Other frequently purloined models include the Chevrolet Tahoe SUV, Toyota RAV4, Ford Edge and Dodge Journey.
They peaked at 1.4 million in 2000, but have fallen rapidly since as buyers shifted to popular crossover wagons like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4.
About five minutes later, the mother and her son, in a Toyota Rav4, left the path and also entered the river, close to the first vehicle.
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Other significant debuts run the gamut, from hot new sports cars, like the Porsche Cayman, to much less flashy transportation, like the redesigned Subaru Forester and Toyota RAV4.
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But Jeep needs to win back the suburbanites who have spent the last decade defecting to a newer batch of car-like, fuel-efficient competitors like the Chevrolet Equinox and Toyota RAV4.
The competition is thickening on the plug-in front, with vehicles from Honda Fit EV, Nissan Leaf, CODA Sedan, Toyota RAV4 EV and Prius Plug-In making their appearance on showroom floors.
These expected high-mileage runners run the gamut from affordable small cars like the Toyota Yaris and the Scion xB and xD, to family minded SUVs including the Acura RDX, Lexus RX 350 and the Toyota RAV4 and 4Runner to utilitarian pickups like the Chevrolet Avalanche and Honda Ridgeline.
The two companies said Friday they have signed an agreement to start developing an electric version of Toyota's RAV4 SUV to go on sale in 2012.
The big carmakers likely have plenty of credits in the bank, having sold everything from neighborhood electric vehicles to General Motors' EV1 electric car and Toyota's electric RAV4.
In addition to the RAV4 EV, Toyota will also be debuting an electric version of the diminutive Scion iQ, but the company says that model will be indeed limited to fleets and car-sharing programs.
Toyota's just-arrived RAV4 EV will soon get a much smaller cousin -- albeit a very elusive one.
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Toyota kicked things off, with the RAV4 and later at Lexus, where it brought out the luxury RX.
We also took a first look at Toyota's new Tesla-infused RAV4, and we caught up with Venturi's powerhouse electric concept car.
Tesla will deliver 30 to 35 electric RAV4 prototypes by the first of the year, a Toyota spokesman said.
Cancellation of the iQ will leave Toyota with one pure EV in its lineup, an all-electric RAV4 model to be produced in the U.S. with Tesla Motors.
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The big carmakers likely have plenty of credits in the bank, having sold everything from neighborhood electric vehicles to General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people )' EV1 electric car and Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people )'s electric RAV4.
We anticipate robust public interest in the RAV4 EV and are keen to inform consumers that their future vehicle options include a battery electric Toyota.
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