They now know my VIN # - it's on a train and will be in the dealership Fri or Mon barring any unforeseen circumstances.
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We are getting the Cinnamon sight unseen. 
My wife liked the pictures for the Cinnamon so that's what's she getting but we've never seen it in real life. It's her car though so her choice is the final one, and I kinda like it in the pictures too actually. And hey, it's a new option, only available in 2016 or later. Maybe it's like the Rose Gold in the new iPhone. People got just because it's new.
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That said, had it been me, I might have just gone with the "safer" plain black interior. The nutmeg is not available in Canada on any of the RAV4 hybrids actually so I didn't even know it was available elsewhere, but I'm not a fan of it anyway.
BTW, what makes Blizzard Pearl a premium paint? I have it on my Prius Plug-in but it wasn't by choice. I bought it used, and that's just what it happened to have.
My wife liked the pictures for the Cinnamon so that's what's she getting but we've never seen it in real life. It's her car though so her choice is the final one, and I kinda like it in the pictures too actually. And hey, it's a new option, only available in 2016 or later. Maybe it's like the Rose Gold in the new iPhone. People got just because it's new.
That said, had it been me, I might have just gone with the "safer" plain black interior. The nutmeg is not available in Canada on any of the RAV4 hybrids actually so I didn't even know it was available elsewhere, but I'm not a fan of it anyway.
BTW, what makes Blizzard Pearl a premium paint? I have it on my Prius Plug-in but it wasn't by choice. I bought it used, and that's just what it happened to have.
How is it that people are able to order color schemes? When I ordered mine, they told me the interior color will be "whatever it comes with."
When you place a special order, you get exactly what you order, at least my last 4 cars worked that way. If it came something other than I ordered, I would reject it. Go to a different dealer..How is it that people are able to order color schemes? When I ordered mine, they told me the interior color will be "whatever it comes with."
The picture above is not this year's cinnamon. Attached is from the Toyota website is like what we drove a few weeks ago.We are getting the Cinnamon sight unseen.
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That said, had it been me, I might have just gone with the "safer" plain black interior. The nutmeg is not available in Canada on any of the RAV4 hybrids actually so I didn't even know it was available elsewhere, but I'm not a fan of it anyway.
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I like them both, so it's probably not a huge issue for us, but I am getting conflicting reports on this.
Several early reviews have the cinnamon interior as being mostly cinnamon with some black, but some people who have actually gotten 2016 models are getting mostly black with some cinnamon.
This includes this post in another thread here:
I have the cinnamon interior in my 2016 SE. It's actually very nice, and I get compliments on it all the time. The 'cinnamon' color is a saddle tan, but photos seem to show it a bit more orange than it really is. Here is a picture the day I first looked at the actual car I wound up buying. As you can see, it's not the whole seat with the cinnamon color, but mostly trim. I have seen pictures of the cinnamon with the colors reversed on kbb.com.
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Yeah, I was wondering about that. Thanks for confirming it.
Unfortunately, it's not shown anywhere on the Canadian website for any of the colours. Irritating. However, now I see it is available on the US site. Cinnamon for the Limited Hybrid's SofTek appears to be mostly Cinnamon, with less black.
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What's interesting though is that on the US site, the Electric Storm Blue comes in only Black or Ash. There is no option for Cinnamon or Nutmeg.
On the Canadian site, the Electric Storm Blue comes in only Black or Cinnamon. In fact, none of the Canadian RAV4 Hybrids have Ash or Nutmeg. The only two options are Black or Cinnamon.
On the US site, there is no Cinnamon at all for any of the XLE Hybrids. The only colour options are Black, Ash, or Nutmeg, all fabric.
Colour choices are again different for the XLE and Limited gas models. For the SE gas model, the Cinnamon is available, but it is mostly black with less Cinnamon.
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So now I know. I think I prefer the SE's Cinnamon to the Limited Hybrid's Cinnamon, but both are decent so I don't mind. And like I said, it's my wife's car so it wasn't my decision anyway. And that's assuming the Canadian colours are like the US ones. That isn't guaranteed either. As mentioned, you can't even get Cinnamon in an Electric Storm Blue Limited Hybrid in the US, but Cinnamon / Electric Storm Blue is what we ordered in Canada.
Unfortunately, it's not shown anywhere on the Canadian website for any of the colours. Irritating. However, now I see it is available on the US site. Cinnamon for the Limited Hybrid's SofTek appears to be mostly Cinnamon, with less black.
What's interesting though is that on the US site, the Electric Storm Blue comes in only Black or Ash. There is no option for Cinnamon or Nutmeg.
On the Canadian site, the Electric Storm Blue comes in only Black or Cinnamon. In fact, none of the Canadian RAV4 Hybrids have Ash or Nutmeg. The only two options are Black or Cinnamon.
On the US site, there is no Cinnamon at all for any of the XLE Hybrids. The only colour options are Black, Ash, or Nutmeg, all fabric.
Colour choices are again different for the XLE and Limited gas models. For the SE gas model, the Cinnamon is available, but it is mostly black with less Cinnamon.
So now I know. I think I prefer the SE's Cinnamon to the Limited Hybrid's Cinnamon, but both are decent so I don't mind. And like I said, it's my wife's car so it wasn't my decision anyway.
And that's assuming the Canadian colours are like the US ones. That isn't guaranteed either. As mentioned, you can't even get Cinnamon in an Electric Storm Blue Limited Hybrid in the US, but Cinnamon / Electric Storm Blue is what we ordered in Canada.
Toyota divides the US into regions and all colors and exterior/interior combinations are not available in all regions. It's just another crazy thing Toyota does.
When I put in my zip code (46635) I have the cinnamon interior option with the blue exterior. I am attaching a screen capture of the PDF file generated by the Toyota website.
When I put in my son's San Francisco zipcode, the only interior color available with the blue exterior (on the Limited) is black and you have to have the Adv Tech package to get the blue exterior.
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