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Originally Posted by Bobcat91
Thanks for the information. I had been waiting to hear if the tire was still on the back. I will now be purchasing a Honda CR-V. Unfortunately, Toyota just doesn't get anymore. The CR-V is outselling the RAV4 by about 40,000 units in the U.S. market. Why? Because Honda understands that a vehicle this size is not an off road vehicle and is too small to be a third row seat vehicle. Where is the Toyota innovation? Why not a diesel for improved gas milage? Why not more standard features so that an equally equiped CR-V EX-L is stickered at $3000 less. I love my 4Runner--274,000 miles of great experiences-but Toyota is now too busy thinking that its name sell vehicles and not 'forward thinking'. By the way, the RAV4 in England is a killer; wish it was here with the diesel.
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My guess is that a diesel model would not sell. Diesel prices at the pump are more than gasoline, and a diesel RAV4 would also cost more than the regular version. Those 2 factors are likely enough to kill a RAV4 Diesel for North America.
Just curious... what features would you like to see on the RAV4, other than taking the spare tire off the rear door? BTW, sticking the spare tire under the floor is likely a very major structural change (it would not fit under that rear well, for instance) that will have to wait until the next-gen RAV4 comes out (for 2011?).
