Toyota rav4 hybrid

It’s best to think of compact SUVs the way most people think of pizza: Even if it’s not that good, it’s not that bad. The 2025 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is efficient and does everything a compact SUV needs to do, but this generation has been around since the 2019 model year and is overdue for a serious update. Good news: That update is here!

Whether you seek performance, off-road capability or simple normalcy, there appears to be a 2026 Toyota RAV4 for everyone.

A new generation of one of the bestselling vehicles in the country is always going to be big news, but the 2026 Toyota RAV4 is major announcement stacked on top of major announcement.

Toyota is doing its best to build anticipation for the new 2026 RAV4, releasing a second trio of teaser photos.

Toyota released a trio of bird’s-eye photos of a vehicle promising “all-new style, from urban streets to outdoor retreats,” that imply a new RAV4 is on the way.

If you’re shopping for a new car, chances are you’re considering one or more of the seven compact SUVs in this comparison test. See how each SUV did in both subjective and objective categories.

As in prior contests, our complaints with the Rogue were few, and the SUV’s good-to-great performance in most of our scored categories is a testament to its all-around goodness.

We took seven compact SUVs recently on a roughly 250-mile fuel economy drive to measure their road-trip efficiency in a real-world setting.

When we gathered seven popular models to find the best compact SUV for 2025, we made sure to measure their cargo areas to see which one had the most space.

Take a look at how the Latch system and each car seat scored in our Car Seat Check of the 2025 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.