2020 Toyota RAV4 SUV Introduce

2020 Toyota RAV4 SUV Introduce https://youtu.be/3KxsXJWJP0Y

You may have heard, but we spent quite a bit of time with a RAV4 Adventure recently. We didn't do very much off-roading, but the Adventure had no issues during our handful of little detours off improved surfaces. Still, as part of Toyota's new "TRD all the things" plan, it's adding a TRD Off-Road trim for the new RAV4's second year of production.
This isn't a full TRD Pro kit, but Toyota is confident the 2020 RAV4 TRD Off-Road will improve the RAV's trail-driving capabilities. Starting with a RAV4 Adventure, which already offers 8.6 inches of ground clearance, all-wheel drive, and selectable multi-terrain traction control, Toyota upgraded the suspension and added new wheels and tires.

The TRD Off-Road doesn't get the Fox shocks found on TRD Pro models elsewhere in Toyota's lineup, but its shocks have been upgraded and new bump-stops installed to improve ride and body control on rough surfaces. Under the plastic wheel arches (shared with the Adventure), you'll find black-painted 18-inch alloy wheels, shod in Falken off-road tires specially developed with TRD.
Those beefier, square-shouldered tires are arguably the most important part of the equation in terms of the RAV4 TRD Off-Road's ability to tackle unimproved surfaces. A rock-crawler this ain't, but it looks tougher and should handle itself a little better on the way to a campsite or trailhead.
Toyota has been spotted testing what's likely to be a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4.

The vehicle in our spy shots may look like the latest RAV4 that was just introduced for 2019, but if you peer a little closer you'll notice a camouflaged section on the right rear fender.

This is the same spot where Toyota locates the charging port on the Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. According to our photographer, the test vehicle had a regular fuel filler cap on the left rear fender.
The latest RAV4 already comes as a regular hybrid. The powertrain consists of a 2.5-liter inline-4 at the front axle and an electric motor at the rear for a combined 219 horsepower. Something similar should feature in the RAV4 plug-in hybrid but with a bigger battery and a more powerful electric motor to provide an EV mode.

The standard RAV4 runs a 2.5-liter inline-4 paired to an 8-speed automatic.

We currently expect the RAV4 plug-in hybrid to debut later this year as a 2020 model. An appearance at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November is a strong possibility.