In 2008 "Car and Driver" pitted the RAV4 against more than a half dozen of its rivals in the small SUV category. It emerged victorious with a close win over its nearest rival the Honda CR-V.
Two years later the same magazine did another comparison test with seven more rivals, some newly introduced, to challenge the RAV4 V6 AWD. Once again the RAV4 emerged victorious and this time the results weren't close, "in 2008, a four-cylinder RAV4 defeated all of its closest competitors. Twenty-four months later, a six-cylinder RAV4 repeats the feat. By day two of our four-day drive, no one knew which vehicles would finish in second through eighth places. Yet everyone knew where the Toyota would finish."
There is simply no better vehicle in its class than the RAV4!