The odd-looking Toyota RAV4 you’re looking at seems like it could be created by a coachbuilder that specializes into turning ordinary cars into stretched limos. However, it was actually built by the company’s workers at its Takaoka factory in Japan.
Japanese website Car Watch recently made a trip to the factory and was told that a group of 200 Toyota employees built the one-off RAV4 limo during non-work hours.
Building a limousine out of the RAV4 wasn’t easy. The workers had to spend a considerable amount of time modifying and extending the SUV’s unibody structure to ensure the RAV4 isn’t just a showpiece and is fully functional. All up, the car is 26 feet (7.9-meters) long and it looks quite strange, to say the least.
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As the Toyota workers who built the car retained the standard front and rear doors of the RAV4, the presence of an extended portion in the center of the car messes with the body lines and the shape of the roof, but that’s to be expected given the design they came up with.
Inside, the RAV4 limo sports a distinctive leather pattern on the dashboard but doesn’t feature any extra seats; instead, rear-seat passengers simply enjoy heaps of extra legroom. In fact, there are leg rests in the back and even a small wooden coffee table, which is perfect for placing some champagne glasses on.
Those who helped build the car say they simply did so for the challenge, not because Toyota has any intention of actually putting a vehicle like this into production.