Inovev forecasts 1,000,000 units of the new Toyota RAV4 SUV per year
- Toyota has unveiled the new generation of its mid-range SUV, the RAV4, which is one of the best-selling models in the world, with more than one million sales in 2024. The diffusion of the Toyota RAV4 has continued to grow worldwide since the early 2000s, with its global sales increasing from 224,000 units in 2001 to 400,000 in 2007, 600,000 in 2013, 800,000 in 2017 and 1,000,000 in 2023.
- The model has continued to meet with increasing success due to the sharp increase in SUV sales worldwide and the intrinsic qualities of the Toyota model (build quality, true off-road capabilities, hybrid powertrain). This model quickly became the best-selling SUV in the world before being overtaken by the Tesla Model Y, a 100% electric SUV.
- The new Toyota RAV4 will attempt to continue the success of previous generations of the model. The new RAV4 retains very similar proportions to the old RAV4 (length: 4.62 m vs. 4.60 m, width: 1.88 m vs. 1.86 m, height: 1.69 m vs. 1.69 m). Based on a revised version of the TNGA G-AK platform of the previous RAV4, the new model is equipped with a 2.5 petrol full-hybrid (F-HEV) engine with 183 hp / 191 hp or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) with 304 hp on both front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive versions. The RAV4 plug-in hybrid is equipped for the first time with front-wheel drive and a more powerful 22.6 kWh battery (compared to 18.1 kWh previously), offering a range of up to 100 km in electric mode, 29 km more than the previous RAV4 PHEV. Inovev expects 1,000,000 sales per year of the new RAV4 produced in Japan, Canada, China and the USA.