The Toyota RAV4 has a clean and comfortable cabin no matter what the variant, only the trim and material change.

Storage is more than adequate and there are plenty of places to charge your smartphone, including three USB ports upfront and two for the rear-seat passengers.

The 10.5-inch touchscreen multimedia system and driver display on the upper-spec Cruiser are both bright, clear and easy to use, although the media unit's operating system can be a bit of a puzzle.

Buttons, dials and grippy textured controls are easy to locate and operate. The rear seat is roomy enough in all directions, even for tall people.

Standard features onboard RAV4 variants vary depending on the spec level. The Toyota RAV4 Cruiser 2WD hybrid gets a 10.5-inch multimedia touchscreen system (with sat nav, Apple CarPlay (wired and wireless) and Android Auto), a nine-speaker JBL stereo set-up (with DAB+ Digital Audio), a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a surround-view camera, plus 10-way power driver's seat incl. memory, eight-way power passenger seat, heated and ventilated front seats, leather accented interior, dual-zone auto climate control air conditioning, power tailgate and tilt/slide moon-roof, and 18-inch black gloss alloy wheels.

The Toyota RAV4 has five seats. All seats are okay but not great, but up front in upper-spec variants they are power-adjustable every which way, so there's that.

The Toyota RAV4 line-up includes 2.0L petrol, 2.5L hybrid and 2.5L petrol set-ups.

The RAV4 Cruiser 2WD hybrid has a 2.5-litre naturally aspirated petrol engine and electric motor set-up with a 1.6kWh (6.5Ah) nickel-metal hydride battery system.

Combined system output for power is 160kW and the torque output (combustion engine only) is 221Nm at 3600rpm.

This RAV4 has a very effective and reliably smooth continuously variable transmission (CVT).

Fuel economy in the RAV4 range varies from 4.7L/100km to 7.0L/100km, depending on which variant you drive.

The Toyota RAV4 Cruiser 2WD Hybrid has listed fuel consumption of 4.7L/100km (on a combined cycle).

The Toyota RAV4 Cruiser 2WD Hybrid has a 55-litre fuel tank, so going by that official fuel-consumption figure, you could reasonably expect to get a driving range of about 1170km out of a full tank.

Toyota RAV4 variants have been clocked doing the 0-100km/h sprint in 8.1 seconds. Top speed is around 185km/h.