Toyota RAV4 FULL REVIEW 2.5 Hybrid all-new 2019 2020 - Autogefühl
Toyota RAV4 FULL REVIEW 2.5 Hybrid all-new 2019 2020 - Autogefühl
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Content
0.08 -> hi i'm brian welcome to outer fool
3.36 -> this is the toyota rav4 it launched in
6.919 -> 1994 and since then has become the
9.44 -> world's best-selling suv
12.16 -> it's now in its fifth generation
15.12 -> so we obviously already know that it's
16.8 -> popular but does that make it any good
19.68 -> let's take a closer look and find out
24.44 -> [Music]
53.58 -> [Applause]
61.84 -> [Music]
73.6 -> they've never ever had a problem
75.04 -> producing popular cars that are very
76.88 -> highly thought of but from a design
79.2 -> standpoint there have been some notable
82.08 -> question marks
83.439 -> so i'm very pleased to see that with the
85.84 -> new rav4 in its fifth generation we do
89.119 -> have a little bit more by way of styling
91.36 -> that's been added now the front end of
93.439 -> an suv is always where you're going to
95.439 -> want to look first it really does set
97.52 -> the entire car off for its look and its
99.52 -> feel and its function
101.28 -> so we already know how popular this car
103.36 -> has been throughout its history but from
105.439 -> a stylistic point of view i think it's
108.159 -> nice to see that a lot more design
110.32 -> elements are coming in with this
111.6 -> generation if you look at the front we
114 -> have a very blocky robust character this
117.119 -> isn't a large suv so we really don't
119.119 -> want to overstate that and although we
121.04 -> now have an increased height
123.439 -> from the right of the ground we still
125.6 -> have a feeling that there's a little bit
127.52 -> of sportiness to the design the way that
129.92 -> we achieve that is through this
132.239 -> long cut right throughout the bonnet so
135.44 -> the height is kept still somewhat
137.36 -> visually compressed and it doesn't hit
139.36 -> you too much in the face all at once
141.76 -> jonas has found us a really nice
143.28 -> location here in the snow covered fields
145.599 -> in munich to show off exactly how all of
148.56 -> this design language ties together i
150.8 -> think this is a really great angle to
152.319 -> show you how the angularity of the front
154.72 -> is matched as we come through to the
156.879 -> side
157.76 -> now this vehicle is 4.6 meters long or
160.64 -> 181 inches so not a massive change from
164.16 -> the predecessor but as you'll notice and
166.8 -> i think visually it does make a very big
169.04 -> difference three extra centimeters on
172.16 -> that wheelbase that should amount to a
174 -> lot of extra interior space we'll find
175.84 -> out in a bit and
177.84 -> the extra one and a half centimeters of
179.76 -> ground clearance which really tells us
181.68 -> that we do have something that is trying
183.44 -> here to be a little bit more rugged in
185.12 -> the off-road department and the nice
186.879 -> thing that they have managed to achieve
188.8 -> with the fifth generation is to really
190.56 -> give it its own look now okay maybe
193.04 -> that's not going to appeal to everybody
195.12 -> but the more i look at it the more it
197.36 -> kind of does grow on me and to be honest
199.36 -> i tend to find that with toyotas in
201.12 -> general but tell me what do you think
203.84 -> finding this a slightly curious detail
205.92 -> it's very common now to have these
207.76 -> plastic surrounds on wheel arches on
209.519 -> suvs but we have a little gap for metal
212.879 -> here and then if you have a look
215.28 -> there's a nice little bit at which you
217.44 -> think the water would happily sit there
219.76 -> so i'm surprised to see
221.76 -> that the design style won out over the
224.239 -> possible practical application if you
226.08 -> have a look on the front it's mirrored
228.56 -> at all four points at which the arch
232.319 -> meets the lower trim i guess i'm just a
234.48 -> little bit surprised by that
236.4 -> i like the way that that plastic gives
238.08 -> us a more rugged feel and it's very
239.84 -> practical especially if you go off-road
241.92 -> i draw your attention to this down here
243.519 -> we've literally only parked this car on
245.76 -> the grass
246.959 -> so that gives you a clear indication of
248.56 -> exactly what you get even if you took it
250 -> down a muddy road
251.519 -> so i don't know i think i might like a
253.68 -> bit more uniformity with this trim here
256.079 -> maybe a little easier to keep it clean
258.079 -> and make me a little bit less concerned
259.68 -> about corrosion in the future
261.519 -> maybe i'm being a bit too picky what do
263.12 -> you think
264.08 -> wrapping around to the back of the car
265.28 -> we can see how that styling has really
267.52 -> nicely followed round so again these
270.479 -> very angular rear lights i think are
272.639 -> going to divide opinion a little bit
274.72 -> jonas and i've just been talking though
276.639 -> and i will say i think that your major
278.72 -> challenge at this price point is going
280.88 -> to be not wanting to be bland and
283.36 -> indifferent and nothing about this car
285.919 -> is bland or indifferent now that's
288.32 -> clearly going to mean that some people
289.68 -> are going to hate it but it is visually
292.4 -> distinct and i think that's a real plus
294.88 -> especially for a car
296.479 -> at the lower price points
298.4 -> now the other thing i think that's been
300 -> really well done is that often when you
302.16 -> walk around a car there's a significant
304.32 -> mismatch in styling from the front to
306.24 -> the side to the rear here all of it has
308.88 -> tied together really well and it comes
311.52 -> together nicely so love it or hate it
314.96 -> you can't tell me that it's not distinct
316.96 -> and you also can't say that there's a
318.88 -> styling mismatch here now i understand
321.28 -> we can also choose to have a different
323.68 -> color roof
325.12 -> i think i'm going to go with one color
326.72 -> throughout the design so striking i
328.56 -> don't really want to draw any attention
330.56 -> away from that and if you look at the
332.24 -> way that they have gone to effort to use
334.16 -> some of this angularity within the shape
336.479 -> and design of the boot that's enough to
338.56 -> break it up visually so you're not just
340.56 -> looking at a massive boot but something
342.24 -> with a little bit of flair to it as well
344.8 -> the rear cameras are nicely tucked away
346.72 -> so they're not obtrusive and staring at
348.96 -> me we also have two now we're going to
351.199 -> come on and show you that a little bit
352.479 -> later it's always a common complaint
354.4 -> with the rear camera on an off-road
355.919 -> vehicle yeah but what happens if it's
358.08 -> not covered when i get everything back
360.32 -> here coated in mud and there's nothing
362.8 -> happening back here to prevent that but
365.28 -> we do have a second one and i'm more
367.199 -> than a little bit interested to see how
368.88 -> that's going to be utilized we've got a
370.8 -> very brief bit of sun just to be able to
373.199 -> show you this paint effect here this
375.36 -> color is called midnight black it's one
377.28 -> of the new colors that's going to be
378.4 -> available on this car and as you can see
380.08 -> it's got quite a bit of blue iridescence
382.639 -> to it you really can't see that until
384.8 -> the sun comes out so it's quite a nice
386.72 -> feature you've got a standard black car
388.8 -> sun comes out and all of a sudden it's
390.72 -> disco sparkly blue
392.8 -> well we can hardly be mean to toyota
394.639 -> they're not the only manufacturer to do
396.4 -> this but sometimes these chrome exhaust
398.8 -> pipes are carried off better than others
400.88 -> when you look a little bit further back
402.479 -> here and you can see how that works
404.319 -> visually from the side you can't help
406.4 -> but wonder is that really a necessary
408.72 -> feature
409.68 -> i guess it just comes down to taste
418.03 -> [Music]
426.53 -> [Music]
429.79 -> [Applause]
436.24 -> so that's the new bold angular look for
438.16 -> the exterior let's take a look inside
439.759 -> and see what's happening there well
441.759 -> first thing to note is the key it's a
444.4 -> fairly
445.36 -> unadventurous
447.36 -> unexciting design but i guess they're
450 -> not trying to reinvent the wheel here so
452.16 -> it looks wholly functional
454.16 -> let's take a look
455.919 -> and see what we think well right from
458.479 -> the start when we open up the door we
460.16 -> can see that it has again a very
462 -> distinct unique styling
464.479 -> lots of soft touch material being used
466.56 -> here which does
468.4 -> slightly uprate the feeling of quality
470.479 -> that you get from the interior i like
472.639 -> the mix of both these
474.56 -> fake metal elements and the plastic so
477.12 -> it does have a lot of styling there and
479.039 -> something that i don't think i've ever
481.12 -> seen before although jump all over it
483.44 -> maybe you haven't maybe you can tell me
485.28 -> we have a rubber inlay to the door
488.16 -> handle
489.12 -> so that feels very unusual right from
491.599 -> the get-go but it is super grippy as you
494 -> can imagine so there's no chance of you
496.16 -> getting in here in the middle of lots of
497.84 -> snow and ice with your snow covered
499.84 -> glove and not being able to get a good
501.52 -> hand on that to give it a shot
503.44 -> slightly further down
505.039 -> we've got amply sized door pockets a
507.44 -> very plasticky looking speaker cover i
510 -> don't think that's a bad thing because
511.44 -> don't forget it's an suv so i want to be
513.519 -> able to clean mud off that pretty easily
516.159 -> and then
517.2 -> a nice door sill that lets us know that
520 -> we're driving the hybrid let's have a
522.08 -> sit and see what the interior feels like
524.48 -> first thing to talk about is the seating
526.56 -> experience well i don't think i'm being
528.8 -> entirely unfair when i would say that
530.72 -> toyota have a reputation for making what
533.36 -> could fairly be described as utilitarian
535.44 -> seats and this is almost entirely in
538.24 -> keeping with that expectation
540.32 -> a lot of people say that when they're
541.68 -> talking about their favorite cars they
543.12 -> could tell that car just by listening to
545.279 -> its startup well i often think i could
548.16 -> say the same about a lot of cars just
550.24 -> from sitting in them and this seat feels
553.04 -> very very much like what i would expect
555.279 -> from a toyota so
556.8 -> it's comfortable enough it's very
559.279 -> practical i like the adjustability you
562 -> have you can get it very quickly and
564.24 -> easily into a position that feels right
566.08 -> for you
566.959 -> and to be honest there are a lot of
568.399 -> bells and whistles you can put on these
569.76 -> things but when all said and done that
571.76 -> usually is the most important feature
573.92 -> now in terms of its usability i'm 5 foot
576.8 -> 10 or 178 centimeters in height and i
580.16 -> have a very long torso so for comparison
582.959 -> for headroom you could think of me as
584.88 -> being about six foot or even six one and
587.36 -> as you can see i'm loving the headspace
590.08 -> in this car it's great now i like a lot
592.48 -> of room and i like to be low down in the
594 -> vehicle so i have this seat as low as it
596.32 -> will go but you still get a good
598.32 -> impression that even if you're a tall
600.24 -> person this car is really going to feel
602.32 -> nice for you
603.6 -> now alongside that as you can see sadly
606 -> i'm not the smallest guy in the world
607.839 -> but i have plenty of comfortable room
609.92 -> here i feel good in this cockpit
612.08 -> i feel right
613.6 -> nicely deep within the car and i'm ready
616 -> to give it a try but before we can do
619.04 -> that there's an awful lot to talk about
621.36 -> in here that's changed and that's new
623.36 -> for this edition
624.959 -> now i think the best way to describe
627.12 -> this is it's very much a game of two
629.279 -> halves what do i mean by that well you
631.6 -> have the styling and you have the
633.92 -> practical use
635.68 -> toyota are famous for being a very
637.68 -> practical utilitarian brand and you feel
641.2 -> a little element in some of the design
643.12 -> features here that echoes that that
645.2 -> rubber on the door handles that i
646.88 -> mentioned is mirrored on the rubber of
648.88 -> these dials that makes them very easy to
651.76 -> grab hold of
653.04 -> very practical there's no way you're
655.12 -> going to find it difficult to get that
656.88 -> adjustment
658 -> but you still have those new fresh
660.72 -> stylistic touches where the designers
662.959 -> said yeah but come on we still really
664.72 -> want to make sure that people know that
666.24 -> we've put our individual mark on this
668.16 -> car and they have we have a new 8 inch
671.36 -> screen here that has automatically baked
673.6 -> into it android or apple compatibility
676.56 -> although i don't think it has mirror
678.48 -> links so you can't just see your phone
680.56 -> screen
681.6 -> but let's switch it on and have a look
683.519 -> at how those displays work
685.76 -> once you get into them
688.32 -> okay so because
690.16 -> we are a hybrid here
692.399 -> we're not going to hear that engine
693.839 -> start up until it's called for to do so
696.399 -> but we have the heating set to high
698.72 -> so it should kick on relatively quickly
701.44 -> and there it is talking about clean and
703.36 -> straightforward
704.8 -> well you couldn't really get a lot
706.8 -> easier than these heated seats
709.36 -> high low
711.44 -> off
712.399 -> nice and easy again that's what i want
714.48 -> when i get into a cold car on a day like
716.24 -> today i really appreciate it
718.959 -> so
719.92 -> a bit of a mixed result for me here
722.399 -> liking the big easy access dials would
724.88 -> have liked a little bit of decluttering
726.639 -> here but it aesthetically looks nice it
729.519 -> matches the styling and i think it does
731.6 -> the job fine
733.12 -> coming slightly further down
735.519 -> well
736.8 -> there are very few cars honestly that
738.399 -> make me completely happy with this area
740.48 -> there's always at least one compromise
742.639 -> to be found this is the obvious one
745.2 -> that's where my phone's going
747.04 -> now we have an inductive charge pad here
749.76 -> jonas might just about be able to show
751.519 -> you the on off button here a nice spot
754.16 -> on the left hand side here just a nice
756 -> little cubby hole that is absolutely
758.399 -> perfect for that key
760.079 -> we're all used to seeing a plastic cover
762.56 -> over the 12 volt charge point and that's
764.48 -> fine because for most of the time we're
766.56 -> not really going to be using it so they
768.639 -> always look and feel a little bit cheap
770.32 -> in plastic
771.68 -> but having that over the usb and the aux
775.6 -> in for the stereo
777.6 -> as this car has i'm not quite sure i
780.16 -> know what the point of that cover is
782 -> you're going to be using that most of
783.2 -> the time which means it just is a design
786 -> feature i think they could have done
787.2 -> slightly differently
788.8 -> coming a bit further back we have a nice
791.36 -> good solid feeling gear selector and
794.56 -> back here we have two really good rugged
797.76 -> very nicely solidly designed cup holders
801.2 -> this is a point in a car i often feel
803.12 -> that manufacturers get wrong by making
805.36 -> them too
806.72 -> weak or not easy to clean this is a
809.36 -> really nicely designed thing you're
811.12 -> going to see this every day so although
813.12 -> you think come on brian it's a car who
814.72 -> cares
815.6 -> trust me the first time you spill coffee
817.839 -> in your car you will care so coming back
820.88 -> we have more of that utility you know
822.88 -> you could look at this and say oh it's a
824.639 -> lot of plastic but this is solid nicely
826.88 -> made plastic so that's going to last the
828.639 -> lifetime of the car i'm absolutely sure
831.76 -> i've got another 12 volt charge point
834 -> here which is good
835.44 -> and a good size storage bin you can see
838.16 -> from how much of my arm has disappeared
839.92 -> into that
841.04 -> meanwhile with the lid on i have to say
843.76 -> that makes a very pleasingly solid noise
846.24 -> when you shut it
847.68 -> that feels very comfortable to rest your
849.36 -> arm on top of so i think they did a nice
851.519 -> job with the utilitarian design here
854.16 -> talking about special storage areas
856.639 -> you've got this nice tray up here which
859.04 -> you'll do for pens change and just bits
861.12 -> and pieces you want to keep lying around
862.959 -> now this material feels like an
866 -> interesting mix halfway between a hard
868 -> plastic and rubber it doesn't really
870.079 -> feel like one or the other so there
871.6 -> should be just enough grip to stop
873.36 -> things sliding around but not too much
876.079 -> to make it impossible to clean if you
878.16 -> get something spilt on it a little bit
880.56 -> higher up got this nicely finished
883.76 -> soft touch material
885.6 -> that goes really well with this fake
887.6 -> chrome trim now i think you have to be
889.279 -> reasonable at price point and ask
891.04 -> yourself what do you expect and this for
893.68 -> me is really well done
896.079 -> which is good
897.6 -> because this
900.079 -> i'm not so convinced about what do you
902.48 -> think guys
903.76 -> it's eight inches
905.36 -> and okay
906.959 -> it does the job
909.92 -> uh
911.12 -> i don't know
912.959 -> given how very visually present it is
915.519 -> within the dashboard i think it is quite
918.079 -> important that you like the experience
919.68 -> of interacting with this
921.92 -> i don't know
923.279 -> for the latest generation i think i just
925.44 -> would have liked a slightly higher
927.04 -> resolution screen but as you can see
929.04 -> there it's actually pretty responsive so
931.44 -> it has a decent process of powering it
933.6 -> and i'm sure that once you get into
935.04 -> using the features they're all going to
937.04 -> be nice and straightforward and easy to
939.68 -> use so this is simply going to be a
942.16 -> question of how you feel about having
943.68 -> this planted right in the middle of the
945.04 -> dashboard for me i'm not in love with it
947.6 -> but i think i could get used to it
949.839 -> do i feel the same way about the
951.199 -> driver's cockpit experience
953.519 -> well that's an interesting one you can
956.399 -> have many different opportunities to
958.88 -> change the information on display here
960.959 -> what you cannot change is the fact that
963.04 -> we have the digital display
964.959 -> very obviously and prominently inserted
967.68 -> in the middle of these two analog dials
971.6 -> so it's okay
973.44 -> it's fine
974.8 -> it's just not a great deal to strike the
977.12 -> imagination in any way
979.279 -> i personally for my taste prefer when
982 -> manufacturers go with smaller displays
984.24 -> but high quality and nicely integrated
987.199 -> it does seem to be a lot of the trend is
989.519 -> towards having the biggest possible
991.44 -> digital
992.639 -> land space that you can get in the
993.92 -> middle of it and i just don't know
996.399 -> that that's been utilized quite as well
998.48 -> as it might have been but being toyota
1001.04 -> there is more information than you could
1003.04 -> ever possibly want to access through
1004.88 -> here
1006 -> as far as your ability to interact with
1007.839 -> it while you're driving it's fine it
1009.6 -> gives you the information you need in a
1011.199 -> very easy to digest fashion
1013.6 -> and i have to say
1015.759 -> i always like it when manufacturers are
1018.56 -> sensitive to the fact that the two most
1020.8 -> important things you usually need when
1022.399 -> you're driving around are the speed that
1024.559 -> you're going and the speed that you're
1026.16 -> supposed to be going i really like and
1029.28 -> appreciate the sensitivity with which
1031.039 -> toyota have used their software to make
1033.6 -> sure that that information is placed in
1036.16 -> the lower range which is always where
1038.64 -> you're going to be most paranoid about
1040.64 -> needing it
1042 -> so
1042.799 -> that's the driving experience are we all
1044.959 -> done
1045.839 -> well not quite because we have a new
1048.64 -> and i don't know jonas interesting
1050.799 -> feature in this car i say interesting
1053.2 -> because i'm not
1054.32 -> quite sure i know what the point of it
1056.4 -> is but it certainly is interesting
1058.559 -> if we put the car into reverse
1062 -> we can see this feature up here now
1064.24 -> american viewers will be a little bit
1067.039 -> more familiar with this concept
1069.12 -> than we are in europe
1070.96 -> and it is now as i understand it a legal
1073.919 -> requirement in the states that everyone
1076 -> must have a rear view camera on any
1078.64 -> brand new vehicle
1080.559 -> well this is relatively common in the
1082.72 -> states but not so much in europe we can
1085.2 -> go from seeing the reflection and right
1087.28 -> now i think the camera's probably
1088.4 -> picking up a very beautiful looking
1089.76 -> jonas and his equipment staring right
1092.4 -> back at you but if i pull this forwards
1096.08 -> we get the view from the top rear camera
1100 -> so what do we make of that well
1102.72 -> it's interesting um i don't know how
1105.679 -> useful it is i've never really found
1108.72 -> that what i personally need and bearing
1110.24 -> in mind if jonas wasn't sitting there i
1112.16 -> could get the exact same view in the
1113.6 -> mirror itself
1115.28 -> but
1116.559 -> jonas and his camera make an interesting
1118.16 -> point if i have a fully loaded back it
1120.4 -> would be literally impossible for me to
1122 -> use the rear view mirror this allows me
1124.08 -> the opportunity to do so
1126.16 -> what neither jonas or i could really
1127.84 -> satisfactorily figure out for ourselves
1130 -> is why you would want to have that
1131.84 -> feature in a moving vehicle but again i
1134.559 -> guess if you have your entire rear
1136.24 -> obscured with loads that you have in the
1138.48 -> back it does mean that you can still use
1140.88 -> that functionality so
1142.88 -> i don't know i'm really confused about
1144.64 -> this as to whether i think it's a good
1146.4 -> thing or
1147.679 -> just something you don't need what do
1149.52 -> you think guys
1151.6 -> suvs are always going to be slightly
1153.52 -> defined by just how comfortable their
1155.36 -> rear seat experience is
1157.919 -> after all
1159.28 -> if you only needed a two-seat car that's
1161.44 -> exactly what you'd have so there's only
1163.44 -> a point in buying an suv if you're going
1164.96 -> to have the functionality of keeping
1166.559 -> people back here in good comfort i like
1168.64 -> the way the styling has been echoed from
1170.16 -> the front to the back so you immediately
1172.64 -> get the feel that you're going to be
1173.84 -> having a similar experience of quality
1176 -> being back here
1177.44 -> now
1179.6 -> fairly easy to get in had to bend my
1182.32 -> neck a little bit that's worth noting i
1184.48 -> think if you're trying to fit elderly
1186.24 -> people back here or people that have
1188 -> different abilities it's always worth
1190.08 -> checking to see how easy the access to
1191.84 -> any car is before you go ahead and buy
1193.36 -> it for anyone you're going to be needing
1194.88 -> to put in it now as you may know from
1198.16 -> previous episodes i have particularly
1200.48 -> short legs so because of that this
1202.72 -> driver's seat is set for me in the front
1205.12 -> we always leave it that way so you can
1207.28 -> get a realistic sense of the space that
1209.52 -> is in here as it relates to what you've
1211.36 -> already seen in the front
1213.039 -> this seat however is set for jonas who
1215.679 -> is over six foot and has normal
1217.76 -> proportions so if you have a look at my
1220.48 -> legs versus the amount of room back here
1222.88 -> it's a much more realistic expectation
1225.6 -> as to what you're going to get as you
1227.039 -> can see
1228.4 -> even if i did have normal person-sized
1230.72 -> legs i'm still going to have plenty of
1232.64 -> space back here to be comfortable
1234.72 -> as far as the fit finish and feel of the
1236.48 -> car is concerned again
1238.64 -> i'm gonna go with utilitarian
1241.039 -> i'm not quite sure how convinced i am
1242.88 -> about the idea of fabric on the back
1245.2 -> seat of an suv reason being most
1248.64 -> commonly going back here is going to be
1250.24 -> kids sports days hiking outdoors it's a
1253.6 -> lot of mud
1254.96 -> although i'm sure they're relatively
1256.559 -> easy to wash down
1258.24 -> i still think maybe plastic would have
1259.84 -> been a better option as it's been really
1262 -> well used here on these door panels the
1264.72 -> seats back here well they are almost
1267.28 -> mirror image of the seats up front
1268.799 -> they're really comfortable they don't do
1271.039 -> anything special they don't feel in any
1273.039 -> way special
1274.32 -> but you know what i bet you could sit
1276.32 -> back here for a long time and be
1278 -> actually perfectly fine which is more
1280.64 -> than enough that i could want from a
1282.08 -> backseat driving experience if i shuffle
1284.559 -> over again
1285.679 -> i can show you that what we have here
1288.4 -> is where those high power cables are
1290.96 -> going to run from the batteries this is
1292.48 -> of course a hybrid the batteries have
1294.559 -> been sunk underneath this floor so we
1296.799 -> have a little bit more depth to it if
1298.4 -> you look at the car from either
1299.679 -> underneath or really low down sideways
1301.44 -> on this is where those cables are going
1303.36 -> to run
1304.4 -> that gives us a nice central area for
1306.64 -> the central console and we have
1309.52 -> two usb charge points back here again
1312.72 -> why these plastic covers
1314.799 -> i don't know maybe that just bothers me
1316.88 -> and wouldn't bother you at all so
1319.039 -> it's fine
1320.24 -> very plastic look and feel but very
1322.4 -> functional very easy to keep clean that
1324.64 -> extra three centimeters in the wheelbase
1326.72 -> doesn't just result in a lot more
1329.12 -> comfort in the rear seat of this car
1331.36 -> but a significant increase in storage
1333.919 -> area as well what you are looking at is
1337.24 -> 580 liters of load space and that is 80
1341.2 -> liters more than its predecessor as you
1343.76 -> can see from my small suitcase what that
1346 -> results in is more than enough space
1348.48 -> back here without ever needing to worry
1350.96 -> about folding the seats down
1353.039 -> standard everyday use you have a nice
1355.28 -> thoughtful pocket over here that's just
1357.76 -> for you to be able to add
1359.6 -> bits and bobs that's always handy for a
1361.28 -> spare container of oil or whatever else
1363.36 -> you need back here we've also got a nice
1365.36 -> 12 volt charge point
1368.4 -> and its own light
1370.48 -> and if we have a look under here
1372.799 -> then you can see we have a slight
1374.559 -> storage area for some tools now of
1376.88 -> course with this being a hybrid we are
1378.48 -> taking up a lot of space with those
1379.919 -> batteries so we don't have a spare wheel
1382.08 -> with this vehicle
1383.36 -> but hopefully you won't be needing that
1385.44 -> anyway
1386.559 -> now it's come slightly higher up you can
1388.96 -> see that we have
1390.4 -> a very standard
1392.08 -> privacy blind for the rear
1394.32 -> and hopefully now this never works let's
1396.24 -> try
1397.919 -> no
1400.96 -> it doesn't have any special feature for
1402.64 -> flicking out of the way
1404.48 -> it just automatically goes back in and
1406.32 -> we also i'm noticing don't have any
1409.039 -> special housing for it to be discreetly
1411.52 -> heading away i don't think so let's have
1413.039 -> another look under here no that's
1414.96 -> clearly
1416.48 -> oh you know what's saying that jonas
1418.88 -> i think maybe we do shall we have a look
1422 -> okay this is one of those moments you
1423.679 -> dread
1425.039 -> it's working it's easy look at this it
1427.52 -> never goes this well
1430 -> it's gonna stop going well really
1431.76 -> shortly
1433.039 -> okay so i think
1435.039 -> maybe
1437.2 -> we can lift this up
1440.48 -> this is looking possible
1442.48 -> yes
1443.44 -> here we go
1448.72 -> that's actually really very
1450.72 -> straightforward and simple
1454.64 -> great i really appreciate that because
1456.64 -> when you are trying to fit bigger things
1458.08 -> in it's just boring and i don't know
1459.84 -> about you but i personally don't usually
1461.36 -> have anything of sufficient value in the
1462.799 -> back that i need to hide it with a
1464.48 -> privacy screen it always shouts out to
1466.32 -> me i have something of value under here
1468.799 -> so
1470 -> great to have somewhere to keep that
1471.36 -> safe now if we do have something bigger
1474 -> to fit in the car
1475.36 -> how are we going to get to the seats
1476.48 -> well we have to actually get round to
1478.96 -> fold them down from here but very
1480.64 -> pleasingly
1482.64 -> ah
1483.679 -> whereas before
1485.2 -> we had an awful lot of that very
1486.88 -> valuable real estate taken up with the
1488.559 -> batteries we can get very close to a
1491.44 -> flat fold with these seats which
1493.44 -> increases the load space back here to
1495.84 -> over 1600 liters of room which i think
1499.679 -> is more than enough space for most
1501.44 -> people the tape measure now we get to
1503.679 -> find out what that 1 690 liters of load
1506.96 -> space with all of the seats down
1508.96 -> translates in real world measurements to
1511.84 -> in terms of what you can actually fit in
1513.679 -> here so let's take a closer look
1517.039 -> in terms of the width
1519.6 -> you can see that we can get
1521.84 -> 45 inches so let's be reasonable i'm
1524.64 -> going to say comfortably 44 comfortably
1527.679 -> 113 centimeters for width and i think
1531.919 -> that's only going to be good for the
1533.44 -> back though if i take that from the back
1535.2 -> of the wheel arches
1537.039 -> so we can see
1538.64 -> what realistic width you can actually
1540.799 -> slide into this fully opened up
1543.279 -> container
1544.799 -> well
1545.76 -> there you're going to be looking a lot
1547.44 -> more like i would say 40 inches
1550.559 -> or one meter well that's not bad i think
1553.12 -> a lot of flat pack comes standardly in a
1554.96 -> meter width so you can fit that all in
1556.96 -> here
1557.919 -> and look how much load you can actually
1559.84 -> get right up to the back of those seats
1563.279 -> you can't beat new technology can you
1565.6 -> we are going to be able to get all the
1567.279 -> way up to one meter 90 now that's my
1570.32 -> seat and that's quite far forwards but
1572.799 -> still i think if push came to shove you
1575.76 -> could comfortably fit
1577.52 -> comfortably fit one meter 80 or about 72
1580.88 -> inches of load into the back of that and
1583.039 -> that's really not bad let's take a look
1585.2 -> and see what's powering this thing
1587.279 -> well the first thing we have to tell you
1589.2 -> is a slightly interesting story about
1590.96 -> the car that we're driving there are
1593.2 -> actually two hybrids available you can
1595.36 -> either have a front wheel drive at 280
1598.159 -> horsepower or an all-wheel drive at 222
1602.96 -> now this is the hybrid and this actually
1605.679 -> is powered in electric form by nickel
1608.24 -> metal hydride batteries
1610.48 -> not lithium iron why would they do that
1612.4 -> well it does make the cars slightly
1614.32 -> cheaper to put together so that's
1616.32 -> certainly one interesting features i can
1618.559 -> tell you that across the line there will
1620 -> be no diesel models and there won't be
1622.88 -> any petrol turbos either if you live in
1625.76 -> the states you can get a two and a half
1627.44 -> liter naturally aspirated engine
1630.32 -> and the base is a two and a half liter
1632.48 -> hybrid that's the 218 horsepower they're
1635.6 -> going to come combined with a cvt
1637.6 -> automatic gearbox
1639.679 -> and i think that's about everything you
1642.4 -> need to
1652.84 -> know well now it's time to find out how
1655.36 -> the rav4 the new version of it is
1657.279 -> driving well the first thing that we
1659.2 -> need to tell you is somewhat
1660.96 -> embarrassingly we don't know if we have
1663.84 -> the milder or the stronger of the two
1666 -> hybrid options it actually doesn't make
1668.4 -> the biggest amount of difference in the
1669.76 -> world to the drive the milder is 218 the
1672.4 -> larger is 222 horsepower where you
1675.679 -> really can tell the difference is in
1677.76 -> towing ability the milder will
1680.559 -> pull you 800 kilos on the back but the
1683.039 -> stronger very impressively 1650
1687.52 -> so we're not doing so much towing today
1689.76 -> so hopefully that shouldn't hold us back
1692.08 -> too much
1693.6 -> now previous comments that have been
1695.039 -> made about the rav4 driving experience
1697.44 -> is
1698.24 -> that it's nice if a little unremarkable
1701.039 -> but it has been commented that it could
1702.88 -> have been a bit more robust
1705.12 -> and some less than favorable things have
1707.2 -> been said about gearboxes in the past
1708.96 -> well with the hybrids you get this
1711.84 -> automatic and that's really very nicely
1715.2 -> put together as far as the drive is
1716.64 -> concerned you can have a six-speed
1718.72 -> manual with the weaker petrol if you
1721.039 -> want to but i think for most people who
1723.52 -> are going to own this car this automatic
1725.84 -> is going to be absolutely fine now again
1728.32 -> not knowing quite what we're driving
1730.24 -> does somewhat inhibit me from telling
1732.24 -> you what our performance figures should
1734.96 -> be but i can tell you that for both of
1737.2 -> those models you should be looking at a
1739.52 -> 0 to 100 or 62 miles per hour 100
1743.279 -> kilometers per hour of around about
1745.84 -> eight seconds
1747.2 -> which for a car of this size is more
1748.96 -> than respectable
1750.399 -> and the way that the car handles its
1752.08 -> power management
1754 -> really i think as with all modern
1755.76 -> hybrids is absolutely effortless you
1759.2 -> shouldn't need to know any more about
1761.44 -> that from your driving experience point
1763.52 -> of view than is really absolutely
1765.919 -> necessary so obviously you can tweak the
1768.799 -> way it behaves you can have more
1770.72 -> electric more petrol depending on how
1773.52 -> you want that power being delivered to
1775.039 -> you we do have three different driving
1777.279 -> modes here echo normal and sport
1780.399 -> let's start off with normal see what
1782.48 -> kind of experience that gives us
1785.12 -> i don't think it's going to come as a
1786.559 -> massive shock to you to hear that this
1788.799 -> drive
1790 -> is really
1791.44 -> very
1793.12 -> nice
1794.559 -> now i hope you don't mind using the word
1796.559 -> nice but i think you'll probably
1798.159 -> understand what i mean
1799.76 -> there is nothing immediately right off
1801.84 -> the bat about driving this car that
1803.44 -> stands out either for good or for bad
1806.24 -> on the good side the power management
1808.48 -> between the electric and the petrol
1810.399 -> engine as i already mentioned is pretty
1812.48 -> much completely effortless you don't
1814.88 -> have to think about it worry about it
1816.799 -> pay any attention to it whatsoever and
1819.2 -> for this car to sell fantastically well
1821.2 -> that's clearly very important
1823.76 -> people don't really want to get into
1825.44 -> that kind of detail if what they want is
1827.679 -> essentially just a runabout that does
1829.36 -> the job and this car
1831.36 -> more than satisfies all of those
1833.2 -> criteria
1835.12 -> i don't think you're going to be going
1836.24 -> anywhere particularly fast or driving
1838.159 -> anywhere particularly dramatic but with
1840.399 -> the new uprated off-road ability of the
1842.96 -> car you can maybe be a bit more
1844.799 -> adventurous in terms of where you go and
1846.72 -> what you do with it
1848.48 -> i think with an eight second time of
1850.399 -> zero to 100 you've got more than enough
1852.88 -> power for most highway driving you're
1855.12 -> likely to be wanting to do as well so it
1857.52 -> represents a very nice compromise
1860.399 -> okay guys i wanted to mention something
1862.399 -> to you
1863.52 -> i don't know if you know from being
1865.2 -> regular viewers that jonas often works
1867.919 -> with us behind the camera he works
1870.08 -> really hard and that's a bit sad for him
1872.159 -> because obviously he doesn't get as much
1874 -> credit as we do but what you may not
1876.72 -> know is that he's just taken over
1878.559 -> managing our instagram feed now anyone
1881.76 -> who's got high definition at home and is
1883.6 -> looking at this face knows that that's
1886.24 -> maybe a little bit uh younger in its
1889.44 -> aspect than i am used to
1891.76 -> but
1892.559 -> i am a big fan of jonas's photography
1894.88 -> and he's been putting some really good
1896.88 -> stuff on there so if you're an instagram
1899.039 -> guy please hop online and check it out
1902.24 -> thanks ever so much i might even join
1904.72 -> you there you never know
1906.48 -> right back to the car again so gearbox
1909.279 -> very comfortable
1910.72 -> very easy changes performing nicely
1913.44 -> hoping we're going to get to have a
1914.64 -> little bit of open road in a moment so
1916.48 -> we can really put our foot down and find
1918.08 -> out what this hybrid system delivers
1920.32 -> when you really start making a demand on
1922.24 -> it
1922.96 -> the seats are performing exactly as
1924.88 -> expected as i mentioned in the interior
1927.2 -> section i like my seat low down in the
1929.12 -> vehicle so that really gives me a nice
1931.279 -> position on this road i do feel that
1933.919 -> increased height of one and a half
1935.44 -> centimeters on the vehicle overall from
1937.039 -> the predecessor it does make me feel
1939.2 -> somewhat more dominant in the road and
1941.12 -> we have a new increased torsional
1943.279 -> stiffness in the body and that makes the
1946.08 -> car feel a lot more solid in the drive
1949.6 -> it really does resonate quality and it
1952 -> does make you think of driving
1953.36 -> experiences that you may have had
1954.799 -> driving more expensive vehicles
1957.76 -> so
1958.72 -> i've got a little bit of open road here
1960.96 -> why don't we go ahead and pop it in
1962.72 -> sport
1963.679 -> and see what the handling's like
1966 -> well
1968.32 -> pickup
1969.76 -> is actually very pleasing indeed
1972.24 -> the noise is not bad at all i have to
1974.48 -> say the cabin noise is quite good
1978.48 -> um
1979.44 -> i don't know
1980.72 -> what do you think jonas
1982.559 -> it's an interesting noise for an suv to
1984.96 -> make isn't it when you put your foot
1986.32 -> down
1988.32 -> usually you tend to find with suvs being
1990.96 -> larger heavier cars they have a more
1996.48 -> deep throaty kind of a grout obviously
1998.559 -> this is a hybrid so it's got a
2001.36 -> a lighter engine but
2005.84 -> you know dare i say it there are
2007.679 -> elements of that note that remind me a
2009.44 -> little bit of a toyota corolla that i'm
2011.12 -> very close and personal with at home so
2013.76 -> i don't know i feel like they could have
2015.76 -> gotten the sound a little bit better but
2017.6 -> a lot of cars once you put them in
2019.12 -> sports mode
2020.32 -> do have a tendency to deliver something
2023.039 -> interesting shall we say on the audio
2026 -> level let's pop it back in normal
2028.48 -> and see if we get the same sound
2029.919 -> experience there
2031.519 -> cabin noise is good
2033.6 -> what they've done a really nice job of
2035.36 -> on this car is the balance between the
2037.6 -> suspension and the steering so we have
2039.84 -> that stiffness that i mentioned earlier
2041.519 -> coming from the chassis but we also have
2043.6 -> a very nice interplay of steering
2046 -> suspension meaning that at the same time
2048.32 -> you feel very solid on the road you also
2051.28 -> have a nice light touch the steering has
2054.32 -> a satisfactorily heavy feel to it
2057.839 -> but it still feels nice and sprightly
2060.48 -> and agile so i'd have no problem taking
2062.399 -> this car around town or nipping in and
2064.72 -> out of traffic
2066.079 -> whilst at the same time never doubting
2068.399 -> that it was exactly where i wanted it to
2070.159 -> be on the road
2072.56 -> okay so in terms of the driving
2074.48 -> experience from a cockpit standpoint
2078.24 -> well nothing here is setting my world on
2080.399 -> fire it's all fine i have all the
2081.919 -> information i want
2083.44 -> i'm not massively in love with the way
2085.44 -> it's been given to me but you know what
2088 -> i'd get used to it it's fine and at this
2090.56 -> price point
2091.919 -> i'm really prepared to tolerate quite a
2094 -> lot of things that maybe i wouldn't
2096.079 -> slightly higher up
2098.4 -> okay i think we're just about to head
2100.32 -> out of town and we can listen again to
2102.8 -> that engine note to see what it sounds
2104.64 -> like when we've changed the driving mode
2106.96 -> ready jonas
2108.88 -> yes here we go
2112.72 -> nope exactly the same and we get a
2115.599 -> little
2116.4 -> less urgency in the take up
2118.8 -> but that same note
2121.04 -> well let's try an eco and see what
2122.88 -> happens then
2124.96 -> here we go
2130.8 -> okay so basically if you punch down you
2133.119 -> get pretty much more or less the same
2134.8 -> experience
2136.16 -> in any of those modes now it's normal
2139.04 -> for that to be the case because they
2140.72 -> want to make sure that you have that
2142.48 -> power and performance when you need it
2144.96 -> but usually the sound profile is
2147.359 -> markedly different between those driving
2149.359 -> modes
2150.24 -> and in this car if you put your foot
2151.599 -> down it isn't
2152.96 -> it's not really a major issue it's
2154.64 -> hardly a deal breaker
2156.8 -> but i don't know i think they could have
2158.24 -> done a little bit better in getting that
2160.16 -> acoustically to match the experience as
2162.64 -> i said for a vehicle of this size and
2164.4 -> class eight seconds really isn't that
2166.72 -> bad
2167.839 -> and the rest of the drive
2169.599 -> comfortable
2170.8 -> sturdy precise
2174.96 -> i guess i could be having a little bit
2176.88 -> more fun
2178.32 -> so if i had to pick one word to sum up
2180.56 -> my experience of driving this car
2183.839 -> it's a good thing and a bad thing
2186.56 -> nice
2192.28 -> [Applause]
2197.119 -> so we're back driving through town again
2198.96 -> and obviously that gives us
2200.88 -> an ideal opportunity to see how this
2203.359 -> hybrid system comes into effect i do
2205.76 -> like the way that this information is
2208 -> being delivered to us we can see exactly
2210.24 -> what's happening here in terms of how
2212.48 -> the engine is being utilized so at the
2215.119 -> moment we're running using our battery
2217.839 -> and if i take my foot off you can see
2220.24 -> that because of the recuperative braking
2222.96 -> the car is giving energy back to the
2224.88 -> battery now
2226.48 -> if i put this in pure electric mode
2234.24 -> we can see
2235.599 -> that
2236.96 -> absolutely nothing has happened in terms
2239.44 -> of the noise
2240.96 -> or the experience of the vehicle that
2243.359 -> really won't start occurring to us until
2245.2 -> we get a little faster
2246.96 -> of course ordinarily when you put your
2249.359 -> foot down in a hybrid that's when it
2251.2 -> calls for the extra power of the petrol
2253.2 -> but we're in electric mode here so
2254.72 -> that's not going to happen we're only
2256.56 -> going to have that electric motor to
2258.32 -> call on so let's see what experience
2260.4 -> that delivers
2264.56 -> and
2266.24 -> there's the petrol engine so
2269.119 -> it wasn't convinced apparently that we
2270.88 -> wanted to stay in electric mode
2273.52 -> and it's telling me that that is not
2275.44 -> available right now
2277.44 -> so
2278.56 -> i think that you're going to experience
2281.92 -> most of that when you're just driving
2283.599 -> around in town
2285.119 -> standardly when you call for that power
2287.76 -> that's when you're going to get the
2288.8 -> petrol kicking in
2290.32 -> we've been having so much fun with the
2291.839 -> hybrid unfortunately we have killed the
2294.079 -> battery dead which means other than the
2296.64 -> little amount we can recuperate while
2298.4 -> driving through town we can't get the
2300.4 -> full benefit of the electric experience
2302.4 -> but it has been enough for us in order
2304.64 -> to get a decent consumption figure and
2307.2 -> so far we're reporting seven and a half
2309.76 -> liters for every 100 kilometers driven
2312.96 -> well i don't think that's the best
2314.4 -> figure in the world but then again we
2316.56 -> have been using an awful lot of heating
2318.8 -> capacity while not doing much of
2320.96 -> anything else so i'd expect to see that
2322.8 -> number drop quite significantly
2325.599 -> really the driving experience overall is
2328.4 -> very pleasant indeed
2330.72 -> it's just lacking a little bit extra but
2332.88 -> i think i'm being unfair there when you
2335.52 -> consider just how much is being
2337.119 -> delivered at this price point i think
2339.359 -> you'd have to agree
2340.8 -> that's actually pretty great
2343.52 -> [Applause]
2350.24 -> well that about does it for us from the
2352 -> rav4 in munich so what do we think about
2354.32 -> it
2355.04 -> well there's a reason why this has been
2357.04 -> the world's most successful suv
2359.68 -> is it the looks
2361.359 -> no
2362.4 -> is it the drive
2364.16 -> no is it the available options
2367.839 -> so what is it then
2369.359 -> well it's pretty obvious isn't it it's
2371.119 -> price point this is going to be
2372.96 -> available in germany from around about
2375.359 -> starting thirty thousand
2377.52 -> in america from twenty five thousand
2380.56 -> dollars
2381.68 -> it represents a phenomenal amount of
2384.24 -> value packed into an overall good
2387.2 -> package i'm really impressed to see how
2389.599 -> much work and effort toyota have gone
2391.359 -> into into reimagining this to make it
2394.4 -> feel a little bit more special
2396.48 -> this styling clearly is really going to
2398.56 -> divide opinion a lot of people are not
2400.72 -> going to like it but equally as many if
2403.2 -> not more people will absolutely love
2405.28 -> what they've done with this i think
2406.8 -> they've done a fantastic job of making
2408.88 -> that design very much wrap around this
2411.44 -> car is very distinctive and i think
2413.92 -> that's really great at this price point
2416.16 -> i would say exactly the same with the
2417.599 -> interior design will it be everybody's
2419.599 -> cup of tea could they have used slightly
2421.52 -> better materials at this price point i
2424.56 -> really don't see how so that design it
2426.88 -> is quirky it is different but you know
2429.44 -> the whole car is very very practical it
2432.4 -> feels that way it looks that way how
2434.8 -> about the drive
2436.48 -> well it's kind of the same thing
2439.119 -> it's not going to blow your mind it's
2440.48 -> not the most exciting car you'll ever
2442.079 -> drive but you know what it feels solid
2445.76 -> it has a lot more stiffness to it than
2447.92 -> its predecessor they've really uprated
2449.92 -> this chassis and the way that the car
2451.599 -> handles really puts it in a higher price
2454.16 -> point than you might naturally expect at
2456.079 -> first glance
2457.44 -> so as a total package i think this car
2460.48 -> is fantastic
2462.16 -> any of its individual components by
2463.92 -> themselves would not be enough to sell
2466.079 -> me on this vehicle but when you put them
2468.16 -> all together i think it delivers an
2470.16 -> awful lot of what you want at really a
2472.8 -> very reasonable price
2475.04 -> hope you've enjoyed watching today if
2476.72 -> you have any comments or questions
2478.72 -> please put them below please subscribe
2481.04 -> and we hope we'll see you all again soon
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