---
title: "Finally, a Way to Make a Toyota RAV4 Interesting"
description: "Never change, Japanese tuners."
date: "2020-05-06"
modified: "2020-05-06"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/33318/finally-a-way-to-make-a-toyota-rav4-interesting"
categories:
  - "Builds"
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Toyota News"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "RAV4"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "Toyota"
---

# Finally, a Way to Make a Toyota RAV4 Interesting

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2020/05/r3.jpg>)
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Owing to their looks, performance, and for most, their unattainability, exotic vehicles tend to be treated by the car community as sacrosanct—as something so special that's not to be [disrespected by mimicry](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32041/this-33750-mutant-lamborghini-aventador-is-really-a-messed-up-pontiac-gto>). Less reverence, however, is offered to [the Lamborghini Urus, which some see as a dilution of the brand](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31849/end-of-an-era-lamborghini-now-sells-more-urus-suvs-than-it-does-supercars>). If there were a perfect way to poke fun at the Lamborghini that shouldn't exist, it'd be to graft its visage onto a lesser crossover. Japanese body kit manufacturer [Albermo](<https://www.caesar.ne.jp/albermo/index.html>) seems to be with us on that front because it has done just that with its "[XR51](<https://www.caesar.ne.jp/albermo/xr51.html>)" body kit for the current Toyota RAV4.

![Lamborghini Urus Body Kit for Toyota RAV4](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1588774091837-r4.jpg>)
*Lamborghini Urus Body Kit for Toyota RAV4*

*, *Albermo**

![Lamborghini Urus Body Kit for Toyota RAV4](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1588774067217-r2.jpg>)
*Lamborghini Urus Body Kit for Toyota RAV4*

*, *Albermo**

Starting at just ¥138,000 ($1,300) for the unpainted front bumper, which fits perfectly over the [RAV4](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/27085/2019-toyota-rav4-adventure-review>)'s factory headlights, Albermo's XR51 kit makes this crossover look enough like a Lamborghini that it might fool a few people if badged as one, even if you don't splurge on the entire kit. An extra $75 can get you a version of the bumper with optional, Lamborghini-like honeycomb mesh, while about another $735 can add an Urus-style rear spoiler, and for $150 more, chrome door handle highlights. All in, you're looking at ¥240,000 for the whole kit, which comes to about $2,260 at current exchange rates.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-nvoaGg4Lr

Granted, it'd cost a heck of a lot more to get this kit actually *installed* on a RAV4. You'd still need to ship it over from Japan and pay a pro to do the paint and installation work. Altogether, the job could easily spiral to $10,000 or more, and that's not the kind of money most people are willing to spend modifying an ordinary family hauler. There's an argument to be made that [the upcoming 2021 RAV4 Prime](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31086/2021-toyota-rav4-prime-gets-90-mpge-does-0-60-faster-than-a-porsche-macan>)—which'll do zero-to-60 in 5.8 seconds—is worthy of the treatment, though if you disagree, save your ire for Albermo's other supercar-inspired body kit, the SP42. It applies a Ferrari Portofino mask to a Toyota Prius, and we know [how the Prius makes some people feel](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23797/driver-repeatedly-tells-state-trooper-i-drive-a-prius-refuses-to-pull-over>).

https://www.instagram.com/p/B589rq8AF6u

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h/t: [*Car Advice*](<https://www.caradvice.com.au/848062/japanese-styling-company-transforms-toyota-models/>)

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)