Toyota Rav4 Hybrid 2020 all wheel drive

Maz01
Maz01 Forum Participant Posts: 2
edited July 2020 in Towcars & Towing #1

Are you using a 2020 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid all wheel drive as a tow car please and in your opinion would you recommend it? 

Comments

  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
    1000 Comments
    edited July 2020 #2

    If it was a diesel hybrid then would consider one ( but not for my caravan at 2000kg ) but petrol, no. 

  • ADP1963
    ADP1963 Forum Participant Posts: 1,280
    1000 Comments
    edited July 2020 #3

     Why would you not use a Petrol vehicle ?

    I have a Lexus RX and pull a Lunar Delta and as far as I am concerned it is an excellent Towing vehicle.  

  • Oscarmax
    Oscarmax Club Member Posts: 257 ✭✭✭
    100 Comments
    edited July 2020 #4

    I have seen several new Lexus Hybrids on site running the same floor pan and power train, I did find an Australian long term caravan towing road test and the new RAV4 caravan.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqWe8qkDRGc

    If you copy and paste the above  there is an video on youtube

    We used to tow with a 2017 Ford Kuga 2.0 150 bhp diesel powershift which towed our Swift very well, like you reading all the feedback on the internet we had reservation as regards towing with a hybrid.

    We eventually took the plunge an changed to a 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 2.4 (which is virtually a hybrid but with a bigger battery it tow's very well) we were worried we may have made a big mistake, however, towing down to the New Forest and back the PHEV never missed a beat, fuel consumption about the same as the Kuga, Kuga 28, Outlander PHEV 27mpg, plus petrol is slightly cheaper than diesel so no real difference financially.

    Both the New Toyota RAV4 2.5 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 2.4 powertrains are a vast improvement on the model they replace.

     

     

  • xtrailman
    xtrailman Forum Participant Posts: 559
    edited July 2020 #5

    New rav4 in the flesh looks really good and is noticeably bigger than my Tiguan, especially in the boot.

  • RedKite
    RedKite Club Member Posts: 1,717 ✭✭
    500 Likes 1000 Comments Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited July 2020 #6

    We have a friend who is on his second Hybrid Lexus and his first Lexus was just a petrol only and would not have anything else and has been towing for nearly forty years and never had a diesel does not like them but he is a petrol head, also on his third Adria and never had any trouble towing with Lexus hybrids.

    We tow with an older Toyota Landcruiser but OH might just change to a hybrid but not a new one as he has never had a new car.

    Think we did see the new Rav4 the other day very smart as it drove pass us.

  • flatcoat
    flatcoat Forum Participant Posts: 1,571
    1000 Comments
    edited July 2020 #7

    Having just gone down the hybrid route i recently read a review of the latest Rav4 hybrid as a tow car and it wasnt great. The towing dynamics were not good - unsettled/unstable - and the impression left was to leave It well alone for towing. I have eventually gone diesel PHEV, too many tales of petrol hybrid caravsnners struggling with lack of grunt, poor real world economy and going or have gone back to diesel. One of the few petrol PHEVS that came out well is the Passat, i imagine the Skoda Superb is good too (same underpinnings). 

Categories