Toyota RAV4 Arrives in Australia Unrated by ANCAP

Overview

• Toyota said Thursday the first 2026 RAV4s on sale now carry no ANCAP safety rating, with a rating expected only after later upgrades are tested.
• Production checks pushed the launch into 2026, which means the SUV must meet stricter ANCAP and Euro NCAP rules than it was originally engineered for in 2025.
• The planned changes are tweaks to active and passive safety systems such as crash-avoidance tech and restraint tuning, with no structural redesign and no retrofit for early cars.
• Euro NCAP will run the crash tests for the updated RAV4 later in 2026, and ANCAP uses those results for Australia and New Zealand.
• Toyota forecasts more than 40,000 deliveries this year, so many buyers will get unrated cars, while fleet and government orders needing five stars are being scheduled for later builds.