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Toyota Considering RAV4 Hybrid if There is Demand

Decision based on demand and how it sells

The new RAV4 will only be available only with a four-cylinder engine

If the demand is there, ToyotaToyotaJapan, 1937 > present155 models
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says that it will build a hybrid version of the new RAV4Toyota Rav4 Gen.4Japan, 2013 > present24 versions
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. It just revealed the fourth generation of the compact SUV at the LA Auto Show.

“We are watching the market. After introducing the new RAV4 we will see. There will be a possibility of introducing a hybrid RAV4 and we will respond to what the market wants," said its chief engineer Yoshikazu Saeki.

Toyota says that it benchmarked the new RAV4 against the CR-VHonda CR-V Gen.4Japan, 2012 > present34 versions
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and TiguanVolkswagen Tiguan Gen.1Germany, 2007 > 2015132 versions
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. It also has no plans to change the RAV4's concept. It has no plans to offer a smaller version to compete with the JukeNissan JukeJapan, 2010 > present135 versions
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or a seven-passenger version. It already has seven-passenger crossovers on sale in the US and Europe that fills that niche.

Toyota offers a hybrid version of the seven-passenger HighlanderToyota Highlander Hybrid ...Japan, 2011 > present4 photos
in North America and had the RAV4 EVToyota Rav4 EVJapan, 2013 > present5 photos
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based on the previous generation for sale in California.