The "parquet" SUV (the car for outdoor activities) with a bearing body of Toyota RAV4 appeared in the market in 1994 and at once became popular, thanks to a combination of consumer qualities.
The first cars were issued only in three-door option with short base. In a year there was a dlinnobazny five-door version. Bright appearance and a close place of the driver with a small steering wheel and the drowned scales of devices create an image of the SUV of sports type.
In the extended version at the expense of increase in interaxal distance and back свеса the comfort on back seats raised and the volume of a luggage compartment increased.
RAV4 complete set strongly depends on a sales market. In particular, the elevating and movable panel of a roof was offered as an option. If on five-door cars the roof panel glass with the electric drive, on three-door cars two metal demountable panels of a roof were established. They can be removed and fixed on inside of a door of a luggage compartment that turns the car almost into a cabriolet.
In factory execution salon upholstery only the fabric.
Insignificant restyling is carried out in 1997. The design of a forward part as a result changed. Bumpers and plastic slips on boards began to be painted by enamel, and forward indexes of turn, instead of orange became white.
The second restyling was carried out in 2001 as a result of which serious changes were made to a car design, such as change of appearance, the dashboard, installation of absolutely new engine, modernization of a lobby and a back suspension bracket with installation on a back suspension bracket of the stabilizer of cross-section stability is carried out.
Toyotas RAV4 let out only with the petrol engine in volume of 2,0 l and four valves on each cylinder. Till 2001 the engine 3S-FE which was developed on the basis of the Toyota Carina E car engine was established. The block of cylinders is made their cast iron, and a block head of an aluminum alloy. The drive of camshafts is carried out by a gear belt.
RAV4 let out both with forward, and with a full drive. Front-wheel cars were generally delivered on the American market. Cars with a constant full drive have uniform distribution of a torque between lobbies and back wheels. On cars with a mechanical transmission the interaxal differential has compulsory blocking by the button on the dashboard while the multidisk coupling works at cars with an automatic transmission with electronic control. On some cars the back interwheel differential of the raised friction is established.
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