Yeah, I was really surprised by these two. I thought that the Forester would perform better. The Rogue impressed me. The CX-5 was laughably bad. Nice win by the RAV4! I’m anxious to see the mid-cycle refresh.
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Yeah, I was really surprised by these two. I thought that the Forester would perform better. The Rogue impressed me. The CX-5 was laughably bad. Nice win by the RAV4! I’m anxious to see the mid-cycle refresh.
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Apparently, the first global BEV from Toyota will be the RAV4!
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It will be shown in Q3~Q4 2021 and sales start by 2022.
It will be the 3rd RAV4 BEV.
Un informe apunta la llegada de un nuevo Toyota RAV4 Eléctrico en 2022
La nueva generación de plataformas permite la propulsión eléctrica, lo cual reduce los costes de desarrollo. Es el caso de la plataforma TGNA de Toyota. Un informe de Japón anuncia la llegada de un RAV4 Eléctrico para finales de 2021,. A la venta en 2022, será uno de los pocos SUVs del mercado...
It will be shown in Q3~Q4 2021 and sales start by 2022.
It will be the 3rd RAV4 BEV.
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Nice win, but 95% of North American RAV4 owners will never even go off road.
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Right, but having that demonstrated capability means even more will now be sold to pick up the kids at school. That's practically Jeep's (and Land Rover's) entire business model at this point.
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Mitsuoka buddy sold out
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That's a mile stone for the automaker which one day was leaning more towards Nissan more than any other automaker
Now
RAV4 is also with "Suzuki & Mitsuoka"
Corolla with "Suzuki"
Camry with "Daihatsu"
Yaris will be with "Mazda"
Mitsuoka Laughs All The Way To The Bank As Bizarre Buddy Sold Out In Just Four Days | Carscoops
The Mitsuoka Buddy can cost as much as $56,000 with the RAV4's hybrid powertrain
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That's a mile stone for the automaker which one day was leaning more towards Nissan more than any other automaker
Now
RAV4 is also with "Suzuki & Mitsuoka"
Corolla with "Suzuki"
Camry with "Daihatsu"
Yaris will be with "Mazda"
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True...besides a competent product, you need people who can speak to the masses in the marketing department regardless of whether the product is competent, or not.
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And...Sofyan is the first Youtuber to own a Prime
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Interesting. He loves to smack on Toyota but Hyundai is coming out with an extended range electric/gas Tucson, so I’m surprised he didn’t go that route with as much as he LOVES Hyundai/Kia.
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Whatever he loves the recent look of Hyundai over recent look of its counterpart Toyota, but from deep mind he knows which is better and will lives longer
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A lot of people like Hyundai/Kia/Genesis in theory, but spending your money shows what you really think.
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He probably will sell it next year and won't lose his shirt. From his IG post, he has the proper connections with Toyota so he got into one with help of a DSM and likely didn't pay over sticker.
Without fully electronic suspension, there is no way around the physics of heavy CUVs, it is either 911GT3 hard or rolls over.
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The RAV4, RAV4 Hybrid and RAV4 Prime do not need full electronic suspension to pass the moose test.
The RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid were tested on the obstacle evasion course in September 2019; they both failed, yet after a stability control system software update, both models passed the moose test.
I have no doubt that the RAV4 Prime will also pass the test, once the stability control software is fixed.
Toyota RAV4 Fails Sweden's Dreaded Moose Test, Company Responds (12-September-2019)
Toyota RAV4 Fails Sweden's Dreaded Moose Test, Company Responds
The Toyota RAV4 failed Sweden’s dreaded Moose Test with a top speed of only 42 miles per hour. But Toyota has a response.
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Toyota RAV4 Passes Moose Test After Software Update (30-January-2020)
Toyota RAV4 Passes Moose Test After Software Update
The all-new Toyota RAV4 finally passed the infamous “Moose Test” after failing it late last year. Toyota updated the vehicle stability control system.
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Watch Toyota RAV4 Prime Fail Moose Test In Spectacular Fashion (3-December-2020)
The RAV4 Prime oversteered going through the course. This is a reaction that is not expected of FWD-biased vehicles; the stability control caused it to react that way. Adjusting how the stability control reacts should fix it, just as an adjustment helped the RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid last year.
Watch Toyota RAV4 Prime Fail Moose Test In Spectacular Fashion
The testers said that it felt like the stability control system was not activating at all to aid the sliding RAV4 Prime.
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Looks like they didn't properly tune the VSC software to account for 180kg of extra weight in the rear. On the regular hybrid it's already worse, but on the plug-in the car behaves completely differently.
No it's a VSC code problem. The system did not detect the car is in heavy oversteer and intervene. Moose test is a safety test and mostly determined by ESP effectiveness and vehicle size. Plenty of heavier vehicles performed much better including the Hilux that almost rolled over before VSC software update.
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Supposed to be, parallel with the Forester refresh. RAV4 build-out should be August/September.