Model year 2021 · XA50 (2019–2025)

2021 Toyota RAV4 specs

The 2021 Toyota RAV4 tows 1,500–3,500 lb, carries 1,050–1,295 lb of payload, has 8.1–8.6 in of ground clearance, weighs 3,370–4,300 lb at the curb and measures 180.9–181.5 in long, by configuration, per Toyota’s own documents.

We hold 17 configurations of the 2021 RAV4, and Toyota gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 17
Documents: 4

01 / Configurations

Every 2021 RAV4 configuration

17 retail configurations sold in 2021, each with the figures Toyota publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Toyota gives figures for weights, dimensions, towing and clearance and angles.

202117 configurations

2021 Toyota RAV4 XA50: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Ground clearance	Approach	Departure	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
LE FWD	8.4 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,240 lb	3,370 lb	225/65R17
LE AWD	8.4 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,120 lb	3,490 lb	225/65R17
Hybrid LE AWD	8.1 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,750 lb	1,230 lb	3,690 lb	225/65R17
XLE FWD	8.4 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,205 lb	3,405 lb	225/65R17
XLE AWD	8.4 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,095 lb	3,515 lb	225/65R17
Hybrid XLE AWD	8.1 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,750 lb	1,165 lb	3,755 lb	225/65R17
XLE Premium FWD	8.6 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,205 lb	3,405 lb	235/55R19
XLE Premium AWD	8.6 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,095 lb	3,515 lb	235/55R19
Hybrid XLE Premium AWD	8.1 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,750 lb	1,165 lb	3,755 lb	225/60R18
Adventure AWD	8.6 in	19.0°	21.0°	3,500 lb	1,050 lb	3,655 lb	235/55R19
TRD Off-Road AWD	8.6 in	19.0°	21.0°	3,500 lb	1,050 lb	3,655 lb	225/60R18
Limited FWD	8.6 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,125 lb	3,485 lb	235/55R19
Limited AWD	8.6 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,500 lb	1,065 lb	3,640 lb	235/55R19
Hybrid Limited AWD	8.1 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,750 lb	1,140 lb	3,780 lb	225/60R18
Prime SE	8.1 in	18.6°	21.4°	2,500 lb	1,295 lb	4,235 lb	225/60R18
Hybrid XSE AWD	8.1 in	19.0°	21.0°	1,750 lb	1,165 lb	3,755 lb	225/60R18
Prime XSE	8.3 in	18.6°	21.4°	2,500 lb	1,230 lb	4,300 lb	235/55R19

MakerSources: 2021 RAV4 Product Information · 2021 RAV4 Hybrid Product Information · 2021 RAV4 Prime Product Information

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 2021

The 2021 RAV4 against the 2020, the previous model year we hold. Only what Toyota’s documents show: nothing here is inferred.

Added: 3 configurations (Hybrid XLE Premium AWD, Prime SE and Prime XSE).
Payload: 1,050–1,295 lb (2020: 1,050–1,240 lb).
Curb weight: 3,370–4,300 lb (2020: 3,370–3,800 lb).
Same range as the 2020: towing, ground clearance and length.
Payload differs on 4 of 14 configurations sold in both years: −40 to +20 lb.
Curb weight differs on 8 of 14 configurations sold in both years: −20 to +40 lb.

03 / Tires

2021 RAV4 stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Toyota fits at the factory in 2021, the standard ones first.

2021 Toyota RAV4 stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
225/65R17Standard: LE 2.5L Dynamic Force 4-cylinder; LE 2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid, XLE 2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid; XLE 2.5L Dynamic Force 4-cylinder	17 in	28.5 in
225/60R18Standard: SE, XLE Premium 2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid, XSE 2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid, Limited 2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid; TRD Off-Road	18 in	28.6 in
235/55R19Standard: XLE Premium 2.5L Dynamic Force 4-cylinder, Limited 2.5L Dynamic Force 4-cylinder, Adventure; XSE 2.5L 4-cylinder plug-in hybrid	19 in	29.2 in

RAV4 tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2021 documents

4 documents behind the 2021 RAV4’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked Oct 12, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

These are Toyota’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.