Comparison Test: Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Challenges Honda CR-V Hybrid
Comparison Test: Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Challenges Honda CR-V Hybrid
By offering a non-rechargeable diesel alternative, the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4 have a hollow nose. It remains to be seen which of these two opportunists arrived in early 2019 appears the most convincing to use. First match with their 4x2 versions.
The least we can say is that the Honda and the Toyota are not alike, even if they belong in exactly the same category. The RAV4 sports a spectacular physique that turns heads in its path. His sharp angles and his car air of Goldorak take the risk of shocking, when the Honda does everything to reassure him. Its lines are more rounded and it seems less bulky, but if it is only an optical illusion: the size - quite imposing - of our two SUV is rigorously identical, in length as in width ( 4.60 m and 1.86 m).
Motorizations close
Strangely on the market, the two Japanese SUVs are based on the principle of non-refillable hybridization, based on atmospheric Atkinson gasoline engines and a continuously variable epicyclic transmission in which two electric motors are housed. Both are also available in four-wheel drive. There are still some differences: Toyota uses a 2.5-liter petrol engine when Honda only has a displacement of 2 liters. On the other hand, the CR-V battery is lithium-ion, when Toyota continues to use nickel-metal-hydride. Despite these very similar concepts, the CR-V must admit a significant cumulative power deficit of 34 hp compared to its rival. A deficit which Honda seems aware since it proposes its CR-V at a lower price of € 2,530.
By offering a non-rechargeable diesel alternative, the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4 have a hollow nose. It remains to be seen which of these two opportunists arrived in early 2019 appears the most convincing to use. First match with their 4x2 versions.
Voitures à l'essai : Honda CR-V vs Toyota RAV4
| Honda CR-V 2.0 i-MMD 184ch Executive 2WD AT | |
|---|---|
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40 470 €
ni bonus
ni malus |
| Toyota RAV4 Hybride 218ch Lounge 2WD | |
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43 000 €
ni bonus
ni malus |
If there is one category of vehicles in which diesel is resistant, it is that of compact SUVs. The consumption and high penalty of gasoline versions discourage the most convinced anti-diesels and rare rechargeable hybrids are expensive to pay their benefits. In this context, Honda and Toyota replay with the RAV4 and the CR-V non-rechargeable hybrids a game they have been maintaining for more than two decades now. For Toyota was the pioneer of the hybrid with its Prius in 1997, Honda has followed suit with its IMA system on the Civic and Insight since 1999. Since then, the group Hyundai-Kia has tried an incursion in this duel with the Niro hybrid, but it does not yet offer an SUV the size of our two consorts of the day.
Opposition style
Strangely on the market, the two Japanese SUVs are based on the principle of non-refillable hybridization, based on atmospheric Atkinson gasoline engines and a continuously variable epicyclic transmission in which two electric motors are housed. Both are also available in four-wheel drive. There are still some differences: Toyota uses a 2.5-liter petrol engine when Honda only has a displacement of 2 liters. On the other hand, the CR-V battery is lithium-ion, when Toyota continues to use nickel-metal-hydride. Despite these very similar concepts, the CR-V must admit a significant cumulative power deficit of 34 hp compared to its rival. A deficit which Honda seems aware since it proposes its CR-V at a lower price of € 2,530.
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