Update pending for popular RAV4

TOYOTA will improve its common RAV4 within the second half of this yr with a number of enhancements to its multimedia, expertise and security methods.

Included is Toyota’s newest era multimedia system throughout the vary with USB-C connection and the addition of Linked Providers. Additional, all variants will probably be upgraded with Toyota’s Security Sense suite of driver-assistance applied sciences, together with Intersection Pre-Collision Security and Emergency Steering Help.

Toyota Motor Company Australia (TMCA) says numerous different options will probably be utilized to sure fashions and grades throughout the RAV4 vary with pricing changes and specification to be confirmed nearer to their introduction. The RAV4 vary is at the moment priced from $34,400 to $52,700 (plus on-road prices).

The RAV4 vary has confronted vital provide delays over the previous 12 months as COVD-19 associated manufacturing, transport and elements shortages impacted the mannequin’s provide. Hybrid fashions have been notably onerous hit as Toyota meeting crops in Japan and Thailand have been shut down late final yr due to elements shortages – largely attributable to the shortage of semiconductor availability.

Toyota decreased its manufacturing output by 400,000 automobiles every month in September and October final yr, the corporate revising down its total annual output quantity in January (2022) to “effectively beneath 9.3 million items”.

On the subject of the outcome provide points, a TMCA spokesperson informed GoAuto that, “because of world provide challenges, Toyota Australia is experiencing longer wait occasions for new-vehicle deliveries throughout its vary.

“Our focus stays on doing the whole lot we are able to to get clients into their new Toyota automobiles as quickly as potential. As the provision of provide is an evolving state of affairs world wide, we proceed to work carefully with our world manufacturing workforce to safe the utmost potential variety of automobiles for our native clients.

“We’re persevering with to replace our sellers because the state of affairs evolves. Sellers are greatest positioned to offer clients with probably the most up-to-date supply data for his or her particular automobile.”

The extra optimistic information is that the brand new mannequin is about to offer RAV4 consumers extra of what they need, says TMCA vp of gross sales advertising and franchise operations, Sean Hanley.

“Toyota is all the time eager to offer the most recent security, connectivity and multimedia applied sciences that clients need and as quickly as they’re out there for our market, we make them out there for our clients,” mentioned Mr Hanley.

“This newest spherical of upgrades for the RAV4 will make what’s already the most well-liked medium SUV much more interesting. Toyota will proceed to maintain our clients up to date on upgrades and future fashions and we encourage our clients to talk with their most popular Toyota Vendor about these upgrades.”

Regardless of supply-related availability points, the Toyota RAV4 continues as Australia’s best-selling SUV, dominating the Medium SUV below $60k market phase with a 25.3 per cent share. 

Toyota has offered 10,489 examples of the RAV4 to date this yr, outpacing the Mazda CX-5 (with 8250 unit gross sales) by 21.4 per cent.

The rest of the Medium SUV below $60k phase top-10 checklist is made up of the Mitsubishi Outlander (4644), Kia Sportage (3936), Subaru Forester (3455), Nissan X-Path (2027), Honda CR-V (1949), Hyundai Tucson (1922), MG HS (1454) and Renault Koleos (1037).

2022 Toyota RAV4 pricing*:

*Pricing excludes on-road prices.