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From the beginning of 2014, the option must be combined in the RAV4 four wheel drive with the 2.0-liter entry-level diesel with 91 kW/124 hp, the manufacturer announced. So far was the RAV4′s base engine with front-wheel drive only. Toyota calls its four-wheel drive system “dynamic wheel drive AWD DTC”. It purely differs not from the systems of other carmakers.

 four wheel drive in the base diesel
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class=”source”> Image: Toyota The central component is an electronically controlled multi-plate clutch, which produces the adhesion between the two drive axles. She leads drive torque to the rear axle when the front wheels should be spinning on slippery surfaces. At moderate straight to lower the fuel consumption only the front wheels are driven. For off-road detour to the uniform force distribution on all wheels can manually lock up pace 40th

In the four-wheel version of the small diesel engine will consume just over 5 liters according to provisional data on average. Exact prices have not yet called Toyota. As the front-wheel drive RAV4 costs with the entry-level diesel is known, from 26 650 euros, the all-wheel drive version then it should be around 28,000 euros.

(AP)

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