The fit and finish inside the RAV4 is exactly as robust as you would expect from Toyota, although a few cheap and nasty plastics lurk lower down in the cabin.
It’s a utilitarian space: if the exterior echoes the Land Cruiser, the interior certainly takes inspiration from it too. The new, free-standing touchscreen features fresh and responsive infotainment software, offering modern conveniences like a digital phone key.
This brings the car up to date, although it hardly puts it ahead of the curve. Physical switchgear is abundant. Below the screen sits a volume dial alongside buttons for the climate control. Beneath those are drive mode selectors (you can have Auto, EV, Hybrid, Trail or Snow).
The ability to deactivate all of the ADAS functions from a single menu is a welcome touch, but the car isn’t without its digital quirks. The driver attention monitor is particularly aggy, while the built-in dashcam, which is designed to automatically record an ‘event’, was triggered three times on a 90-minute journey, including once when I was simply accelerating onto a motorway.
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