Watch as MotorTrend Technical Director Frank Markus takes his trusty wrench to the undercarriage of the 2019 Toyota RAV4 Adventure to see what it’s really made of.
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00:00 All right, now we've got the RAV4 Adventure up on the lift.
00:03 And as we approach what looks like a pretty aggressive aluminum skid plate, it turns out,
00:17 of course, to be plastic. Underneath that is a lovely aerodynamic shield, but again,
00:24 this is plastic. Everything is plastic under here. In fact, there appear to be no tow recovery points
00:32 whatsoever. I also was unable to find an eyelet that you would screw into a recovery hook,
00:38 so I'm not exactly sure what we're going to do and we get this one stuck.
00:42 Everything is covered very nicely. I don't know how rugged any of this is
00:50 and what it would take to peel any of it off. Hopefully, I won't find out.
00:53 In the back is at least a little piece of frame here that I might be able to get a recovery strap
00:59 around. And of course, in the far back, once again, no recovery hooks or eyelets or anything.
01:08 Also, you might notice these tires, these Yokohama Avids, are a much more street-oriented track.
01:16 Now, this one does have some drive modes for rock and dirt and mud and sand. It does not
01:23 appear to be anywhere near the match for the Cherokee in terms of off-road capability.
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