2018 Toyota RAV4 vs. Honda CR-V vs. Nissan Rogue

When it comes to buying a compact sport utility vehicle, there are a ton of options at your disposal on the market. The trick to navigating all of these options is figuring out your needs and then exploring each model in order to find out which one best serves your situation, lifestyle, and family.

Take, for example, the Toyota RAV4, Nissan Rogue and Honda CR-V. All three are very popular, all three are spacious, and all three are fuel-efficient. How do you decide which one you want to buy? It’s all in the details.

If we are to be completely honest, the 2018 Toyota RAV4 can’t win a battle of specs with the CR-V and Rogue. Sure it has a bit more power than the Rogue thanks to a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine that produces 176 horsepower and can tow up to 1,590 kilos, but the Rogue offers 170 horsepower and the CR-V offers 192 horsepower. The difference isn’t huge here, and ultimately you won’t notice it out on the road.

That’s not where the RAV4 stands out. It doesn’t necessarily stand out in terms of interior space either. Don’t get us wrong, these three SUVs are among the most spacious in their segment and all offer more than 1,000 liters of cargo space with all seats in place. For a spacious and versatile SUV, you can’t do better than the RAV4, CR-V or Rogue.

But again, these three models are basically the same here. So how can you choose, and more importantly, why is the RAV4 the absolutely sales leader in the segment, one of the 10 most popular vehicles in Canada all segments combined, and vastly more popular than the CR-V and Rogue?

Well, it’s all in the drive and how you feel behind the wheel. In the CR-V, you’ll feel disconnected from the road. In the Rogue, you’ll feel it too much. In the RAV4, you get that perfect balance of comfort and performance while actually being able to enjoy your commute to work.

And there’s the little part about safety. With standard Toyota Safety Sense in every RAV4 that includes features like radar-based adaptive cruise control and automatic braking with pedestrian detection, both you and the people around are safe.

Finally, the 2018 Toyota RAV4 will soon be replaced by the 2019 model which has been completely redesigned. It’s a testament to the RAV4’s quality that it can still dominate sales even if was introduced 3 years ago. That also means that you can get a really good deal on a Toyota RAV4 at the moment!

To learn more about the 2018 Toyota RAV4, contact us today at Tusket Toyota!