CUSTOMERS on the lengthy ready checklist for a brand new Toyota RAV4 could possibly change their order to an upgraded MY22 mannequin which is because of enter manufacturing in December and arrive in Australian showrooms early subsequent 12 months.
Toyota Australia is but to disclose pictures or pricing of the up to date medium SUV however has outlined gear upgrades, most of which apply to the second-from-top Cruiser variant.
Gear modifications to the RAV4 Cruiser embrace ventilated entrance seats, the addition of eight-way electrical adjustment for the entrance passenger seat and a digital rearview mirror that may show imaginative and prescient from a rear digital camera.
Illuminated door switches may also be added to the Cruiser, in addition to the mid-spec GXL and flagship petrol all-wheel-drive-only Edge, the latter additionally gaining reverse autonomous emergency braking within the replace.
Cosmetically, all RAV4 variants could have upgraded LED foglights and most will get new alloy wheel designs.
Hybrids will include new headlight design that Toyota claims will “improve night-time imaginative and prescient”.
An idle-stop system may also be launched to all petrol RAV4s however the drivetrains will in any other case stay unchanged, although Toyota’s announcement makes no point out of the present GX petrol base mannequin’s guide gearbox possibility, suggesting it might have been dropped.
The entry-level RAV4 engine is a 127kW/203Nm 2.0-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder petrol that drives the entrance wheels by an computerized repeatedly variable transmission (CVT).
Hybrids are available in front- or all-wheel-drive flavours respectively producing a mixed 160kW and 163kW, distributing drive by what Toyota calls an e-CVT.
Unique to the top-spec Edge is a 152kW/243Nm 2.5-litre petrol with eight-speed auto and a mechanical all-wheel-drive setup that has torque vectoring on the rear axle.
Acknowledging lengthy wait occasions for RAV4 deliveries, Toyota Australia gross sales, advertising and franchise operations vp Sean Hanley mentioned the corporate was encouraging clients to “communicate with their most popular Toyota Supplier in regards to the improve on any orders positioned”.
“Whereas these updates received’t arrive till early subsequent 12 months, Toyota is dedicated to holding its clients conscious of upcoming enhancements,” he mentioned.
“The RAV4’s combine of favor and practicality, and particularly, its hybrid powertrain, actually resonates with patrons and these upgrades will add to that enchantment.”
