2013 Toyota Avalon Review
When you’re one of the largest automotive manufacturers in the world, it’s easy to lose sight of building cars that are both appealing and satisfying to drive. Until recently, the completely re-designed Camry and the debuted FT-86 was one of the first signs that Toyota went back to the drawing boards to come up with something new. The 2013 Toyota Avalon is another well attempt to spark interest in the family sedan segment.
Like the Toyota Camry, the Avalon is front wheel drive, but provides more interior cabin space thanks to its longer wheel base. The overall structure is also strengthened thanks to its reinforced bracing. The suspensions have also been revised, providing a smoother ride quality and more aggressive handling. Like many say, if something works well, why change it? The 3.5 liter 6 cylinder engine on the Toyota Avalon remains unchanged. Regardless of the stale design, it is still capable of producing an ample 268 horsepower with an estimated 25 mpg (combined city and highway) EPA rating.
At a first glimpse, the overall styling of the 2013 Toyota Avalon gives off a bold and modern impression. Its front grill shows off its massive grill vent and a pleasing chrome plated trim seemingly wraps around the Toyota emblem. The side panels have quite a deep contour, helping the Toyota Avalon give off an aggressive and modern look. When we spoke to the representatives at the auto show, they were keen to emphasize that the Avalon was designed and built in America. This makes the Avalon quite a refreshed car which breaks its trend from the homogeneous Toyota fleet back in Japan and introducing something new to the mass market in the north American continent.
You don’t need to improvise neck-snapping acceleration when stomping on the throttle with this one. The Avalon’s V6 engine produces 268 horsepower and 248 foot pounds of torque. This produces quite a bit of juice especially when running the engine at its peak 6200 RPM range. The Avalon’s beefy engine is coupled to Toyota’s 6 speed automatic transmission. Although it falls short in the refinement of 8 gears equipped on the Hyundai Genesis, and Chrysler 3000, it still performs and shifts very smoothly throughout all six gears.
It seems that Toyota’s design intentions were to keep the relished goods of the Avalon and revamped its outer shell. Although Toyota’s power-train is dated, there is nothing really wrong with it. It’s performance is still tolerable in today’s strict customer standards and provides excellent drive quality. Instead, Toyota focused on revamping the exterior styling with a modern and refreshed looks and slapped on some innovation such as Toyota’s Entue infotainment system that provides phone connectivity, Pandora, and even live fuel pricing, stocks, traffic and even the weather as an infotainment upgrade option. At a base price of 30,099 MSRP, it’s a pretty sweet deal. You get quality and proven performance coupled with modern styling, innovation and comfort all in a single package.
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