Toyota Teases 2026 RAV4 Ahead of May 20 Reveal

•    Toyota shared a few images of the 2026 RAV4 ahead of its unveiling on May 20th.

The RAV4 SUV is the sales juggernaut of a Toyota lineup that has a few of those. Just last year, the automaker sold around half a million units of the compact SUV on the North American continent.

That’s all the more impressive given that the current RAV4, introduced for the 2019 model-year, is entering the home stretch in its current form. The new generation is coming for 2026, and it is a will significant moment for the manufacturer.

To set the stage for the model's unveiling on May 20th, Toyota today shared three images showing us… three times the same view. From a healthy distance. In fact the company didn't even confirm that it is the RAV4, though that’s a very badly kept secret. The images are quite clearly of a compact SUV.

What we get is a top-down view of the SUV, set within three completely different landscapes and environments: a winding country road, a suburban street and a snowy path. It’s of course impossible to discern anything about the next RAV4’s styling, other than that the rather square front end seems consistent with photos of camouflaged versions that have been seen online.

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