The RAV4 V6 was at the time the fastest car Toyota sold in the US. Crazy right? Also I believe it was slightly lighter than the Aurion AND had AWD for less slip on launch.
😂 Jerome's vocals on the safety features have to be the greatest ever on a car review video...and the blunt honesty on not knowing what the active head restraint safety feature is ...pure gold. Keep up the great work fellas.
A year late on commenting, but just have to mention ... we have the 2010 V6 and other than the fact that we have to stop every 250 miles to gas up, it's an amazing car. Sometimes the acceleration still catches us by surprise -- it moves! Wish it had a larger gas tank option! We modded it for camping by removing the rear seats and putting in a bed platform and took it across the US -- totally comfortable for 2! Also, the ABS & stability systems have been life-savers on several occasions when idiots cut in front of us on the highway and we were able to stop quickly and safely even when we had to swerve - but we felt in control the whole time. Marvelous vehicle!
@@BartSparrow123 My wife always makes me stop when the gauge gets to 1/4 tank, so we usually stop every 250 miles on our cross-country trips. .But I only ran out of gas once!! (She'll never let me live that one down.) The needle tends to drop rapidly between 1/4 and 0, so we don't chance it. Problem is that our other car, the Hyundai Sonata, can go almost 400 miles on 3/4 tank easily and we got spoiled, so now anything less is disappointing. (And, yes, I do have a lead foot!)
@@robertleemeyer My 2007 Rav4 V6 is getting 24 mpg combined, but I only drive with a lead foot once ever 100 miles. I have noticed that I can get 200 miles just below 1/2 tank but the gas light comes on at 300 miles.
@@lukasvelazquez4381 I had an old bed frame in my garage (I don't throw anything away ever!) so stripped it down to the wood and used that as a base. Laid down plywood on top, then put an air mattress on top of that. Built drawers to go underneath the plywood for storage which was easily accessible from the rear door. I did have to cut the bed frame in half in order to get the pieces to fit easily through the doors, which had the added benefit that I could stack the two halves in the back when we had extra passengers for side trips.
My wife's 2010 RAV4 V-6 has over 200K and everything works awesome except for the cruise control which I plan to replace myself for about $16.00. I tried enticing my wife for a Highlander but to no avail.
Also had the starlet as soon as it was released. Took it off the lot, lowered it, sports suspension, body kit, tinted windiows etc. Flogged it to redline/ fuel cut off ever gear changed until i sold it with a half million klms.....didnt replace a damn thing on that car....God damn that was a fun little go-cart.
@@TheOutbackmojo bro u know anyone selling a starlet? Ive been looking all around for one but there is none on the market and the ones that are on the market are asking RIDICULOUS prices… preferably manual and 4door 🙏 my favourite car
Pmsl. No mate. Been looking for one for my daughter for 6 months or Rav4 looking for bloody unicorn crap.......to think there were so many of them made. $7-10k with 300,000klms...damn !!!
Love my RAV4, the designers have done a great job with the interior space given it's dimension, visibility is really good much better than some larger SUVs and seating position. With the push button start ingress and exit is very easy as well. I honestly don't feel like changing to a next car
I had the RAV4 2010 2WD CV manual and that was an excellent car. The speakers were amazing, it was so smooth to drive. I gave my car a good work out lol. AN AMAZING CAR ALL ROUND. Even the fuel millage
Nailed the presentation. Best I've seen you do, especially the beginning. So well paced for a vid that's over 20 mins long. Great specific detail and humour all along the way. Loved this vid. 👍
Thanks so much for your review. I ended up buying my first car which is a 2008 Toyota RAV4 with 320,000kms. Hopefully it will live for a long time to come!
@@ReDriven Trying to figure out which is the better RAV4 , the Gen2 or Gen3 ?? I guess the CR-V is better in terms of city/practicality and possibly in reliability. That's for the Gen2 Honda. But the RAV4 comes in the V6, and has much much better off-road capability. I wonder if there is a way to have both? The high-reliability factor, but also the practicality, and the off-road capability. I don't want to use it for adventures the way a Hilux could, but I seem to NEED it now that I am living very remotely with paved roads that are just mud and gravel (not concrete or asphalt). Lots of "dirt holes" and corrugations means a lot of damage and wear to the engine mounts, suspension, and my booty. PS: I'm a young man looking for best value. Reliability is paramount since I don't have access to mechanics.
The oil consumption problem is only a problem if you don't top the oil up every tank of fuel, or every two tanks if you're lazy. Got a high milage 4 cylinder Toyota that starting burning oil early in it's life, it has settled at around a litre of oil every 1,000klm and refuses to get worse. The up side, is outstanding fuel economy. It's well over 300,000klm, and while the next owner (I'm never selling it) might get 3 to 4 thousand kilometers out of it befor it ran dry of oil and seized up. So yes it's a problem, but for me, and because of the outstanding fuel economy, It's not.
They do have one issue. If not able to be garaged the weather strips around the windows breakdown very quickly. Not an expensive fix but something to keep an eye on.
I was literally thinking too myself today 'I wouldn't mind seeing the guys review a Rav4 I wonder when they'll do it' lol 🤣 I'd heard rumours that the Rav4 4 cylinder had plenty of gremlins lurking under the bonnet but hadn't heard anything about the V6 version as that one seems too fly under the radar like you guys said. If you guys are able too get a Genesis too review will you be looking at the sedan, wagon or forbie that they produce? Also is there a chance that you'll be able to review the Holden Jackaroo or Smart Fortwo by any chance? Good work as always guys and a good way too end the working week. Take care guys have a good weekend and look forward too next weeks videos 👍
Love the video! I just got a 2017 Rav4 GX 4x4 a couple of months ago and would like to see your review on that model. The new b-roll formats are really well-made 😄
Fab review ! Really helpful. Btw back door opening sideways can be a good thing if you have a dog. When you open an upward tailgate door it's not easy to stop an enthusiast dog jumping out.
Let's face it when it comes to reliability it's bloody hard to go past a Toyota!!!! Rav 4s are one of the best suv's on the market but like any 4x4 with a Toyota badge that legendary reliability comes with a pricetag!!! Saying that Toyota's hold value better than most other brands
Rented one recently in Arizona. AC barely kept up with 105 degree heat, very loud on max fan. Left knee pain from encroaching hard material door handle. Too much confusing tech right off the bat and chimes and beeps galore. God help you if you don't have your seat belt on while backing up - faster and faster overly loud beeping. Felt very cramped due to encroaching center console and kept thinking how I'd be absolutely crushed in here in a hard side impact. Very loud suspension while going over highway expansion joints. Wanted this car, but no way @ 6'2" and 240 lbs.
The worst thing about most of these Japanese SUV's is all the bongs and whistles wailing all the time...the newer the worse it becomes! I think the odd explosion would sound better and at least it'd be more memorable!
In the past I had a 2005 Camry Sportivo with the 2AZFE under the bonnet and a manual gearbox. Around 2009 my brother and his wife bought a new base spec Rav4 - 2AZFE, manual and front wheel drive. They still have it and we call it the 'Fat Camry', because that is all it is. A Camry driveline jammed into an obese SUV body. I had no such oil consumption issues with my 2AZ, and eventually sold the car with about 160,000km on the clock. As for Toyotas 'Unparallelled Support Network' that everyone harps on about..... What a load of crap. The alternator regulator crapped itself on my Camry. I worked out that this Bosch regulator was shared with a plethora of other really common Toyota models. Not one dealer in South Australia carried one of these regulators in stock. Toyota were going to have to ship a replacement from one of their warehouses in VIC or NSW. I was saved by Repco who had one in stock under the Bosch part number. I've owned Nissan, Subaru and Mitsubihi too. They are all the same. The dealers hold not much more than oil filters and belts in stock and have to order everything else from their interstate warehouses. Toyota having some god-like support network..... What a load of BS.
Infotainment system, hahahaha in that rav4 ? back to the future ? Btw, agreed totally with toughness of older gen rav4 but sadly Heard bad reviews of cvt in latest gen rav4 hybrid , and the price OMG , is like buying European cars for rav4 !!??
Some say Toyota are very boring, some even accuse them of being the "king of mediocrity" and while that is being kind, lets be Frank, they are blander than bland, as exiting as a 20 year old fridge. But, and just like Kim Kardashian, it's a big butt, that's exactly why I love Toyota. The amount of time and money you save not fixing your Toyota is time and money you can spend on living!
Been a Toyota product it should be reliable and the 4 cylinder one got the oil burning motor talked much about by Scotty Kilmer but the V6 is the one to go for and the boring coment so what it will last a very long time l think reliability beats boring anytime
In the United States; the really annoying part about that rear door is that it is not changed; which means it is hinged on the wrong side for a left-hand drive car
I just bought a 2011 RAV-4 AWD and keep getting a shudder noise around 40 mph. Anyone else experiencing this? It only has 120,000 miles and everything else seems clean on the car.
From memory the 2AZFE engine had piston ring problems on the years roughly 2007-2009. This was when they had the power plant meltdown in Fukajima (can't remember the exact name sorry). This effected the 4 cylinder camrys that used the same engine.
I have 150,000 absolutely trouble free miles on my 2011 base model. It has never seen a mechanic, ever. Well, for tires and alignment...does that count? One "hack" to the longevity is oil. These are low tolerance engines, they really, really like oil changes no more than 5000 miles apart. Even with synthetic. And those take about 10 minutes after you figure it out the first time.
I bought one brand new in 2012 and for the last 10 years, it’s been bloody great. It’s the less exciting 4 cylinder with the auto but I’m someone who just wants something that will get me from point A to B without a hassle and that’s what it’s done exceptionally well. One thing to note though, the oil consumption issue with the 4 cylinder ones could be worse than what they actually seem. What do I mean? Well, I noticed recently that there wasn’t much oil left in my Rav4, at least according to the dipstick. It roughly showed that there was about 1.5-2L left and from memory, the Rav’s take about 4ish litres (correct me if I’m wrong). So I added just 1L since the car was due for service and the oil would be changed anyway and the level after adding the 1L showed slightly above full. Spoke to the Toyota mechanic about this and he said that the 3rd gen Rav4’s sometimes have inaccurate readings, even on flat surfaces. I don’t know why and forget to ask the mechanic why but it made sense in my case. Now most people say that the 2007-2009 were the worst for oil burning (4 cylinder) so my advice would be to just get a later model one (2010-2012 seem pretty solid). Overall, my Rav4 has been great for me and will keep it as long as I can.
If you want pure reliability, go with the Rav4. Parts and service should also be cheaper than the Tiguan. But if you want a better driving experience and don’t mind the extra cost in maintenance and the fact that the Tiguan will probably be less reliable, go with the Tiguan. Depends what you want. The oil consumption in the 2.4L 2AZ-FE engine isn’t too bad as long as you check it every so often and add oil if needed. For me, the oil consumption has actually decreased and I haven’t added oil to it in a little while.
I love my 2009 4 cylinder diesel RAV4. Regrettably, after almost 200k miles my turbo just went. Otherwise, never gave me any trouble and got us off a frozen mountain one blizzardy night without any drama at all. It does everything... Just looks boring...but timeless at least.
Yes, the Rav4 with the 3.5 V6 eats 80 % of the cars at the red light. Since a lot of people cannot drive for shit in Sydney I have beaten faster cars like AMG Mercs and Subarus and Honda Civic Type Rs hehe
Comfortable and reliable, Flogged the teeth out of 4 of them when the Security company I worked for used them. 120,000klm in 12 months on every one of them no problems ever.
Some questions guys: 1) Toyota gen3 2.0 are reliable...?? 2) Also they are thirsty for gasoline? 3) trunk space is big enough? Help your friend from Greece brothers, thanks
The DOOR is much better... even without the wheel... lift up gates are STUPID-- they will eventually STOP staying up and always fall just when your useless head is under them.. (but then- good thing it hits something you don't USE)...
i have a 2002 full option gray one and its SO AMAZING TO DRIVE. it has it’s own personality and cute and at the same time tough. i love it so much more then the newer ones. mine is so fun with thr removable rear seats and things like that
I got a bad one, I guess. A 2007 petrol 2.0, it was quite good at handling, but Icouldn't get what all the fuss was about. Horrible interior compared to the equvalent CRV, the gearbox had a funny whine and the steering was clonky. It looked nice, but the plastics wre the epitome of cheap. I will always get a CRV over the RAV4 any day.
Can I also just chuck one more car into the mix in this kind of genre. That’s the Dodge Journey / Fiat Fremont. Now like this you HAVE to get the V6 (the Dodge didn’t do the 4, only the Fiat) and it MUST be after the 2012 refresh. Basically they stuffed the 3.6 Pentastar V6 (the one that’s actually good, same engine as late 300C and Jeep Wranglers right up to today) with 210kw into that boxy SUV-come-people mover. They also completely redid all the shonky interior and overhauled the whole car. They had 7 seats, very practical, have a better look than these (IMO), weigh about the same as the RAV4 and are almost stupidly cheap (because you know, bad brand reputation). But they’re actually a very solid car. They were also rather inexpensive when new and brimming with gear. I’ve seen good, low kms examples from 2013 for about $12k. They stayed on the US market right up until last year. Oh and every major surface is like squidge galore. I’m going out on a limb, but I reckon they’d be close to being THE most underrated car.
Dunno how you always manage to nail the same interest in cars all the time! These only came to my attention a few weeks ago and honestly make the whole boring fridge thing quite appealing. Saying that, I THEN found out that they stuffed this V6 into the Tarago. If you really want to question why nobody talks about a particular car, check those out! People movers basically died with the rise in SUVs, but they are a bloody good thing! Not *that* much heavier than these, INSANELY fun and practical road trip interior, they have the raised driving position and more. Find a 7 seater with V6. It even arguably looks better than the RAV4.
I have a 2011 Rav4 located in Perth. I'm looking for a new car, with more safety features but I see the new ravs have cvt and I have read bad things about that.
RAV4 not only popular new but the most popular sort after SUV on the used market and the V6 like the Aurion didn't sell in big numbers from new but more popular second hand and commands a hefty premium over the boring 4cyl variant
Love it, been waiting for you guys to do the RAV4 , I've got one with the 4 cylinder, it does consume oil but other than that it has everything I was looking for. It is so convenient and I like the looks of this one much better than the next generation. Keep up the great work with informative entertaining content.
Try not to think of it as burning oil, think of it more like a fuel hybrid, mostly petrol, but some diesel (engine oil) you just need to top up the diesel tank in the top of the engine every tank of petrol or two. As an owner of a Toyota Z series engined Toyota that burns oil, it started burning oil early in it's life, but hasn't got much worse over the past 200,000klm. It's now well over 300,000klm and would probably last the average owner only 3,000klm or less before it ran completely dry of oil and seize the engine, because I check it and top it up every tank of fuel it's refused to die, an gives outstanding fuel economy. It's like the engine is so loose it has no fictional loss! Well at least none from the piston rings, those things went on strike early in it's life!
Is 245,000 kilometers too many for a 2008 rav 4 CV 4 cylinder Auto, there is one near me for sale at a car yard and the price is $10,990 my worry is the potential oil burning issue and I'm not sure how much life is left in it with that mileage, I do want to get a Toyota and get away from my unreliable Ford focus
My missus when we met had a 99 RAV4, it was gutless and revved it’s balls off at 100kmph, but she loved her Ravs..I bought her a 08 V6 RAV4 in 2014 and we still have it. Great car and abit of a sleeper when it comes to acceleration off the line. I did have a problem with smoking on start up for maybe 5-10 seconds and also smoke after long freeway cruising then accelerating. I was thinking the valve stems were leaking into the bores by the symptoms presented but after pissing about with it here and there it ended up being a sludge build up under the cam covers, in the oil splash cover then let’s the oil drain back down through vents but they were completely blocked which was leading the the oil getting sucked back into the intake through the PVC valve...I had the drill the vent tray from the cover as it was riveted on so I could clean the sludge off and unblock the drain vents, tapped screws back in (with locktite so they didn’t fall out and onto the cams) and it’s never smoked on start up again or any other time for that fact. The cruise control has a gremlin as it sometimes turns on and sometimes it doesn’t..changed the switch (stem) for a Jew one but the problems persists, could be a vacuum problem but I haven’t been assed to track it down yet. All in all it’s been a great car that has now got 215 thou on it now and still drives awesome. I did change the head unit for a 10” android screen that came with a surround that relocates the vents so it fits (Joying brand) Chinese outfit but it’s been great, we use it mostly for CarPlay which kinda updated the whole look and feel of the dash. Good review by the way..accurate!
My wife has an 06 manual cruiser. It's extremely practical and reliable. Only issue is the oil consumption but after trialling a few oils found one that reduced the consumption by 50%. If we bought another it would definitely be a V6, for their more relaxed nature and power but the 4 does the job. They're not drivers cars but fit the brief of family car to a tee. Another great video, I enjoy how well researched they all are.
That is not just a V6. That is the mighty 2GR-FE. Toyota was looking for the biggest engine they can fit into this tiny car. The rest is 270hp history My 110k ZR6: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pwjnz7E5s_U.html
Is that a cattle guard on the front bumper? I’ve never seen a RAV4 fitted with one of those here in the USA. I have an 07 V6 Limited with 40k miles. It RIPS! It truly shines on the freeways. It “hyper-cruises” at 70 mph at only 2000 rpm’s. Yes, it has a tachometer. It works very well in bad weather too (snow,rain,whatever) thanks to the AWD feature. But don’t think the AWD feature enhances performance. This vehicle is mostly a FWD car, but with minimal torque steer.
Timing chain cover leaks on the V-6. Engine has to be pulled. 21 hrs. of labor. This goes for Lexus, Highlander, Camry, Sienna. any 3.5. Rear end "coupler" fails on 2011.5 and earlier 4wd. $3000 to fix avg.
Had a cruiser l loved it. More room in the boot than our prado that replaced it. Only wish we had the v6 as the 4cyl was a bit gutless and it could never chose the right gear.
Couldn't agree more I have this same shape Rav with a V6 and its about to hit 300,000 kms, it drives like new. Also have a GWS204 Crown and drives like a big cruisy boat, must be anything with a 2GR that gets a great review If you want to make it 3 for 3 for car's in my garage I have a 3SGE Beams AE86 you can test.
What a gorgeous voice! (Professional singer/ teacher with 40 years behind me. You're really good! ) Dahling main guy, I'm not sure what a capella style is. My understanding is it began in the Renaissance. It means "In chapel" and is when a voice or instrument sings/plays alone without accompaniment. You're teaching me so much, wanted to share. Love your voice!
People buy RAV4's to get from A to B reliably and economically and then retain re-sale value. I guess this must be boring? About 60% of car buyers don't buy cars for excitement.
I loved this review! I am looking at a 2008 RAV4 V6 atm that already has 320,000 kms. It looks like it has been well cared for and serviced regularly. I know it’s high kms but do you think it would last a while yet with proper care?
Ohhh I wished you did a review on the 3 door models!! I’m looking in the market for them atm and they’re so cool. They’re not to big or small and have a sunroof plus they don’t have a terrible power to weight ratio. Approximately 80-90kw ptw
