After fifteen million versions sold, the sensible Toyota RAV4 has grown up. Learnt a new language. Hit the gym. Found muscles it never knew it had. This is the new sixth-generation car, available exclusively as a hybrid and with up to 300bhp on tap. Sounds like the GR Sport team’s food truck got diverted to HQ.
Speaking of which, there is actually a GR Sport version of the new RAV4 – the red car in the pics above – but more on that in a tick. First, some power. In the UK, you’ve got the choice of two plug-in hybrid cars: a 264bhp front-wheel-drive version, or that range-topping 300bhp AWD car. Elsewhere in Europe there’s the choice of a ‘full’ hybrid (ie, the kind you can’t plug in), but we won’t get those.
