After Prado entered the J250, which represents the fifth generation, Toyota seems to be stepping up its efforts to complete the overall transformation of its SUV design language, and the retro hard-core style has brought Toyota back to the era. After completing some hard-core SUVs or off-road vehicle upgrades, these designs with a strong retro flavor began to enter more urban SUVs, including the best-selling R**4, which is known as Rongfang in China.
The last time the Glory received a major facelift was last year's special Expedition Edition, but they were only a special decoration of the exterior kit, and the spy photos we see in the footage now are more like special renders of the new version, and they are not from the official version. As you can see, the front of the car is almost a replica of the new Prado, with rectangular headlights with exposed high and low beams, a small grille in between, all with a very regular grid, and a charcoal grey bezel with lower trim panels. It can be seen that the Prado not only relies on the small size of the main grille to intake air, but also covers more porous structures in the decorative panels, lower grille, and even the bumper.
From the rear, the car's lines are also very strong, his wheel arches are surrounded by a wide range of sports, and the side skirts, rear bumper and other areas are included with stronger sports guards to protect and prevent scratches. However, the R**4 is not as exaggerated in its construction as the Prado, and while maintaining the same regular tailgate, it has a more sleek waistline structure and a more traditional taillight shape. In addition, the rear windows of the car are still shaped to the car, which adds more personalization to the car and allows for more targeted interior lighting optimization.
In some renders, we also see the cockpit effect of the Toyota R**4, the car adopts some more coherent design elements on the inside, but on the main body, the LCD instrument cluster still maintains a more independent embedded, while the floating touch screen will reach a size of 12At the same time, some control keys have been added to optimize the specific function operation. In addition, the car has been completed from the centre console to the front trim bash for the front passenger seat, which will make the entire cabin appear wider. In addition, we also saw the plug-in wireless charging structure, the small size of the electronic stop knob, and the tilted layout of the Type-C port, etc.
In addition, at this angle we can get close to the steering wheel of the vehicle, which is similar in style to what we see in the crown, and here in addition to more ** control, it will also support intelligent assisted driving, intelligent voice and other functions of rapid adjustment, which will make it more convenient to use the car.
In terms of power, the new generation of Toyota R**4 Rongfang may abandon the sale of the pure fuel version, and the vehicle is expected to use a combination of internal combustion engine and electric motor, that is, the whole system covers the THS petrol-electric hybrid system, and matches the E-CVT electronic continuously variable transmission mechanism in transmission. In addition, the Toyota R**4 will also offer a plug-in hybrid system, which will be adapted to the e-Four electric all-wheel drive system to optimize driving. Of course, the Dynamic Torque Vectoring control system will continue to be matched with the new car, making it easier to control the dynamic driving, and the +30% increase in torque at the rear wheels will also improve the car's acceleration performance.
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There is not much reliable information about the new generation of Toyota R**4 Rongfang, but as far as the current information is concerned, the vehicle will indeed get more hardcore elements in the new round of replacement to optimize the personality recognition that the body can have. In addition, for the new generation of models, we are also looking forward to the arrival of more intelligent interconnection and intelligent driving configuration upgrades, so as to maintain its comprehensive competitiveness in front of models such as the Honda CR-V.