- Toyota’s tripartite RAV4 teaser highlights some interesting new bits.
- Not only does a recent off-road package reappear, but there appears to be something new on the horizon too.
- The reveal takes place at 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, May 20.
The Toyota RAV4 is a big freakin’ deal. It’s the most popular vehicle Toyota sells in the U.S.—heck, it’s the most popular vehicle in the country that isn’t a pickup. On Tuesday night, we’ll get our first look at the all-new sixth-generation 2026 RAV4, but for now, there’s a new teaser to hold us over, and there’s a lot we can infer from what’s on display.The teaser gives us three angles of RAV4 to explore. The middle portion gives us our best look at the new vehicle yet. The taillights are mounted high on the aft end, and they rock a cool segmented design. The back glass looks sufficiently expansive; there should be no poor coupe-like visibility problems here.ToyotaOn the left side, we get a glimpse of a rather rugged-looking variant with chunky all-terrain tires and dark fender flares. This likely hints at the return of the Woodland Edition, an off-road-friendly package that gave the fifth-gen RAV4 a little more of a rugged foresty vibe. Its return shouldn’t come as a surprise; these dirt-amenable models are all the rage, and we just witnessed the birth of the new electric bZ Woodland. The rightmost teaser is perhaps the craziest. Not only do we get a hint of how the front end will look—there appears to be a light bar spanning the width of the bumper—but also, we are staring at one very ominous grille. That same wide-open hexagonal pattern can be found on a radically different Toyota: the GR Corolla. Is Toyota finally entering its performance SUV era? We sure hope so.For now, that’s all we know about the 2026 Toyota RAV4. We believe Toyota will increase its reliance on hybrid-electric powertrains, much like the Camry, which is hybrid-only in its latest generation. We’ll find out for sure on Tuesday night.More RAV4Cars are Andrew Krok’s jam, along with boysenberry. After graduating with a degree in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, Andrew cut his teeth writing freelance magazine features, and now he has a decade of full-time review experience under his belt. A Chicagoan by birth, he has been a Detroit resident since 2015. Maybe one day he’ll do something about that half-finished engineering degree.
Source: caranddriver.com
