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Is The 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid An Off-Road Stud Or Dud? I Find Out On Tombstone Hill!

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The latest Toyota RAV4 lineup has off-road-marketed trims like the Adventure and TRD Off-Road, but is the top-end Hybrid model just as capable on the rough stuff? Tommy finds out in this video by taking the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Limited up Tombstone Hill!
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@woffordsoverlandjourneys8618 3 года назад

I loved the video guys keep up the good work!!!

@aldoraine9949 3 года назад

For the offroad most people do this is far impressive. Rather struggle with this for the occasional off roading and get 40 mpg all year long, instead of getting 15mpg on a 4runner just to be the king of the hill once or twice a year

@dj3114 2 года назад

Couldn't have said it better. Had the same issue with a trailer. Had a vehicle to pull it but only did it once or twice a year. Now with the Rav4 Hybrid, it's a chore to pull it a short distance, but the rest of time, avg 40 mpg. I'll take it.

@TheClownkillingGamer Год назад

Yea everyone sitting here saying its not 4x4 it has no ground clearance body protection. Bro we are mostly dailying these things aswell we dont go up foot high boulders. I wont lie tho 2019 XLE hauls ass through mud, creeks, up dirt hills, through sandlots. These things are a lot more capable than you would think.

@chingon3461 8 месяцев назад

It depends on your budget. I have my daily driver a corolla and for long trips and off roading my 4runner both paid off.

@noepitteloud6404 7 месяцев назад

I fully agree ! Less consumption = less natural ressources lost ! This RAV4 is pretty efficient.

@jg8263 3 года назад

Let's take a moment to acknowledge that this rav4 just went more off road than 70-80% of 4x4 pickups ever actually do in their lifetime. The fact is that only a small percentage of truck owners actually do serious off roading that would require the packages the dealer is selling, and those guys are not stupid enough to do so in a brand new $60k truck. They are more like Fred and Dave on dirt every day, buy a cheap beater and install what you need to do serious off road duty. It's cheaper and you don't worry about scraping a tree or rock. Vast majority of trucks are showing off to the neighbors and bumping off the curb, and the 2 weekend camping trips the owners take annually could easily be done with a rav4 or outback.

@Ryno-fp7pm 3 года назад

So so so true brother.

@ajamesc55 3 года назад

yea, I don't offroad my nice truck, but I do like it to tow my toys to the offroad location

@jg8263 3 года назад

@@ajamesc55 exactly and well said. In many cases, sadly, people overbuy for that too. People don't need the 3/4 ton diesel to pull a utv to the trail, but by gosh some sure do it.

@ajamesc55 3 года назад

@@jg8263 yea the 150 works fine for me with 2 atv's

@TheClownkillingGamer Год назад

Sitting in here feeling ashamed for doing this in my daily rav4 lol

@Ryan-cf6lc 3 года назад

Considering it's a hybrid vehicle built for onroad fuel economy, it held its own and destroyed the Sorento. Let's see the CRV hybrid next.

@theupshiftcarblog9555 3 года назад

Drivingsportstv did a review with the regular CRV and it looks like it really struggled

@reserva120 3 года назад

hey stop using Common sense an Logic..its not as good a s Wrangler or a four runner , an that's All that Matters:):)

@Ryan-cf6lc 3 года назад

I think credit should be given to the e-cvt for not over heating and the DM-V2's. They are an awesome snow tire and probably the reason why it made it up.

@reserva120 3 года назад

@@Ryan-cf6lc hear hear.. well said..

@stevenkim9637 3 года назад

You can’t really expect much from AWD crossovers. Rav4, CR-V all have a rather crappy AWD system. It “might” help you, but if you live in suburbs of northern states probably something else would be a better choice.

@thomasrossi31 3 года назад

Matt’s Off-Road Recovery loves these videos... job security for his company!

@volvo09 3 года назад

"I have an off roader, it's a rav4, a 4wd suv". back in 93 a friend of my mom's said she"bought a sports car".... it was a 93 dodge neon "sport". Hahaha

@Mixwell1983 3 года назад

@@volvo09 that would be a r/technicallythetruth

@tmurray12 3 года назад

TFL, MORR and Fabrats crossover event?

@SenanuKAnku 3 года назад

Edd will continue giving us the weather report then... hehe

@rcrc5260 3 года назад

A fan of Matt's off road recovery Channel

@DapperDilla 3 года назад

Can't say much on it's off-road capabilities personally, but having owned the '21 XSE Hybrid for a couple weeks and putting it through the ringer of the recent snowstorm that hit Texas, I can say with confidence this RAV4 is certainly a stud.

@mranum8 2 года назад

Bruh it’s Texas…

@DapperDilla 2 года назад

@@mranum8 Your point being, "bruh"? If you're seriously trying to imply that parts of Texas haven't experienced its share of inclement weather, specifically freezing temps in the past 2 winter seasons then I truly feel sorry for you.

@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin 2 года назад

@@mranum8 I've used the non-hybrid version in Alberta snow and it preformed great, and believe me, a good snowstorm in Alberta is no joke.

@hedgehogthesonic3181 5 месяцев назад

Do you still have your Rav4 hybrid? how is it doing? @@DapperDilla

@GateMesh 3 года назад

'07 V6 owner here - I was honestly skeptical when my folks got the '21 hybrid because their '15 RAV felt like the biggest disappointment of the brand, but I was blown away when I got to drive it around our farmland. Has decent off-road capabilities, a smooth ride, just about as much power as my V6 (can't get up to speed as quickly but still does the job), and that 569 miles per tank compared to my 250 had me foaming at the mouth lol. Not to mention it looks pretty sharp! Think I'm gonna cop one when I get the chance to upgrade.

@giolats8179 3 года назад

Excellent review! Great you have added the POV camera, it gives nice view of cockpit and interior.

@10K2HVN 3 года назад

You guys should do a video on that E-CVT system, it's actually pretty ingenious design. It doesn't use a weak belt with gearless cones, like those poopy Jatco transmissions. It uses a simple planetary gear set (plenty of strong gears). Which would normally be input/output (sun gear/planetary gears) with a clutch-belt on the ring gear, allowing the planetary gear set to have 2 variations of on/off, changing the gear ratio. In an standard automatic transmission, there would be multiple planetary gear sets, working different configurations of on/off to get multiple gearing points. But instead of a clutch-belt on the ring gear (only allowing on/off), they put another gear on it, then attached an electronic motor to it, and then used different speeds and directions of the electric motor to allow different gear ratios, and/or input additional torque into the drivetrain (or recharge the battery system) from a single planetary gear set. No more broken CVT belts.

@rafars2246 2 года назад

Is not an ecvt transmission

@joedanero5360 2 года назад

@@rafars2246 It is in fact an ECVT transmission. And a very good one.

@rafars2246 2 года назад

@@joedanero5360 wrong.

@joedanero5360 2 года назад

@@rafars2246 lmao. k. good points

@XQoozMii 2 года назад

@@rafars2246 no he's right

@4RT0119 3 года назад

I took an XLE AWD on the shafer trail in Utah. It was raining, the mud was like clay. A lot of people had land cruisers, jeeps, trucks etc. I was in a stock 21 Rav4, no problems.

@josephmiranda-steele9487 2 года назад

I’ll add this to the list of things that never happened

@nekrobillyhenry666 2 года назад

I got stuck in my kia soul in there.... 😆

@BungieStudios 2 года назад

I believe it.

@mannycali334 2 года назад

Hybrid or gas?

@4RT0119 2 года назад

@@mannycali334 gas

@aldoraine9949 2 года назад

Took my rav4 hybrid to oceano dunes in CA. No issues. I was actually impressed by it, and I was even pulling a camper. When you factor in the 40mpg it makes its off road shortcomings well worth it

@yves78 2 года назад

What kind of camper were you pulling and what weight? We just bought one and was just thinking of getting something small like a teardrop trailer.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

@@yves78 I pull a 2016 prolite mini (1050lbs camper) with my 2019 Rav4 hybrid XSE through mountains a lot. Light but not aerodynamic friendly camper (tall). Just enough power to comfortably tow it loaded with gear up steep hills (I have a fairly heavy foot, drive 75 mph on flat highways). Alex on Autos pulled 2000lb camper with Rav4 hybrid fairly easily (might wanna watch his video). One other piece of advice - invest in rear air bags. Will reduce squatting on rear substantially along with better towing. I bought some and only cost $130. Install tool myself under 1 hour. Money and time well spent!

@yves78 2 года назад

@@James-il3tq cool thank you, I will look into the airbags for sure.

@mrpz9320 2 года назад

@@James-il3tq thanks for the info!

@bsperoz 3 года назад

I agree the snow tires are a detriment. I've seen videos of others doing this with normal tires and have still an issue, but less of one.

@Conrad711 3 года назад

Wait, this isn't the mall parking lot....All seriousness, would like to see a comparison with the Crosstrek.

@hewlett260 3 года назад

The Crosstrek is pretty impressive off road for non technical stuff

@brandophoto-f3t 2 года назад

No comparison… Subaru will crap the bed before 75k miles. Subarus are garbage. I say this as someone who’s owned 3.

@R.Nelson 3 года назад

Good job Tommy!!.. looks like tough trail...you did well!!😃

@MsAce0424 Год назад

I mean, you put extremely soft tires on meant for snow. I worked in the tire industry for a very long time. The massive difference in snow tires vs ATs for something like this is far more than you think. You choked the rav4 bad by assuming the aggressive tred would help. The rubber compound is 100% wrong for this application. Now thousands of people whonalsk don't know, tires will have the wrong idea. Also, there are 2 inch level kits and lift kits for these. Level kits are 300 bucks. There are aluminum after market skid plates for these as well.

@salomopablo 3 года назад

Love the video, quality and informative content like always. It be great if you guys tested the redesigned 2021 Honda Ridgeline, that would be a great video. Cheers from Juárez, México/El Paso, TX.

@bloodyfries3528 3 года назад

Can yall do an off road tire comparison? Use the same vehicle and compare AT tires. I really enjoyed the winter tire comparison. Always enjoy the content.

@lanceripplinger8352 3 года назад

I agree with Tommy; the rear electric motor on this didn't seem like it was giving much. Great video! 👍😀

@jimroberts3449 3 года назад

It seemed to me as if the rear drive didn't increase its output until the front was really struggling for traction but then, if he kept his foot in it (which for some reason he seemed to back off on several times) the rear drive would ramp up its output, maybe not huge thrust & maybe needed to be more but still... I'd be more inclined to blame this area of performance issue with the all-wheel drive distribution, there seemed to be power there but it was not applying it soon enough.

@TheMeanmarine13 3 года назад

Props to Tommy for allowing the vehicle to figure out traction issues by itself and not just using sheer momentum. It's an honest and real world presentation of the vehicles strengths and weaknesses. Great review guys, keep it up.

@mysteryboyee 2 года назад

honestly all the issues the vehicle seemed to have getting up didn't actually appear to be the fault of the vehicle itself, but just the snow tires not getting any grip, if possible it'd be cool to see you guys do this again but with some all terrains instead of snow tires

@jurassicjon 2 года назад

I was thinking about this. Proper tyres that are more suited to the terrain would of gotten way better results.

@richard343s 3 года назад

It's definitely a soft-roader. But it's impressive that you made it up anyway.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

Offroading in winter tires not a great test nor will they provide decent traction

@daltonv5206 3 года назад

Actually impressed. For 90% of people that is more than enough

@mane730 3 года назад

Some sweet three wheeling on 8:00- 8:02. Nice video of a regular city vehicle, out where it shouldn't be but maybe one day might find itself further out than expected!

@ThatOneDudeNick 3 года назад

I think it did pretty well for what it's supposed to be

@Jimsranch 3 года назад

Very telling - great job on the video!

@mattrollie9135 3 года назад

Curious if you guys notice much of a difference between the XSE (2019) and Limited (2021) suspensions in these tests, or when driving around town? Thanks for the content!

@russellgrover8489 3 года назад

They apparently don't drive off road much. Momentum is your friend. Use it! It's like they are trying to get stuck. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@jimroberts3449 3 года назад

I concur. "So here's the tough part, I'll just stop the car completely right in the tough area & then let off the throttle everytime it starts to bite and gain momentum " You can't drive these like some slow moving rock-crawler and try to creep through the difficult terrain on hard snow rides. And NO, snow tires do not equal good off-road / rock tires. It is fair to test them this way but they are not equal.

@MakeItMakeSense285 3 года назад

Ok captain obvious. They were testing the car to see how it does in compromising spots.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

Yes momentum your friend offroading with no skid plates on a loaner car

@bossoli60 3 года назад

ESP off helps a lot when you are stuck.The right tires too

@starladear100 2 года назад

Overinflated tires isn’t helping

@c.j.ravensfan8374 3 года назад

so i used to Rallyx and all in my subaru, winter performance tires / snow tires are the next best thing to rally tires. lots of people use them off road in rallyx :) way cheaper and easier than real rally tires

@iankovac1878 3 года назад

Can confirm. When I was poor trying to off road in a camry. Can confirm snow tires work very well off roading. Soft compound is nice.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

Offroading tires don't need to be soft they need grooves to evacuate rocks and dirt

@iankovac1878 2 года назад

@@James-il3tq Indeed, the softness makes them more prone to ejecting stones, and the siping makes a lot of bite edges.

@dustinvance4771 4 месяца назад

Snow is similar to mud as far as need of siping. But this guy needed some stiffness in the game! Not so much movement of the tread that is good for slush/mud. It's rock, AT tires would make a big difference. They should do the tire comparison video..

@hereigoagain5050 3 года назад

Very impressive! Our 2019 RAV4 Hybrid + Blizzak is great in snow, but I would never do Tombstone Hill.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

I wouldn't off-road in Blizzacks unless it had ice/snow. Those soft tires surely got chewed up on that trip!

@3is 2 месяца назад

glad you guys reviewed this car. Oddly enough NO ONE has reviewed a non Prime Rav4 Hybrid with the lithium battery off road to date.

@blitzwing9150 Год назад

Good display of the cars strengths and weaknesses. Kinda hoped for more from the car but I have to remember that it's not a true dedicated off-roader like the 4Runner. I also have to remember that I'm thinking of getting one for my wife who will probably NEVER take it to a trail like this.

@tydondero16 3 года назад

Really wholesome father son content here

@noahc6246 3 года назад

Great job guys

@Theravadinbuto 3 года назад

I’ll take my 2019 Escape. Ground clearance is still terrible, but the traction control is great. I’ve had 2 wheels off the ground, 30 % off camber, fairly steep and loose/muddy surface and it walked right up it. I was truly surprised - I’ve embarrassed F150 4wds with good off-road tires, as long as I didn’t high center.

@kenCapt8 3 года назад

Really nice video🔥👌

@armax1980 3 года назад

I'm really interested in how Jeep's new 4XE system will work off-road.

@keithallsop 2 года назад

The rear electric motor is only 54hp, and I'll guess it has a low duty cycle before it overheats itself or the battery/inverters. A hypothetical car with 200hp and full time AWD 60/40 split front/rear can send 80hp to the rear. It's the norm for part time AWD vehicles to have weak rear power and this looks to be no exception. It meets the need of almost all buyers and will pull you through a snowy road. Climbing up steep grade dirt, not so much, and not intended.

@tubeme4vr 3 года назад

You are killing it! 🤣🤣

@Whiskeybende Месяц назад

Good video. Perhaps a steel skid plate and dynamic torque vectoring all-wheel drive?

@CraigSmith568 3 года назад

Considering most people won't be using this in any situation near this it shows that it will do great for what you do run into. There is always a few stupid people that think they can go anywhere in something like this.

@BungieStudios 2 года назад

Plausible for an emergency, great for the road where it will be most of its life.

@dakotamorgan6594 3 года назад

I bet those snow tires helped it a bit. Should have brought the all seasons with you to keep testing consistent

@luke_mckay 3 месяца назад

The Woodland edition has been fantastic for this! Love mine. Tires and suspension make a huge difference. But yeah, needs more ground clearance. Wish it had 2 more inches. Other than that, if you're careful, you can go PLENTY of places!

@edking4226 2 года назад

We did a 2" TRD lift on our XSE and also added Methods and KO2s... no problems.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

KO2s pretty heavy tires for a Rav4! Put Falken Wildpeak AT Trail on mine and shocked how well they do not just offroading but on road and in winter conditions as well.

@hunterm4188 2 года назад

Lol I love the thumbnail pic 🙌🏻

@Redhawk24 3 года назад

Great video! Wonder how beat up those Blizzaks got.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

They evaporated on the drive back down hill

@andrewzhuk8713 3 года назад

I was climbing mountains in a Sport mode. I find it more aggressive

@happytrails5342 3 года назад

How do you like the car as a whole

@andrewzhuk8713 3 года назад

@@happytrails5342 overall I like this car. It is good for city driving and rural areas. Not that good for mountain driving, mainly because of clearance and lack of hill descent control. Good gas consumption in the city in warm weather. Not so good in cold, but still fine.

@happytrails5342 3 года назад

@@andrewzhuk8713 Thank you for letting me know! I am studying geology currently, so am looking for an in-between off road capable vehicle, but want good gas mileage and a reasonable price. Probably compromising on 2/3 lol Cheers

@andrewzhuk8713 3 года назад

@@happytrails5342 Then maybe get Suzuki Jimmy?

@happytrails5342 3 года назад

@@andrewzhuk8713 hahaha yes!!

@tennisfitapp Год назад

Its all about driving skills! But well done!!

@WyLEE08 3 года назад

Nice job guys off-road testing the hybrid RAV4. It confirmed to me the hybrid is better than my standard AWD 19’ RAV4, but as you I would NOT recommend or rely on either of these for off-road inclines or even heavily snow covered on road inclines.

@jimroberts3449 3 года назад

True enough, I don't think anyone should be buying these vehicles if they are anticipating having to go off-road regularly, as for being able to get you through an unexpected moment it seems they can be alright. No way you could coax a normal sedan or crossover up that.

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

My 2019 Rav4 hybrid has seen a lot of use towing teardrop camper, winter driving through Rocky mountains (I live in Canada) and lots of softroading (gravel roads, mild offroading). Good tires make all the difference. Does much better since putting on Falken Wildpeak AT Trail tires. Even perform surprisingly well in snow and ice (finishing up north American road trip back to Canada driving on icy/snowy/slushy roads). AWD system does the job, stability control helps a lot in unexpected situations but again get the right tires for the right job (not winter tires offroading like this video)

@BeStrong-nf5nc 3 года назад

Hey tommy i have been thinking about this , i would love to see a video were you compare a stock toyota tacoma off road with a diff lock to a tacoma sr5 but with lift and off road tires, i have always wondered what is better invest the 6 or 7k more in the tre off road or just get the base model sr5 and put a lift kit and bigger off road tires on it, which one woumd get you further on the trail?? Please do i video with this

@Jeremy-tu8kc 2 года назад

Hey guys, nice vids, butr as you're testing PHEV, i'd love to see how the Jeep Compass 4xe (PHEV) would go in there!

@L0LrevneD Год назад

I’m debating between getting a 2023 RAV4 Hybrid and a 2023 RAV4 gas-only with AWD. I know the gas version sends a physical driveshaft to the rear axel whereas the hybrid has a separate electric motor. Which one of these should I go with? I plan on driving to the mountains fairly often but I don’t expect myself to do any heavy off roading, and most of my driving while be on the highway.

@CoryWatson 3 года назад

Honestly try out a 1st gen Highlander sometime with 4wd or 4wdi, works better than the new systems. I've taken a 1st gen Hybrid Highlander through a lot of rough and snowy and muddy roads in the Sierra Nevadas without getting stuck!

@pablomoreno1999 3 года назад

I'd like to see you trying without trail mode engaged to know if it makes a difference as big as toyota claims.... Still, it's not a land cruiser (duh) but it did pretty well actually, considering that's waaaaay beyond what It's desing to do

@jesseashmore8426 3 года назад

The non-hybrid Rav4 have a center diff lock. Do you have any video's showcasing that?

@duncdunc76 3 года назад

Lol when i saw the vid title of "sleeper" I initially thought huh this is interesting did yota develop a seat reclining configuration to make sleeping in the Rav 4 awesome or something.

@4x4adventure_pl 2 года назад

We are using Dacia Duster for offroading, so RAV4 for sure can be used too.

@1str2lost78 3 года назад

Hey Tommy!, so do you recommend RAV4 hybrid or TRD off road for the same run??

@rightlanehog3151 3 года назад

Team TFL, I really like the RAV4 for its intended purpose but I cannot countenance a price higher than a 4Runner!

@BungieStudios 2 года назад

True that.

@jmichael6931 4 месяца назад

For a car that is going to get 40MPG on the drive home this is legit. The snow tires outperformed the stock all seasons, but still not an awesome tire. I added a +1.5" spring lift to my rav4 Hybrid (woodland). With proper AT tires it does pretty dang good for an AWD unibody vehicle.

@anthonybarton2103 3 года назад

That's Clearly all driver Tommy!

@florent9002 3 года назад

It would be nice to compare it with an older rav4 generation !

@King_Kenny66 2 года назад

So, would the hybrid be better, same, or worse driving normal streets in the snow compared to the Adventure/Trail up here in Canada?

@the305hauler 2 года назад

Thanks, booyah👊 😁👍🇺🇲 Is the cross awd next ?

@axion8788 3 года назад

What do we really learn when you test one car with snow/trail tires and a different vehicle with summer/all season tires?

@James-il3tq 2 года назад

Nothing!

@50ccAdventure 3 года назад

Just me or everyone else lovin the simple black steelies?

@Kaptenclassic 3 года назад

Right! There haven’t been many builds online with steelies displayed so it’s nice to finally see them on the rav.

@alexsystems2001 2 года назад

0:37 Roman looks so happy at his chipmunk scale 🤣

@linyanaung461 3 года назад

I really really love this car

@dewildeworld6766 3 года назад

I remember the first gen rav.....how times have changed.....lol

@ChrisSierra 3 года назад

Thank you for the subtitles!! Those walkies can be hard to understand.

@chaseadventure 3 года назад

I would love to see you guys do this same test with the CX-5 and its non CVT.

@Artr543 3 года назад

Did you guys inflate the tires to 10 lbs. Because that is the tire pressure suggested by 4 wheelers to be successful when off roading. be safe . good video Thx..

@neilstuarr2278 8 месяцев назад

Id like to see a terrano in comparison on the same stretch. I think it would beat anything but diff lockers front and rear on similar tyres

@onemoreokie 3 года назад

Your chipmunk scale looks like an idea swiped from the Sarah -n- Tuned channel.

@TFLoffroad 3 года назад

Nope, but she used to work for us and she ‘borrowed” a lot of TFL video review production style and techniques.

@onemoreokie 3 года назад

@@TFLoffroad Too funny! Just seems a bit out of character for you guys. All the best!

@jordangraf673 3 года назад

@@TFLoffroad hope you guys are still on good terms with Steven. I watch both of your channels.

@tallll70 3 года назад

no way you wrote that before me, lol,

@regsparkes6507 3 года назад

Ohh those poor tires! I like Nathan's idea,...give 'er the beans because ,...... MOMENTUM!

@lecruset 2 года назад

You guys should have tried it with BFG ATko2 tires instead of Blizzaks.

@YooooouKnowwwww 9 месяцев назад

I have standard factory tires on my rav4 h and it performed much better than those when in the dirt. Even in bedrock with a wheel off the ground I'm climbing pretty good and have never been stuck. The only downside to that car is clearance

@Henry-vq6tl 3 года назад

I would say it's a ok suv but wouldn't think it would be the best for a lot of offroad application

@Squigglydodah 3 года назад

I'd be really curious to see what it does with the correct tires. It seems like all the issues we saw were a lack of tire traction. Not suspension issues. It did pretty damn good for a grocery getter!

@Greenwitch_Garden 2 года назад

Right. Even a Rubicon with shot tires will perform poorly. Also, if you’re truly off roading you know to let air out of the tires. You’d probably get at least 6 turtles with proper measures.

@prixinc1 2 года назад

Can you guys do this same review with the Mazda CX-5 turbo awd

@Introvertadnan 3 года назад

Would you guys be performing this test on CR-V CX-5?

@ernestopatola3106 3 года назад

has any of the other compact cuv’s made it up this hill?

@Carlostheaggie 7 месяцев назад

Would be awesome to see an official TFL slip test with the 2024 Woodland Edition. I really need a car to get me through construction sites all over town. So great MPG matters much more than towing.

@juanguzman1098 3 года назад

It would be a good series to replace the Raptor with the Chevy Colorado Bison and compare it to the TRX. Full size vs mid size, everyday driving, off-road etc., many people buy full size trucks thinking they need it but in reality they’ll be just fine with a mid size truck.

@ElMachucaPapas 3 года назад

Next video in the same hill but this time with all terrain wheels(off-road wheels) to see the difference👍🏻

@starladear100 2 года назад

And not over inflated as shown here

@rondail5675 3 года назад

Front-wheel drive basically. The rear wheels don't work insync with the front.

@rezyn0 3 года назад

Once the HV battery is depleted, it looks like you have to really rev the motor before anymore power goes to the rear. Shame I haven't seen them try the hybrid Escape which has a center driveshaft but otherwise similar hybrid system.

@autonewstv86 3 года назад

Wonderful video and review of the Rav4. Nice that is has an 8 speed instead of the CVT.

@christopherjecert 3 года назад

The hybrid uses the synergy drive transmission that is a type of cvt. It uses motor generator pairs and a planetary gearset to manipulate the greeting ratio.

@stephenj4937 3 года назад

@@christopherjecert Exactly. It is not the type of CVT that is prone to overheating like at traditional CVT; in fact it is far more robust than any other type of transmission I can think of.

@thezeroto60outlet65 3 года назад

@@stephenj4937 I think thats probably why literally no Toyota Hybrid trans ever fail

@dimdim3490 3 года назад

Toyota hybrid CVT is NOT a CVT at all although in literature it is called eCVT. It is simple planetary gear. In fact it uses regular ATF fluid and not special CVT fluid. This is why it never fails. It is way superior to Subaru CVT.

@JohnnyJQuest 8 месяцев назад

A bit of momentum and speed helps?

@theupshiftcarblog9555 3 года назад

All the hybrids with no rear driveshaft seem to struggle off-road since the electric motors don’t have enough power

@andraybatungbacal 3 года назад

Can you guys test out a 2021 Toyota Venza on that same location?

@mattperkins2073 3 года назад

Can you guys find a 06-12 V6 rav4 and take it up the hill? Those were decent cars!

@HR-tl5mq Год назад

I know Subaru doesnt really like TFL, but I would like to see a Forester go up that same hill. I used to own a 2016, I feel like it would have done much better.

@PostprandialTorpor 3 года назад

Wonder if the prime would do even better since it has bigger battery and electric motors

@mightygood1 3 года назад

We have a rav4 hybrid "Cruiser" top of the line and paid 45k Australian. This car is 42k Usd "54k Australian". A base Tesla model 3 is 70k Australian here.

@OldskoolEG6 7 месяцев назад

Will it do better without traction control. What if you turn it off? Since sensor will kill the tire moving with traction control on? Idk

@woxie4990 3 года назад

Are you guys going to test the LR Deflender, or is it "Defunder", on this little hill to see if it goes crying back to the repair shop?

@10beerman 3 года назад

TFL don't have a Defender, they have a.. 'Pretender'.. 'Dis-fender'.. 'Discovery5A'.. 'Freelander-3'.. 'LA3'.. :-)

@alexsystems2001 2 года назад

I dunno if I see the RAV4 as an off-road vehicle. I see it as something a little more capable than a normal sedan but not something that’s any competition to the 4Runner. It has the space in the back with fold down seats if you need it. It’s offered with AWD for maybe snow or some unpaved roads and it’s fairly fuel efficient if you have a bit of a commute. I just don’t see the RAV4 as serious off-road competition.