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Originally Posted by Wormius
We felt the same way while comparing the Rav4 and Tucson phevs. The Tucson was definitely better featured for roughly the same price, but all of the extra tech and resale values of Hyundai vs Toyota pushed us back towards the Toyota.
I wish insurance hadn’t written off our old Rav4. I still see so many of those early 2000s models around Calgary. I bet it would have lasted ar least another 10 years with regular maintenance.
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Honestly I think the current RAV4 sucks. The interior is cheap and the Toyota 2.5L 4-cylinder is one of the most buzzy, unrefined engines I can remember going back to the 80's. These vehicles are selling on reputation, not because they have great driving dynamics or high quality. There's very little separating Korean vehicles and Japanese vehicles these days. Honda has gone downhill a lot. I own a 2023 Civic Si and it's a thoroughly mediocrely build vehicle as I haven't spent this much time chasing interior rattles since my EVO and STI ownership days. I've spent more time at the Honda dealer than ownership of several BMW's and a Tesla Model 3 Performance combined. If you took off all the badges and made me ignorant of who built this car I would guess Nissan or Mitsubishi.
Just to edit my post. I drove a 2022 RAV4 for almost two months while I was in-between vehicles and that's how I based my dislike of it. I generally feel bad for people that think that vehicle is some pinnacle of quality.