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Post by unclebob on Jun 9, 2021 9:41:00 GMT
Done a search here for any reviews or options on the v-matic auto box fitted to the RAV4’s, I’d be interested in anyone’s reviews good or bad 👍🏻.
I was looking on AutoTrader at 2016 petrol automatic Rav4 models, I just presumed they were a conventional automatic but it seems it not 🤔
Funny how Toyota’s free years 10 warranty got me looking at other vehicles !😉
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Post by philip42h on Jun 9, 2021 10:05:43 GMT
I've never driven one so anything I say is pure speculation though I understand that the CVT was selected and 'geared' for fuel economy rather than 'fun' - a 4.4 is already not as much 'fun' as a 4.3 etc.
The hybrid CVT is better than fine - if I were looking at a 4.4 today I'd probably look at the hybrid rather than the pure petrol ... ?
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Post by firemac on Jun 9, 2021 10:32:58 GMT
The CVT in our 4.5 is fine. Have used lots of autos over the last 20 years so I don’t expect CVT to be exactly the same but I’m happy with this one, especially when you floor it and the electric motors as well as the ICE kicks in; the acceleration is quite amazing!
Re Phil’s comments about the 4.3 vs 4.4, I test drove a 4.3 auto some years back and even though it was a CVT, it was difficult to tell that it wasn’t a TC auto box; very impressive.
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