In accordance with the vendor, in the present day’s Good Value of No Cube RAV4 is the one one west of the Mississippi sporting the seven-seat possibility. Let’s see if its value makes it the one to purchase.
One of many largest anticipatory thrills within the Mad Max films is when the titular character yanks the purple lever on the shifter, activating the blower poking out of the hood and filling viewers’ ears with an orgasm of adrenaline-pumping turbine whine. Carnage usually ensues every certainly one of these acts. The 2005 Jaguar XJR we thought-about yesterday provided supercharged hijinks, however not in fairly so crude and ostentatious a way as Max’s Ford. That iron fist in a velvet glove strategy was in all probability a greater route, contemplating the automotive’s substantial $33,000 asking value. Sadly for the vendor, few of you have been prepared to entertain such a heady quantity, dropping the Jag in a 78 % No Cube loss.
How do you differentiate what’s a automotive and what’s a truck? What are your choice standards for both? Relating to automobile gross sales right here within the U.S., the highest three sellers in 2023 have been pickup vans, a kind issue that’s fairly self-explanatory and simply recognized. The perfect-selling automotive, nonetheless, could possibly be thought-about a toss-up. Toyota’s RAV4 is available in at quantity 4 on the listing, however contemplating it’s thought-about a crossover, does that make it a automotive, or a truck? Actually, if you wish to discover an uncontested automotive to put on the gross sales crown, you’d must drop to eighth place, the place the Toyota Camry sits. The following automotive on the listing is Tesla’s Mannequin 3, all the way in which down in twelfth place.
No matter the way you categorize it, the RAV4 has been a success for Toyota nearly from the beginning, seemingly beloved by house owners and having fun with a considerably cult-like following for its now-classic first era. Let’s see what all of the fuss is about.
This 2008 Toyota RAV4 XLE appears to have many of the components that make it a fan favourite. Beneath the hood, it has Toyota’s economical and but stout 2.4-liter 2AZ-FE 4, providing 166 horsepower and 165 lb-ft of torque. That’s matched to a regular four-speed automated and, on this RAV4’s case, a no-fuss, no-muss AWD system.
That AWD system is balanced closely towards the entrance wheels, with the rears solely coming into motion when main slipping is detected. Which means understeer fetishists ought to nonetheless be happy. In accordance with the vendor, this succesful setup will get 26 miles to the gallon.
That’s not too unhealthy when you think about that this RAV4’s celebration piece is its third row of seating. With that in use, this tall wagon seats seven in an total footprint so small you won’t suppose such a feat doable. Fact be informed, the third row is for youths or amputees solely, and it does encroach (i.e., remove) the cargo house within the again when employed.
One other cargo-related difficulty is the rear door. That handily mounts the spare tire in a tough candy-coated shell on the skin for additional room within the cabin and house beneath for the AWD. Sadly, it’s hinged on the proper, excellent for its residence market the place the curb is on the left, however a frustration for these of us right-curbers.
That’s actually all that I can discover to complain about with this very tidy RAV4. The gold paint seems to have solely suffered some minor scratches on the rear corners of the rear bumper, whereas the good-looking manufacturing unit alloys look to don’t have any blemishes in any way.
Different plusses embody an inside that presents as clear total, with simply minimal brushing of the seat bolster and put on on the carpet to name out. An aftermarket stereo head unit presents each a extra trendy big-screen expertise and a backup digital camera whereas trying fairly OEM.
As to the remaining specs, there are 150,000 miles on the clock, a clear title, and the vendor boasts that the truck/automotive/no matter is in EXCELLENT CONDITION. They even counsel that patrons “convey your mechanic,” as if all of us maintain a type of at our beck and name. The asking value for this glorious seven-seat SUV is $9,800.
Now, usually, you, being a automotive fanatic, wouldn’t even give one thing like this RAV4 a second look or celebratory fart. They do promote, although—like gangbusters. And due to that, we should always actually determine what makes them so widespread and, extra importantly, whether or not this one is people-pleasing sufficient to ask two Benjamins shy of ten grand for the respect of its possession.
What do you suppose? Is it value it? Or does that $9,800 price ticket on this RAV4 not get a rave evaluate?
You determine!
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