2020 Toyota RAV4 Review

You may have heard, but we spent quite a bit of time with a RAV4 Adventure recently. We didn't do very much off-roading, but the Adventure had no issues during our handful of little detours off improved surfaces. Still, as part of Toyota's new "TRD all the things" plan, it's adding a TRD Off-Road trim for the new RAV4's second year of production.

Pros and Cons

This isn't a full TRD Pro kit, but Toyota is confident the 2020 RAV4 TRD Off-Road will improve the RAV's trail-driving capabilities. Starting with a RAV4 Adventure, which already offers 8.6 inches of ground clearance, all-wheel drive, and selectable multi-terrain traction control, Toyota upgraded the suspension and added new wheels and tires.

The TRD Off-Road doesn't get the Fox shocks found on TRD Pro models elsewhere in Toyota's lineup, but its shocks have been upgraded and new bump-stops installed to improve ride and body control on rough surfaces. Under the plastic wheel arches (shared with the Adventure), you'll find black-painted 18-inch alloy wheels, shod in Falken off-road tires specially developed with TRD.

Those beefier, square-shouldered tires are arguably the most important part of the equation in terms of the RAV4 TRD Off-Road's ability to tackle unimproved surfaces. A rock-crawler this ain't, but it looks tougher and should handle itself a little better on the way to a campsite or trailhead.

2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road Pricing and Availability

The overall pricing structure for the Toyota RAV4 shouldn't change for 2020. You can expect the TRD Off-Road to come with a slightly higher price than the Adventure's $32,900 MSRP.