2019 RAV4 - Why would Toyota do this to us?

This just came across my radar:

Any thoughts?

Now I just have the El Camino of RAV4s.

 

Looks like they slapped a Tacoma Grille on it.

 

Looks like a Subaru.

 

Its like after the iPhone, everyone slapped “i” infront of thier product to make it hip. If people don’t think RAV4s are cool or interesting, it’s probably because they’re not cool or interesting. Don’t drag us Tacoma snobs down. I’m going to go hug my truck now, and try to explain that things just got that much harder.

 

Keeping it in the family

 

And I’m betting the farm the next generation Tundra will be strutting some of the same design clues.

 

Ain’t nuthin wrong with an el Camino

 

I like it!

 

I want one.

 

I like it better than the one it replaces.

 

Yeah the outgoing model is so bizarre. They are ubiquitous now, so we’re somewhat desensitized to the ugly, but think back to the initial shock when it debuted a few years ago.

Still, nothing is as bad as that Prius prime thing that looks like a hello kitty robot squeezing out a terd

 

what's wrong with it? looks good to me

 

Fully decked out is ONLY $37,720.

 

The interior is nice in the pictures. Never seen one in person. The exterior looks very similar to the standard fare from competitors in the segment

 

100%

 

Only problem I see is this thread is in the third gen forum.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/general-automotive.57/

 

It’s very common for companies to try to have similar grills throughout their line up, makes their cars more recognizable. Look at BMW, Mercedes, Ford (on some of their lineup), etc.

 

There's a TRD off-road RAV4 now as well based off their rally car I think

 

Dont we already have the FJ cruiser for this?

 

The only problem is the overly boring performance