2022 Toyota Rav4 E-Four Hybrid Review – Is a hybrid the best solution to cut your fuel costs?

2023年7月13日

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Toyota South Africa launched the first ever hybrid Rav4 in South Africa last year, at a very impressive price point of around R550,000. However that front-wheel-drive model has been taken off the market and replaced with this, the all-wheel-drive Rav4 E-Four Hybrid.

The E-Four now means that buyers looking for the sure-footedness of all-wheel-drive are catered for, and the new E-Four is much more comprehensively specced than the outgoing hybrid model, but the price has risen by around R100,000, which seems to put the model a bit further out of reach for the South African consumer.

But with fuel prices soaring, many South Africans are looking for ways to cut their transport costs, and Toyota thinks hybrid is the answer, at least in the short-to-medium term.

Join our video guy, Ciro De Siena, for a thorough review of the newcomer, and he also tries to answer the big question: should you buy a hybrid vehicle at all?

0:00 Intro
1:02 What makes the Rav4 E-Four Hybrid unique
1:49 How does the Rav4 E-Four Hybrid drive?
2:38 The E-Four Hybrid compared to other Toyota Rav4s
4:21 Diesel vs Hybrid
5:07 What it’s like to drive a Hybrid car
6:37 GXR vs VX Interior Features
9:53 Rear Passenger seats
10:58 Boot space & spare wheel
13:08 Should you buy a Hybrid car?
14:25 The two versions of the Rav4 E-Four Hybrid
15:44 Warranty and service plan
16:48 The downsides of Hybrid cars
17:55 Closing

Here are some links to our previous Toyota hybrid-related content:

Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid Review:

Toyota Rav4 VX petrol CVT review:

How much does the Toyota RAV4 cost in South Africa?

The updated Toyota RAV4 range is sold with a 6 Services / 90 000 km service plan with intervals every 12 months / 15 000 km and a 3-year / 100 000 km warranty.

RAV4 2.0 GX-R CVT AWD R606 600
RAV4 2.0 VX CVT 2WD R617 000
RAV4 2.5 GX-R CVT Hybrid E-Four R644 100
RAV4 2.5 VX AT AWD R702 300
RAV4 2.5 VX CVT Hybrid E-Four R723 200

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