06 RAV4 test from Edmunds

[Cyorke]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=108153

[nyscene911]

I like it, it looks pretty good to me.
I'm not sold on that center-stack or whatever you want to call it.{shrugs shoulders} But besides that, I'd say Toyota has a real winner on its hands.

[Tom 2000]

If the RAV4 is this good, I just wonder what the next Highlander will be like.

[CorollaDX-R]

wow 7.1 sec... a really good sleeper... just as fast as rolla XRS

[BEI]

How about the results from Car & Driver?

"Toyotas can be so benign, so vanilla,
that they’ll slip right through your hands
without leaving an impression. Not the
new RAV4. This is such a handsome,
useful, and startlingly competent driver
that it’s hard to imagine a do-it-all vehicle
that does more with such aplomb. We still
don’t know exactly how to classify the
RAV4, except as fairly marvelous."


http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3416317

Some stats with Limited model (note more aggressive Sport model will be avail. with firmer suspension and 18" wheels)
:
ACCELERATION Seconds
Zero to 30 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3
40 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
50 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7
60 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3***
70 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9
80 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6
90 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5
100 mph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0
110 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4
Street start, 5–60 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5
Top-gear acceleration, 30–50 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0
50–70 mph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8***
Standing 1/4-mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 sec @ 94 mph
Top speed (drag limited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 mph
BRAKING
70–0 mph @ impending lockup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 ft
HANDLING
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.83 g
Understeer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MINIMAL moderate excessive
PROJECTED FUEL ECONOMY
EPA city driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 mpg
EPA highway driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 mpg
C/D-observed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 mpg
INTERIOR SOUND LEVEL
Idle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 dBA
Full-throttle acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 dBA
70-mph cruising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 dBA