Everything We Know About The Next-Gen 2026 Toyota RAV4

Toyota’s 2026 RAV4 will debut new ‘hammerhead’ styling, a new interior and even greater hybrid effectivity when the uncover books open in Australia sooner than first deliveries in 2026.

With its new styling soundless top secret, camouflaged prototypes have hit public roads in Europe and the USA as Toyota tests the sixth generation of its wreck-hit hybrid SUV – Australia’s top-selling SUV in 2024.

In line with the an identical TNGA-Okay platform as the Camry, the new hybrid-simplest RAV4 is anticipated to develop in measurement as share of what’s going to be a heavy update, slightly than a ground-up redesign. Right here’s all the issues Chasing Vehicles predicts for the 2026 Toyota RAV4.

RAV4 to catch most modern ‘hammerhead’ compose

The new generation RAV4 will undertake the an identical sharply styled compose language as the new-generation Prius, new Camry, bZ4X, C-HR and Japan-simplest Crown Sport.

Sooner than a doable unveiling within the major half of this year, Chasing Vehicles’ unfamiliar renders by artist Theottle preview how the 2026 RAV4 would perhaps perhaps well appear, based fully on a detailed overview of high-resolution survey photos and other intel.

In the new RAV4’s case, deem C-shaped ‘hammerhead’ headlights, potentially a diamond grille whereas at the rear, new slim, wrap-around tail-lights. For the side profile, survey pictures establish the RAV4 will preserve its most modern ‘boxiness’ within the compose of aggressive body creases and rugged, squared-off wheel arches.

All-new turbo 1.5-litre engine, or upgraded 2.5?

No indispensable aspects on the next RAV4’s powertrain have yet been released, nonetheless it would perhaps perhaps well come with an uprated model of the most modern 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine, paired to Toyota’s ‘fifth generation’ hybrid machine and CVT computerized transmission.

That would perhaps perhaps well scrutinize energy lengthen from the most modern AWD automobile’s 163kW to roughly 170kW blended, the exhaust of the an identical triple electric motor build-up. Toyota is anticipated to continue offering 2WD and 4wd variants.

Gas effectivity will toughen on the most modern RAV4’s already broad-low 4.7L/100km (claimed blended, for the 2WD), edging in direction of the new Camry’s spectacular 4.0L/100km claimed blended decide.

The most modern RAV4’s 2.5-litre hybrid powertrain will at final get replaced by a brand new generation of hybrid-ready turbocharged 1.5- and a few.0-litre four-cylinder engines, as announced in June 2024. Japanese magazine Supreme Vehicle reported a battery electric RAV4 would perhaps be in sort.

Scurry-in hybrid RAV4s will be equipped foreign, and Supreme Vehicle reported a unfold of as a lot as 120km will be doable. Toyota Australia has stated PHEVs are ‘on its agenda’ and would perhaps perhaps well play a ‘grand role’ within the tag’s native line-up from 2026.

Overhauled interior, higher monitors

While no survey photographers have captured the within, quiz greater central infotainment monitors, up from the most modern 8-proceed present within the GX and GXL and 10.5-proceed of the XSE, Cruiser and Edge. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and wi-fi phone charging, explain on the most modern model, are practically a given.

For heating and cooling, the new RAV4 would perhaps perhaps well attain away with the present, plump rotary temperature knobs for a row of easy switches esteem that of the new Prado. This could imply conserving onerous buttons and dials slightly than shifting the heating-cooling controls into the central infotainment show camouflage camouflage, as has turned into standard.

Expected greater exterior dimensions would perhaps perhaps well lengthen cabin situation, and survey photos ticket at a doable lengthen in rear baggage situation. It’s no longer particular if the 2026 RAV4 will come with a sliding second row, matching mid-measurement SUV competitors corresponding to the Nissan X-Wander and Honda CR-V.

Improved security, nonetheless for a tag?

The RAV4’s security suite will toughen, likely alongside with the addition of a entrance-centre airbag and driver consideration video show in uncover to win a five-superstar ANCAP rupture ranking.

Pricing will be published closer to the RAV4’s Australian initiate nonetheless given increases to new fashions corresponding to the Prado and Camry, quiz to scrutinize a soar in comparison with the most modern model.

The present RAV4’s nine-variant fluctuate starts at $42,260 for the 2WD wrong GX and tops out at $58,360 for the all-wheel-force Edge (before on-avenue funds). Chasing Vehicles estimates pricing will lengthen at some stage within the RAV4 fluctuate by roughly $2000-$2500, potentially as a lot as $5000 reckoning on the variant and powertrain.

Launched in Australia in 2019, Toyota sold 58,718 RAV4s in Australia final year, just 3875 objects speedy of the tip-selling Ford Ranger. Despite being five years into its model lifecycle, 2024 became once the RAV4’s absolute top-selling year locally, eclipsing even the HiLux.