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How many cylinders does a Toyota Rav4 have?
At the urging of my wife, I joined my brother-in-law’s Off-Roading Club—but I went to my first outing this past weekend, and I was the only one with an SUV. Someone asked how many cylinders it has…and I had no idea. Luckily, I pointed out to him that there was a bear in his truck bed. He didn't believe me until he turned around and saw the bear, and then we all fled. Thanks to the bear, I didn’t have to answer the question, but so I’m not caught unawares next time—how many cylinders does a Toyota Rav4 have?
Jason Tushinski · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
So whether you’re driving a Rav4
XLE
or a top-trim TRD Off-Road
, you’ll have a 2.5-liter inline-four cylinder engine with 203 horsepower under the hood.Now, the next time your Off-Roading Club meets, and in case your friend—and by friend we mean the bear—doesn’t show, you might have to your handle any probing questions thrown at you without the benefit of a Bear Diversion. Since they started with cylinders, we’ll start there.
A cylinder is a metallic chamber or closed space where fuel is combusted and power is produced, resulting in a piston moving up-and-down—this reciprocating motion generates power and moves your vehicle.
In a vehicle with four cylinders, those cylinders are usually set up in an “inline” row, hence the term “inline four-cylinder engine”. There are inline six-cylinder engines as well. However, most six cylinder engines are V6 engines, with those cylinders lined up in two rows forming a “V”.
As a general rule of thumb, the more cylinders your engine has, the more powerful the vehicle. That said, the more cylinders your vehicle has, the more likely it is to consume more fuel. So when your off-roading pals are stuck because their V6 or V8-powered rigs have run out of gas, you’ll be the hero who rescues them. Unless the bear gets to them first.
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- Gregory R.
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