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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
My wife also has a RAV4. Bought it new last year. It's the only vehicle that we could find that has a theoretical 7-person seat capacity, 4WD, top-notch safety rating, and 25+ mpg. And unlike most vehicles, you can put a child seat in the middle of the backseat and still seat 2 adults comfortably next to it. Our RAV4 has the 2.5L 4-cylinder gas engine which is economical, though somewhat underpowered, but good enough for normal driving. A turbodiesel engine would make it perfect.
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I drove a RAV4 last year. Unless the 7 persons you have in mind were extras for the munchkin scene in Wizard of Oz, forget it. Engine power seemed acceptable, but the automatic tranmission had to up and downshift itself quite a bit to keep the engine in its powerband.