2026 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Pricing Announced, With One Thing Missing

We now have pricing for the totally redesigned sixth-generation Toyota RAV4 for 2026. With the popular SUV’s switch to an all-hybrid lineup, the base price for a front-wheel-drive (FWD) RAV4 Hybrid LE has risen to $31,900. Last year’s base model, a gas-powered RAV4, started at $29,800, which is $2,100 less than the new one. Considering it’s an all-new SUV with upgrades across the board, the price adjustment strikes us as reasonable.

If you’re a glass-half-full person, though, consider that the base price of a hybrid RAV4 has fallen for 2026. The least expensive hybrid model from 2025 started at $32,850, which is $950 more than the 2026 base model’s $31,900 starting price.

Complete Pricing For The 2026 Toyota RAV4

For 2026, the new RAV4’s lineup is divided into three groups: core, rugged, and sport models. The core models include the LE, XLE Premium, and Limited trim levels. The new Woodland Grade is the only rugged model. Lastly, the sport models are the SE, XSE, and the all-new GR Sport trim level. Each group comes with not only different styling, but unique chassis and suspension tuning.

Buyers also have their choice of a front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive RAV4 for 2026. That said, only the LE, SE, and XLE trim levels offer both drivetrains, while the Woodland, XSE, and Limited trims come with AWD only. In addition to the SUV’s standard hybrid powertrain, a plug-in hybrid powertrain is also available for the SE, XSE, and GR SPORT trim levels, which are AWD-only, as well.

Pricing excludes $1,450 destination charge

Eagle-eye readers will notice there’s a trim level missing in the chart above. Toyota did not release pricing of the GR Sport model with the rest of the RAV4’s trim levels. It will likely be the most expensive RAV4 you can buy because it will be sold with the plug-in hybrid powertrain and have standard AWD along with a bunch of upgrades and goodies from Toyota’s racing subsidiary, GAZOO Racing.

As for power, all hybrid RAV4s will use a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine combined with two motor-generators to produce 226 combined horsepower in FWD models and 236 hp in AWD models. RAV4 PHEV models, meanwhile, benefit from a bigger battery pack and stronger motors that combine to make a more powerful 324 horsepower.

TopSpeed’s Take

Compact SUVs are the best-selling vehicle category in the U.S. outside full-size trucks, and the Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. that’s not a truck. Thus, the all-new sixth-generation 2026 RAV4 is a huge deal not only for Toyota, but the industry at large. The decision to switch to an all-hybrid lineup may seem bold, but Toyota is the king of traditional hybrids and has been doing them well for decades. At this point, there’s only upside to making the switch.

Fortunately, Toyota appears to have kept pricing in line with inflation so that customers won’t experience sticker shock when they go to trade in their used RAV4. Prices go up every year whether vehicles are redesigned or not. At least in this case, you’re getting the most advanced RAV4 ever built and tons more technology than the SUV it replaces.