Child restraints
Pedestrian safety
Frontal impact:
In the first frontal impact test, the airbags deployed late due to sensors being disconnected early in the impact. The manufacturer changed the wiring layout and made changes to the control unit software, which caused the airbags to deploy earlier, after which the experts allowed a second test. In it, the pillows worked as they should, even despite the damage to the wiring. Toyota told experts that the changes will not affect previously sold cars. The driver's knees hit the bracket despite the airbag.Safety of child passengers:
The passenger's front airbag can be deactivated, allowing a rear-facing child seat to be installed in that seat. However, informing the driver about the airbag status is not clear enough to comply with Euro NCAP requirements. It does not properly indicate the possibility of installing a seat using the ISOFIX anchorage system in the rear seats.Side kick:
The RAV4 scored the highest score for pole side impact protection.Pedestrian safety:
The leading edge of the hood failed to score any points for pedestrian leg protection, but the protection results shown by the bumper and hood surface suggest that pedestrian safety was also in mind when they were designed.See the auto-review of the new car Toyota RAV4 2013 - the fourth generation. Video about test drive and crash test RAV4. Price and specifications.
Back in 1994, Toyota turned the whole traditional car world upside down - the first RAV4 came off the assembly line, in a three-color design. Many were skeptical about this car, not believing in its future. But the RAV4 today is perfectly at odds with three generations with many restylings with an amount of 4.5 million copies. And now, Toyota has released a new stallion - the fourth generation RAV4 - 2013. For almost 2 decades of production of this model, a lot of RAV4 competitors have appeared in the world, and even though many of them are somewhat superior to this model, Toyota does not give up.
Dimensions, dimensions of the new model
As for the appearance of the new RAV4 2013, it is 155 millimeters longer than its predecessor, if you remember the first model, then almost half a meter. Also, the new car has become wider by 30 mm, the base has increased by 100 mm. In total, its real dimensions are as follows:
- length - 4570 mm;
- width - 1845 mm;
- height - 1670 mm.
The rear end has undergone a revolutionary change. Then the spare tire from the door moved under the trunk floor, but the door opens like all crossovers now - up. The style of the jeep has been lost, but in this class, manufacturers believe that it is more convenient, and besides, the door will no longer “loose”, which is typical for previous models.
The rear lights have become very expressive, thanks to their complex stretched shape. The trunk is equipped not only with the usual removable mesh, but also with various mounting devices. The hatch, which is located in the wall, provides access to the jack. The spare tire is located under the boot floor, which is now very high, and with the seats unfolded, you can see a large flat area. After the spare tire leaves the door, the rear window can hardly be called panoramic. The new "RAV4" has a protective plastic body kit, which is located throughout the body kit and along the arches of all wings.
The new RAV4 has acquired not only in size, but also in the variety of engines. Now, in addition to the standard two-liter engine, the 3ZR-FE type, with a capacity of 146 hp. with., a four-cylinder 2AR-FE engine with a volume of 2.5 liters and a power of 180 forces is available. Also, for the first time for us, the 2AD-FTV diesel engine with a volume of 2231 cubic centimeters and a power of 150 hp is available.
- Fuel consumption per 100 km for a two-liter version of the car in the city is 10 liters, in the country? 6.4, combined cycle? 8 liters.
- Fuel consumption per 100 km for the 2.5-liter version of the car in the city is 11.5 liters, in the country? 6.8, combined cycle? 8.5 liters.
For the Russian market, there are eight fixed equipment options, and if you take into account the difference in power options, you get 11 types to choose from. But the most popular RAV4 model, with an engine capacity of 1987 cubic centimeters, has seven available versions, two of which are 2WD and five are 4WD, at prices ranging from 900 thousand to 1 million 500 thousand rubles. The lowest price for the 4WD equipment option is 1 million 135 thousand rubles. The basic equipment has seven airbags, including those for the driver's knees. Also there is TRC, ABS, electronic imitation wheel lock, stability control system, integrated IDDS control system, front fog lights, headlight washer and LED running lights. In addition, the standard version has air conditioning, two-stage heated seats, an audio system with 4 speakers, AUX, USB, Bluetooth.
Models with a 2.5 liter engine are equipped only according to the highest standard "Prestige" and "Elegance". The first can be purchased for 1 million 460 thousand rubles, the second is slightly more expensive from 1 million 470 to 1 million 533 thousand rubles.
RAV4 crash test and safety assessment
Out of the maximum number of stars, the Toyota RAV4 scored four stars for Euro NCAP safety and 3 stars for pedestrian safety.
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Based on this, we can conclude that the style of the new RAV4 was left the same. The car creates a solid appearance, and buying it will be a good decision for all RAV4 owners.
Video: test drive Toyota RAV4 2013
Specifications "Toyota RAV4":
The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety decided to test how symmetrical modern cars are in terms of passive safety. For the first time in history, a frontal impact against a rigid barrier with a small overlap was carried out from the front passenger side.
Small overlap frontal impact is a hallmark number in the IIHS testing program that not all new cars still handle. Nevertheless, in the four years that this crash test has existed, most manufacturers have successfully adapted their cars to it. In this regard, the IIHS experts decided to find out how “pointed” such adaptation is, because all these years the impact at a speed of 64 km / h on a hard barrier with a rounded edge was carried out from the driver’s side, the left front corner of the car. What happens if you carry out exactly the same blow, but from the passenger side? To answer this question, the testers smashed on both sides seven popular crossovers in America that previously received excellent marks in the driver-side small overlap crash test: Buick Encore (opel Mokka clone), Honda CR-V, Hyundai Tucson, Mazda CX-5, Nissan Rogue (known as X-Trail in Russia), Subaru Forester and Toyota RAV4.
The results were amazing: only one car turned out to be completely symmetrical - the Korean Hyundai Tucson.
Buick Encore, Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5 provide more or less equal protection to the driver for the front passenger, although the passenger is still slightly less protected.
For the Subaru Forester and Nissan Rogue crossovers, the right side of the body was deformed significantly more than the left, but these models still managed to get a marginal credit (on the verge of acceptable) for hitting the passenger side.
But Toyota RAV4, the second most popular crossover in the US according to last year's sales results (Honda CR-V in first place), received “failed” for the symmetry test, that is, a poor rating (bad). Take a look at the illustration below: the right pillar has moved 330 mm deeper into the cabin than the left one!
Due to severe deformation of the body, the legs of the passenger dummy were sandwiched between the seat cushion and the front panel - the risk of injury is very high. In addition, the front right door of the car opened as a result of the impact - if, God forbid, the accident is not limited to this and the car rolls over on its side, the passenger may receive additional injuries.
By the way, the right door of the Nissan Rogue fell off its hinges in this test, but the A-pillar did not go into the cabin as much as the Toyota, which allowed Nissan to get a higher rating.
Since the results of the "passenger" frontal crash tests with a small overlap greatly upset the IIHS experts, revealing the asymmetry of the majority of participants, it was decided to include the impact of the right front corner of the car in the standard test program from next year. We hope that by then the manufacturers will have time to finalize their cars and provide the driver and front passenger with equal protection.
Finally, we present videos of "passenger" crash tests of all seven crossovers.
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Of the new products presented by automakers in 2013 to pass the Euro NCAP crash tests, the Toyota RAV4 performed well, earning five rating stars. The ratings themselves are not as high as, for example, that of the Skoda Octavia (of the same year of testing), but still sufficient to consider the RAV 4 an excellent car in terms of safety.
32 points (89%) were given by experts for how this Toyota model protects adults in its cabin, 41 points (82%) for the safety of passengers - children, 24 points (66%) for treating pedestrians in a possible collision and 6 points (66%) for the way the car is equipped with electronic safety assistants.
Crash - test, carried out by a frontal impact, showed that although the interior of the Toyota RAV4 remained stable, but still full, one hundred percent good protection of the life and health of the driver was not provided. His airbag was unable to prevent the dummy's head from making contact with the hard steering wheel, resulting in adequate head and chest protection.
In the side crash test, all parts of the adult's body were well protected, in the "pillar" test, the driver's chest was somewhat damaged, for which the points for the test car were reduced. Well, with a whiplash, the design of the front seats and head restraints well protects adults from injuries of the neck and spine. The automaker claims that the level of protection will be exactly the same for people of any size.
In both frontal and side crash tests, the dummies of both children were not excessively stressed, the seats did their job, however, there were some problems with their installation. Otherwise, the expert commission had no complaints about the level of child safety: the Toyota RAV4 uses ISOFIX mounts, the airbag can be turned off if a child seat is installed on the front passenger seat, and absolutely all the information necessary and required by Euro NCAP on child safety was completed without any complaints .
As for the protection of pedestrians in an accident with RAV4, the bumper showed the maximum level of protection for their legs, but the hood protects “in places” (a little better - the head of both an adult and a child, quite badly - the pelvis of an adult pedestrian).
All electronic security systems are standard for any Toyota RAV4 (release of the last five years), electronic speed limiter is also available as an option, but the manufacturer does not have high hopes that it will be in demand and actively sold.
The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) decided to test how symmetrical modern cars are in terms of passive safety. For the first time in history, a frontal impact against a rigid barrier with a small overlap was carried out from the front passenger side.
It is noted that a frontal impact with a small overlap is a “brand number” in the IIHS test program, which until now not all new cars could handle. However, over the four years that the crash test has existed, most automakers have adapted their cars to it. In this regard, the IIHS experts decided to find out how well such adaptation is going on (in all previous years, an impact at a speed of 64 km / h on a hard barrier with a rounded edge was carried out from the driver’s side, the left front corner of the car).
To obtain the results, it was decided to crash test seven popular crossovers in the US that had previously shown excellent results in small overlap tests on the driver's side: Hyundai Tucson (MY 2016), Buick Encore (MY 2015). ), Honda CR-V (MY 2015), Mazda CX-5 (MY 2015), Nissan Rogue (X-Trail, MY 21014), Subaru Forester (MY 2014) and Toyota RAV4 (MY 2015).
The results were amazing. Only one of the above cars turned out to be absolutely symmetrical - the Korean Hyundai Tucson. More or less equal protection of the front passenger with the driver is provided by Buick Encore, Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5.
As for the Nissan Rogue and Subaru Forester, then the right side of the body was deformed significantly more than the left. But these models still managed to get a “maximum permissible” rating for hitting the passenger side.
The main surprise was the results of one of the most popular crossovers (not only in the US) - Toyota RAV4, for the "symmetry" test, he received an "unsatisfactory" rating. Due to severe deformation of the body, the legs of the passenger dummy were sandwiched between the seat cushion and the front panel. Plus, as a result of the impact, the front right door of the car opened, which can lead to a passenger falling out and receiving additional injuries.
Since the results of the passenger low-surface frontal crash tests were very disappointing for the IIHS experts, revealing the asymmetry of the majority of participants, it was decided to include the right front corner of the car in the standard test program from next year.
- , 07 Jul 2016
