Hi all, I’ve been taking a first look at Hybrid vehicles. I looked at the Rav 4 Hybrid that’s on the scheme and the salesman was of course very positive about the vehicle. I then went into another Toyota showroom only didn’t say I was Motability. This salesman dismissed the Rav 4 Hybrid and tried to sell me the Rav 4 plug in Hybrid, saying how superior it was. Has anybody got the Hybrid model and give some feedback. It would be really helpful. Regards, Wonky
I did quite a bit of research on these when we were looking to order in the Spring. Although we bought a new RAV4 in 2002, loved it and kept it for 10 years, I wouldn’t touch one now. Hybrid technology aside (which I think is pretty good) it’s a very dated car, long overdue a replacement, and well behind its peers, especially with in car entertainment/ Sat Nav etc which most reviews describe as very poor. The best PHEV on the scheme was the XC40 but as that’s no longer available I would say that for decent size SUV PHEV’s the better ones are the Ford Kuga (which has the best all electric range in real world driving) and the Peugeot 3008. I should stress that I haven’t driven any of them as we didn’t like them when we viewed them, but my comments are based upon countless reviews that I read and watched whilst researching. Pops (moderator) has a 3008 PHEV and loves it. Not sure if anyone has a Kuga PHEV yet?
We looked at all the available SUV´s available in 2019, around 10 from memory, including the RAV4. From memory it was the least inspiring and most dated of all the options, and as Glos Guy has pointed out has a poor outdated infotainment system, something which is very important nowadays. On the plus side its, then, stated fuel economy was one of the better in class.