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RAV4 hybrid coming?

Discussion in 'Toyota Hybrids and EVs' started by Eug, Mar 3, 2015.

  1. Trollbait

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    Apparently, my ad blocker might have blocked it. With it off, my link appears to have a connection problem, and John's is blocked by the web filter here.
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    That is true. I think the new one does have a lip.
     
  3. Eug

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    Interesting. From the US site:

    Cinnamon on the RAV4 SE:

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    Cinnamon on the RAV4 Hybrid Limited:

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    However, Cinnamon is not offered at all for the US Electric Storm Blue Hybrid Limited in some regions. There they just have Black, Ash, or Nutmeg. In Ontario, Canada, there is no Ash or Nutmeg for any of the exterior colours, just Black or Cinnamon, with Cinnamon being offered for the Electric Storm Blue as well. In other words, you can order Electric Storm Blue with Cinnamon in Canada, but you can't in the US. Odd.

    And on the Canadian site, they don't have any pictures of the interior when you choose those colours, which makes it even more difficult to navigate through all of this. Why is this so complicated? :p
     
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    Toyota's US website for build your own is zip code specific when it comes to colors, interiors, and even drive trains. They allow you to build what is common for your region. The spec sheet is the bible on what is actually available. Sometimes Canada does get colors that the US does not get.


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  5. Eug

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    I'm shocked. Order is in! We go pick it up next week.

    That means it only took 3 weeks for our custom order. I'll have to ask how they got it so quick.

    We just made it under the wire too, since a steel plant explosion in Japan may delay Toyota builds for the next month or so.

    Getting your new 2016 may be a problem in the near term - Toyota steel plant blew up | PriusChat
     
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    Confirmed. Made in Japan. Received just 3 weeks after custom order. Cinnamon looks quite nice in person.
     
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    Pictures? Please.
     
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    Sorry for the lousy pictures, but I was losing the light, and my older iPhone doesn't do so well in the dark. The colour of the Cinnamon is really like a dark tan but they kind of look more brown in these improperly colour balanced pictures.

    The last pictures is that of the key fobs of our 2012 Plug-in Prius (left) and the 2016 RAV4 Limited Hybrid (right), both with their Technology Package options.

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    Very nice. Thanks.
     
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    Nice! I still like driving in my xle too. And mpg wise, I do miss my little prius but I do like Rav's higher ground clearance. Don't have to feel like just scratched myself when the car scratched a bumpy road! :)
    Eug, looks like your limited has a bigger screen and if you don't mind, can you please post your car seat warmers buttons? I got aftermarket leather seats with heating done and buttons for the seat warmer wired next to the sport/eco mode buttons.
     
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    As requested, dashboard buttons:

    Middle of dashboard.

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    Driver's side. The SofTex is not this orange in real life.

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    Out of focus driver's side door buttons.

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    Cargo space, with and without OEM cargo tray. Note that this one is specific to the RAV4 Hybrid. The regular one won't fit. Because I live in Canada, I had to order it from the US. The cargo tray is not available in Canada.

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    For the hybrid, the cargo tray is shorter, because it ends at that elevated rectangular box near the back of the seats. The elevated box is not present in the regular RAV4. In the hybrid, there is a small storage compartment there, but the main reason it exists is because the batteries are underneath.

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    Again, forgive the pix. Shot in the dark before I went to work.
     
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    RAV4 Hybrid and her older brother, Plug-in Prius

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    gorgeous!(y)
     
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    Very nice! I like :)

    What's real world mpg and range per tank like on the Hybrid Rav?

    The Hybrid rav's are AWD right?

    Thanks.
     
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    There aren't enough of them on the road and being tracked to say what's normal, but I think some experienced Prius drivers might average 40mpg in warm areas. A tank is 14 gal more or less. Real world averages for the masses will likely be close to the EPA's.
    AWD-I, meaning the rear axle is electric-driven only. Same as the Highlander system
     
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    We've only put one tank through ours so far and got about 575 km with a 45 litre fill up.

    So that's 7.83 L/100 km or about 30 mpg US. That's about 75% city driving. Note that I am in Canada and because we have very young kids, on the colder days we'd run the car for a few minutes to warm it up before putting the kids in.

    BTW, there was a lot of slush this morning and one guy on the steep hill by my house in a pickup was fishtailing all over the place trying to get up the hill. I in our RAV4 Hybrid and another driver in a Highlander AWD had no trouble at all, even when starting from a complete stop on a fairly steep incline.
     
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    Was there anything in the pick up?
    No weight over the drive wheels makes poor weather, and sometimes good weather, tricky.
     
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    Couldn't see into it but nothing sticking out of the top. Plus I'm not sure if he had winter tires. But regardless, that particular hill is often a problem for 2WD cars. It's a problem with my Prius Plug-in, with winter tires. I can usually make it up the hill, but with a lot of wheel slippage, and I'd better not stop or else I'd be in trouble.

    With the RAV4 Hybrid AWD, it was no trouble at all, even after a stop. And I just heard the same story from a Sienna AWD owner. His neighbour was completely stuck in a FWD Odyssey, whereas the Sienna owner had no problems at all.

    I want AWD on my next Prius.
     
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    Yes mine did a pretty good job during snowy and icy days. And now it's getting warmer/about 60 degrees, I'm getting easily 35+ mpg for mostly highway/75 mph driving.
     
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