最近谍照记者首次在路面上拍到了下一代丰田RAV4照片，丰田对新车进行了全面重新设计。虽然车身的重度伪装掩盖了设计细节，但从侧面轮廓看，新车外观与现行版完全不同。新车并非采用现行版的顺滑造型，而是更具雕刻美感。更高的车头集成硕大格栅，周围更棱角分明。透过伪装的孔洞可以看出前大灯进一步向两侧扩展，包围了车鼻，向下更接近l轮拱位置。新车的车顶相当平坦，导致后窗玻璃与车尾角度更垂直。从伪装的孔洞看，尾灯组采用水平设置。从该车的格栅周边，前大灯，车顶和掀背车尾看，其造型类似丰田在洛杉矶车展发布的FT-AC概念车。如果新一代RAV4采用类似设计，新车外观将更粗犷。新一代RAV4很可能采用丰田的TGNA平台，动力总成仍不清楚，但预计将包括混动系统。新车预计将于今年晚些时候或明年初亮相。
Next Toyota RAV4 Spied For First Time, Looks Brawny
The next-generation Toyota RAV4 has been caught on the road by spy photographers for the very first time. The company appears to have a major design overhaul in preparation for its incredibly popular crossover.
The cladding on this RAV4 conceals the precise design details, but just the SUV's silhouette makes it clear that the vehicle looks completely different from the current one. Rather than the existing model's relatively sleek, smooth appearance, this one has a far more chiseled aesthetic. A tall front end with a large grille with a prominent surround is very evident up front, and holes in the body covering reveal that the headlights wrap around the nose and run quite a far distance up the fenders. The RAV4 has quite a flat roof that leads back to steeply raked rear glass. Holes in the body cladding suggest the vehicle has horizontally set taillights, too.
Elements of this styling like the grille surround, headlights, roof, and hatchback shape seem to share rough similarities with the FT-AC concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show. If the RAV4 adapts these design details without much change, then the new model could be quite a rugged looking SUV.
The RAV4 will likely move to Toyota's TGNA platform. Powertrain options remain a complete mystery at this point, but expect the hybrid option to carry forward to the new generation.
While its age makes the RAV4 ready for a replacement, the sales numbers don't really force Toyota to come out with a new one yet. The company could wait to premiere the new one until very late this year, if not in 2019.