{"id":623912,"date":"2026-04-22T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623912\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:43:14","slug":"the-new-toyota-rav4-is-finally-in-aus-and-weve-driven-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623912\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Toyota RAV4 is finally in Aus \u2013 and we&#8217;ve driven it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Summary<\/p>\n<p>The new RAV4 leaps forward in technology, uses less fuel, and looks more modern \u2013 without sacrificing practicality or its trusted badge \u2013 but it&#8217;s not as roomy or luxurious as rivals, it has stepped backwards in power and ease of use, and the price rises sting.<\/p>\n<p>LikesEven more fuel-efficient than beforeMajor technology upgradeStill practical, comfortable and easy to driveDislikesNot as spacious, luxurious or perky to drive as rival SUVsFiddly touchscreen air-conditioning controlsOverbearing driver attention monitor<a class=\"snapshot-marketplace-cta-module-scss-module__TCjEma__d-container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drive.com.au\/cars-for-sale\/search\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Search cars for sale<\/p>\n<p>Search Drive Marketplace<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.drive.com.au\/obj\/tx_dpr:2,q:80,rs:auto:32:32:1,style:cGF0aCB7ZmlsbDogI2ZmZmZmZiAhaW1wb3J0YW50fQ==\/driveau\/upload\/cms\/theme\/icons_v3\/Search\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"SearchIcon\" class=\"drive-icon drive-icon-SearchIcon snapshot-marketplace-cta-module-scss-module__TCjEma__d-container__marketplace-search-icon\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary The new RAV4 leaps forward in technology, uses less fuel, and looks more modern \u2013 without sacrificing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-623912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}