My wife drives it a lot more. Steering is not as tight as a Honda but it seems to handle slight bends decently well on the highway at 110 km/h. Acceleration is decent when I step on the gas pedal even if in eco mode.
From RAV4 WORLD, seems there is no starter because the hybrid battery turns the gasoline engine on. Auto shut off is designed well because fuel doesn't get injected until 1000 rpm ( likely I explained it wrong) so Toyota made it heavy duty. Hvac is of the electric type. Rdgrimes on that forum has been responding to my queries.
Major complaint is seemingly jarring ride at the back when traveling over deep depressions like potholes or sewer covers. Dashboard layout isn't neatly done with center vents circular while side vents are rectangular or vice versa probably to make the NX look more premium.
If you don't care about parking sonars, bird's-eye view and a few minor features, the base hybrid with some additional package is $36k something and maybe there is a $1500 incentive like for the Corolla.
All new model likely won't come out until 2019 since Toyota already announced the 2018 RAV4 adventure