Toyota decided to surprise its fans and announced significantly powerful and muscle version of its popular crossover RAV4 in which development will also participate its TRD division, responsible for racing models. After company presented its Toyota Tacoma TRD at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show they decided to expend its offer with another model from its collection. The RAV4 TRD will be based on rally car version, it will be 500 pounds lighter and in heart of the car will be more powerful engine. The thing which is sure is that 2017 Toyota RAV4 TRD will not be cheap and it will definitely represent exciting refreshment in Toyota offer.
Design
New 2017 Toyota RAV4 TRD will certainly be highly motivated by the rally automobile version developed for racer Rhys Millen. It’s vague at this moment what kind of upgrades the crossover will certainly obtain, however its motorsport brother or sister has a beefier suspension, roll cage, as well as is 500 extra pounds (226 kilos) lighter than the road-going design. It rides on 15-inch alloy wheels wrapped by BFGoodrich all-terrain tires, and it obtains a custom-made suspension arrangement that’s lower and firmer compared to stock. Toyota will absolutely have something special in a 2017 RAV4 TRD considering that no one else provides an efficiency version of a small crossover. It might develop a halo effect in a jampacked market.
Toyota RAV4 TRD racing model
Regular 2016 Toyota RAV4
Engine and specs
Information regarding the engine and also specs are still not main yet 2017 RAV4 TRD will certainly most probably have the 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine as well as six-speed transmission which will certainly be carried over from the normal Toyota RAV4. It remains to be seen whether the possible TRD model will certainly also bring some power upgrades over the stock 176 horse power at 6,000 rpm and 172 pound-feet of torque at 4,100 rpm.
2017 Toyota RAV4 TRD release date and price
The new 2017 Toyota RAV4 TRDwill likely be slotted above the newly included SE trim that joined the array for the 2016 design year. When it comes to prices, the efficiency compact crossover would certainly cost well over $30,000 taking into consideration the flashy 2016 RAV4 SE starts at $29,265 MSRP. We still have no info concerning the release date of the automobile, but if we know the information that firm is still doing on developing of this RAV4 TRD, so it might strike the market in 2017.
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