to this model next over the Honda as the engine is certainly noisy and the handling is not that good.
Not a great review. Covers some parts glosses over others. Kinda opinionated at parts.
I think describing any hybrid as "self charging" is ridiculous: EVERY car, including cars with NO electric drive is self charging. And saying "you don't have to plug it in" makes it sound better than plug in hybrids, which is definitely NOT the case. There's no doubt that Toyota led the way with the Prius, and had a massive positive effect on the global market, enabling consumers to consider more eco friendly alternatives, but let's get things straight: a hybrid car which you CANNOT plug in must BURN FUEL to charge its batteries, so it's only a little bit less polluting than one with an ICE!!
It could actually be more polluting due to higher mpg on motorways as pointed out here and due to the extra weight of carrying the hybrid system around
Michael Herlihy Yes, I hadn’t thought of that, good point!👍
Michael Herlihy It has slightly worse MPGs on the motorway... COMPARED TO DIESELS! It has vastly better MPGs compared to other petrol CUVs. It’ll get about 40mpg (imperial) on the motorway! There is simply no way that it’s more polluting than a Diesel. It’s a lot less polluting than a petrol!
That’s not true that hybrids are not efficient on motorway, they are and always been better than any diesel just not as efficient as in town. And yes they drives fantastic on motorways, you need to learn how to drive them, not like a typical tractor driver. I will buy a diesel if it’s a 6 + cylinders and it’s a large suv pick up truck, not something like that. Skoda, Audi, Vw, PSA, all those are in the past now, only maroon will buy them, they may well get banned before your lease ends, so make your mind, don’t trust auto journalists they talk what been told to talk.
Parking side way in the middle of the road really smart.
Did Skodia pay for this review?? Genius! you succeed in completely killing any interest I had in this car.
Go buy something else then. No one wants to read your whining.
@@Lucky8s indeed I'll buy something else after this review where she correctly highlighted so many shortfalls this car has compared to its rivals. I think the review is actually very good and informative
Very nice exterior, Toyota just needs to fire the interior design team and they should be all set.
It's beautiful, maybe you need your eyes checked...
@@Nickoboss29 You must have driven enough cars with outdated interior design to justify this.
@@isoplayers the interiors are futuristic , modern and confortable... The only thing you have driven is a yugo...
@@Nickoboss29 Yeah go enjoy your "futuristic" interior with this RAV4 infotainment system. I didn't know a model x is nicknamed yugo but ok, definitely not as futuristic as the ones you've driven for sure lol
@@isoplayers you don't even know what i have driven, shut up and get out of the way with your ugly car... The rav4 is the best suv of this segment...
Instead of people frothing at the mouth at the single mention of Toyota’s “Self Charging” marketing BS (called full hybrid by the reviewer) maybe it would be better to point out that any vehicle that derives all its motive energy from petrol doesn’t belong on a RUclips channel that calls itself “Driving ELECTRIC”. Or maybe just look up the meaning of “Hybrid”. It would also be better to encourage Toyota to expand its range of PHEVs to vehicles like the RAV4. I have test driven the new RAV4 and would love to see it able to do 50km on plug-in batteries.
Comparing it with diesel rivals that are getting banned in a lot of places in the near future is also pointless. If your electricity is produced by burning coal, then a “Full Hybrid” is a better option but is certainly not ELECTRIC DRIVING.
Toyota’s “Self Charging” is BS for dummies. Normally, one should understand how Toyota's hybrid works before buying. If, however one is a dummy - who cares :)
Its pushed along by 2 ELECTRIC motors, how is that not electric driving!
It seems like you’re the one frothing at the mouth to discredit hybrids.
First off, much of the charge comes from... hang on to something... regenerative braking, just like full EVs! GASP!!!
Second, this car uses three electric motors to propel the vehicle (two in the FWD variant). The rear axle is ONLY propelled by electricity.
Finally, I know you think electricity comes from magical fairies, unicorns and narwhal farts, but most of it actually comes from burning coal or natural gas, hydrodams that destroy the ecosystem and nuclear plants that then bury their radioactive waste under your house without your permission. That’s on top of the fact that they require LiIon batteries which contain precious metals which are often mined using less than ethical practices.
So yeah... this car generates some of its electricity from petrol. Deal with it.
I just couldn't stop looking at her big...
... alloy wheels
THIS IS NOT THE MORE LUXURY..RIGHT.
what leather?! It's all vinyl.
Real leather in the UK.
So it’s a petrol car then, NOT an EV. My non ‘hybrid’ diesel has done, as an average, over 200,000 miles at more than 50 mpg :-)
It's a petrol hybrid car. Diesel's are excellent for towing and near the fuel economy of hybrid petrol cars but pollute worse then even regular petrol cars. Which I'm hoping is why Toyota got rid of diesel Rav4 in this new generation :)
James , no, it is a petrol car. all the electrical power that is ‘generated’ is taken from forward motion generated by the petrol engine. In 15 years my diesel car has ‘saved’ more than enough ‘embodied’ carbon by not being scrapped than any pollution caused by a day to day 50 mpg diesel motor over the day to day 25mpg, or so, of a petrol motor. Not only that, being all aluminium it is far more recyclable. I don’t drive in any cities either.
‘Self-charging hybrid’ is a manipulative and cynical marketing ploy that you have fallen hook, line and sinker for.
Of course diesels and petrols pollute. Of course we are running out of oil. Of course a petrol engine is very slightly less polluting than petrol BUT.... The future has to be EV not hybrid. Hybrid cars are just a way for car manufacturers to make money from servicing the greater number of moving parts and lubrication needed with an ICE vehicle and to finance the shareholders of oil companies that rely on selling petrol, diesel and lubricants.
John Kellett Much of the electrical energy is recaptured from regenerative braking, something your Diesel could never do. It also produces MUCH more power and is able to propel a heavier vehicle faster, but with tens of times less pollution than your Diesel. Now I know you don’t care about pollution, so my guess fir why you’re here, commenting: You’re a troll.
George L , no, far from it. My next car will be a real EV. ‘Self charging’ petrol hybrid cars are just petrol cars, the energy ‘recaptured’ from braking has been generated from ICE power. At best they improve slightly the efficiency of an ICE that is doing more work pushing a heavier car around. Can you not see that? True EVs that plug-in, and have no generator ICE or diesel / petrol tanks, can get their electrical energy from 100% renewables from the sun, wind and water. That is increasingly common in the U.K. and Europe. The U.K. did not need to burn coal in any power station for two weeks recently, the first time in well over 100 years.
John Kellett Without getting deeper into physics (which you clearly don’t excel in), no, it doesn’t catch that from the ICE engine. It catches that from kinetic energy (movement). It’s EXACTLY what makes EVs efficient too. It uses the electric motor to slow down, instead of the engine or the brakes, and transforms some of that kinetic energy back into electricity, which propels the car, just like in a regular EV. Nice try trolling though!
I average 50mpg which is pretty much incredible for a car of this size which packs a 2.5l petrol engine. What’s she on about?! Sport mode there’s a clear difference, terrible review.
I am positive this Toyota is quality through and through but compared to the CRV it looks like it is made out of bad Legos.
modern beige camry.
it has apple car play
look for stronger car to tow...i dont tow nobody
How can it be self charging when it needs petrol to do it. The range is between 6-8 on the battery. PHEV is better and always will be compared to the so called self charging bull from Toyota
The battery itself is technically self charging. But yes this is a marketing tool for sure
It is self-charging because it charges itself. It does not need you or anyone else to charge it. Tell me, when you took the IQ test, did the screen say, “fail”?
This was designed by Stevie Wonder
The British used to own the car market in the World.
Its just nonsense...Lol!!!!
Garbage. Buy tesla. I own 2. Model x and S
Pretty lame useless review
Oh man. This self charging hybrid schtick is so misleading.
The interior is ugly as sin too.
It's simple really. Don't buy anything (unless it's a classic, I see you drive VW) for now without a plug. In 5 or 6 years time don't buy anything with an engine (electric cars have motors). I know I have a Zoe, but I accept that whilst I am perfectly happy driving electric it's not yet for everyone. However, once owned you'll not return to ICE.