Ford 1 year full warranty, free 2 year add-on warranty

Toyota - 3 years warranty + 7 years "major components+" warranty assuming car is serviced at a Toyota Franchise on time or mileage

Says it all!

After Market Insurance based warranty is

Expensive

Often strict limits on total claim

Cover full of holes

Drive them both and buy the one you prefer. No point driving something you hate just out of fear.

It's not that I fear Kuga, oh no. It's a facelift, so what could possibly go wrong?

And yes, I've driven both of them and I reckon they're both OK.

However, RAV4 lacks much needed Matrix LEDs (simply unobtainable) and few other things.

They've both started in 2019, but Kuga seems to be just more modern car.

On the other hand, I want something REALLY reliable.

We were all set to get a 2014 this year but quite surprisingly we didn't fit comfortably as the steering wheel is too close to the driver seat for us (height between bottom of wheel and driver seat front) which makes it a real squeeze to get in. ANd yes, we did try teh wheel in different positions.
Shame as the one we tried was really a pleasant drive, but the "squishing" needed to get in would have become tiresome and was a deal breaker.

Thats the first time I've seen that observation made.

In the Yaris Cross I sat in at the showroom I found the same thing.

It would have been OK if I hadn't raised the drivers seat up to the maximum (which is where I would want it). It stopped me looking further into the car as new purchase.

I didn't like the flimsy boot cover either, but that's neither here nor there.

Toyota are suppying some updates to help but, reports are still coming in of theft despite cars having the update.

Toyota allegedly still working on a final fix for the issue.

The FOC protection plates have already been defeated with reports of RAV4 & Lexus RX still being stolen with them fitted.

The FOC Tracker currently being rolled out ( even if the owner doesn't ask for it ) isn't much use either as it doesn't stop the vehicle being stolen.