Overview

The previous generation RAV4 was the right car at the right time. Its overtly 4×4 look, funky bodyshape and excellent on-road manners, meant it was perfectly placed to pick up sales during the soft-roader boom of the mid-Nineties. Toyota stuck to the same formula for the re-launched model in 2000. The look is a little more sophisticated, it’s a lot safer and there’s more kit, but the core proposition remains the same.

It retains buyer appeal.