- The Toyota RAV-X Idea is a RAV4 with an off-road makeover.
- It has a customized suspension, adjustable shocks, and a Dakar Rally-inspired design.
- The Toyota RAV-X is on show at this 12 months’s SEMA Present.
Few folks, if any, would name the Toyota RAV4 an exciting off-roader. It holds its personal, but it surely’s additionally a crossover designed for the plenty. It’s Toyota’s best-selling car and the best-selling SUV in America—and it’s removed from being a real Wrangler or Bronco competitor. However the automaker’s newest idea proves you may make a cool RAV4.
Toyota designed the RAV-X Idea prefer it was a Dakar Rally competitor, rising its floor clearance, off-road functionality, and ruggedness. The RAV-X options bespoke solid aluminum entrance management arms, solid aluminum rear higher helps, and a long-travel suspension that will increase the car’s peak by 2.0 inches and the monitor width by 6.3 inches. It additionally has totally adjustable 2.5-inch inner bypass shocks with entrance exterior reservoirs and rear piggyback ones.
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The automaker additionally improves the RAV4’s styling with a rally-inspired makeover that’s additionally useful. Seventeen-inch solid aluminum wheels on the idea come wrapped in 265/65R17 rubber, whereas a rear spoiler provides to the SUV’s rugged vibe.
The brand new entrance bumper, with its built-in cooling ducts, and the customized ventilated entrance fender flares enhance the SUV’s aerodynamics and cooling capabilities. Beneath, Toyota provides raised rocker panels, entrance and rear skid plates, and a twin exhaust system that pokes via the rear bumper. The added equipment will increase the bottom clearance and the crossover’s strategy and departure angles, considerably bettering its off-road functionality.
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Picture by: Toyota
Sadly, the RAV-X is only a idea. The automobile was the brainchild of the Toyota Elements and Equipment Improvement division, which dealt with all the things from the preliminary design sketches to the ultimate meeting. It is now on show at this 12 months’s SEMA Present. It may preview what’s attainable for the mannequin’s future, however do not maintain your breath for a production-ready model.
Mike Tripp, the Toyota Motor North America advertising division group vp, mentioned the RAV-X “is greater than only a idea.” It’s “exhibiting a completely new risk of simply how cool and adventurous a small crossover like this may be.”
If it’s attainable, make it occur Toyota. Having extra decisions by no means hurts.
