The Japanese automaker Toyota has a very broad roster of models up for grabs in the United States. As such, there’s something for everyone – be it a regular customer looking for legendary reliability and affordability or a specialized client seeking one of the brand’s icons for their dream garage.

Suppose you want something cheap and easy to maintain. In that case, Toyota offers the ubiquitous Corolla series in various forms – sedan, Hybrid, hatchback, as well as sporty GR Corolla or the Corolla Cross high-riding model. If you want something that can tow and haul, there are the best-selling mid-size Tacoma or the larger Tundra pickup trucks. If you just want something that can get you from point A to B in comfort, then you can’t go wrong with the ultra-successful Camry mid-size sedan, for example.

Additionally, the Japanese brand covers the entire spectrum of the crossover and SUV departments, and then some more. As such, you can feel like a legend in the returning Land Cruiser or a part of the crossover society in the ultimate Toyota best-seller, the RAV4 compact crossover SUV. Sadly, you can’t have both – Land Cruiser’s iconic looks and RAV4’s legendary practicality. Or can you?

Well, if you’re willing to play a little with the suspension of disbelief, a member of the imaginative guild of digital car content creators dwelling around the parallel universes of vehicular CGI might have found the solution. The virtual automotive artist behind the Evren Ozgun Spy Sketch channel on YouTube has been playing for a while with a ‘slightly’ different interpretation of the next-generation 2026 Toyota RAV4.

The sixth iteration (dubbed internally XA60, most likely) has already been caught by spy photographers out testing, and the rumor mill has kicked off the report reel claiming the next RAV4 will be more of the same TNGA-K recipe with subtle design improvements, the same as it happened with the current Camry, which is seen by many as an update of the previous model rather than an all-new generation.

However, this pixel master will have nothing of that and has imagined a completely redesigned 2026 Toyota RAV4 with a boxier design yet also with additional premium features like triple LED headlights, dual-tone paint, hidden door handles, and the general looks of a Japanese Rolls-Royce Cullinan. Then, across a couple of video features, the CGI expert toyed with different POVs, including the high-tech interior, as well as with a few color samples to make it more enticing across fantasy land.
Now, in his latest feature, though, we find out which was the actual source of inspiration – he dreams of the alternate-reality 2026 Toyota RAV4 as a ritzier little brother of the 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser, the version with rectangular headlights, of course. So, what do you think of this alternate-reality version?

Credit: Autoevolution