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Azerbaijan to import new Toyota RAV4

28 February 2013 12:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev – APA-Economics. Official dealer of Toyota cars in Azerbaijan Toyota Baku Center will import new model of RAV4 in March-April, 2013.

According to APA-Economics, presentation of this model was held in November of last year in L.A.

At first glance new model has a sharper look, one that brings the car nicely up-to-date although in a typically conservative way. Evolution rather than revolution. The new Rav4 is 205mm longer (4,570mm), 30mm wider (1,845mm) and has an extra 100mm in the wheelbase (the distance between the centres of the front and rear wheels). This contributes to more interior space, akin, says Toyota, to vehicles in the larger SUV segment above. Certainly there’s a good amount of room in the back and two adults can sit comfortably behind two taller adults in the front. There’s more loadspace, too – a maximum of 1,746 litres – and the boot sill is lower and wider with a top-hinged boot lid (electrically operated should you desire) enabling easier loading. There is a petrol option – a 2-litre Valvematic producing 149bhp, available only with all-wheel drive and featuring continually variable transmission rather than a standard gearbox – but Toyota did not offer one to try and says it expects only a small percentage of buyers will opt for it.

Note that, at present, RAV4 is offered in Azerbaijan’s market in six variants: “Standard”, “Elegance” and “Prestige”.