"The iconic Toyota RAV4 continues to set the benchmark for the highly competitive SUV market in Europe with outstanding driving performance, great versatility and now, even more style and refinement. The Toyota RAV4 was the best selling SUV in Europe in 2006. The result also marked a new European sales record for RAV4 of 120,000 in a single year. For the first half year of 2007, over 70,000 units have been sold throughout Europe, topping sales charts..."

This is from a new review on 2008 Toyota RAV4 Cross Sport, from Top Speed. It includes info on the design, safety and performance of the model, as well as other features. Also available is a wallpaper / photo gallery.

[img]http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop-580x386/RAV_005_aw.jpg[/img]
[img]http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop-580x386/RAV_007_cw.jpg[/img]

Here is the link to the full article:
[url="http://www.topspeed.com/cars/toyota/toyota-rav4-cross-sport-ar43299.html"]2008 Toyota RAV4 Cross Sport - Top Speed[/url]

And the link to the picture gallery:
[url="http://www.topspeed.com/cars/toyota/toyota-rav4-cross-sport-ar43299/pictures.html"]2008 Toyota RAV4 Cross Sport wallpapers and high resolution photos - Top Speed[/url]

Very interesting. Thank you Torres

Torres, dont know about your side of the pond, but over here the lack of a
spare wheel is not going down too well.

Dave.

[quote name='dave.m' post='673763' date='Sep 19 2007, 04:06 PM']Torres, dont know about your side of the pond, but over here the lack of a
spare wheel is not going down too well.

Dave. [/quote]

I know on www.rav4world.com the omission of a spare wheel is also a debate talked about a lot...they like the look of the rear with no spare but the thought of getting a puncture and having only a can of air or sealant to correct until you can get to a dealer...is some what annoying....

We have spoken on this and TOYOTA's lack of actually grasping this fact cost one user a lot of £££££ to correct..good in perception rubbish in real world environments....

Nice picturs as well. Also with the new Landcruiser out as well soon looks like a nice lot of metal to tempt new buyers away from the UGLY CRV (my opinion)

EDIT:

one of the pictures they have used is of the new Landcruiser

[img]http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop-580x387/Toyota_RAV4_Cross_Sport_0w.jpg[/img]

RAV4W are also showing this as well [url="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=122496?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..1"]Edmunds[/url].

CRV third

[img]http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/roadtests/comparison/2007/toyota.rav4.limited/07.toyota.rav4.r34.500.jpg[/img]

Rav 1st where it should be

CReVice, should be further down the list, and thats just for looks

Just my 2p's worth

Dave.