2013 Toyota Avalon

Like his ancestors Cressida, Toyota Avalon has long focused on the simple comfort and value on sex appeal. Conservatives have sheet metal, a comfortable ride, room to spread out and overall ease-of-use historically the largest sedan brand popular among older people. But the new 2013 Avalon provides considerably more expressive styling that Toyota no longer content to the end-of-life is just demographic suggests. This shift from a more traditional value edgier design and content is hugging one of the very large non-premium sedan segment seems - witness the new luxury-2014 Chevrolet Impala, and the sculpted flanks of the 2012 Hyundai Azera and Ford Taurus.

The 2013 model year is remarkable svelter sheet, known by a bold front-end and smooth greenhouse Toyota intention, but it works as a sport mode and shift paddles that. Really telegraph renewed strength of the Avalon and ambitious mission And Toyota officials tell that already shown, V6 and Hybrid models are just the beginning - an original model of sport is also a serious consideration.

According to Randy Stephens, chief engineer of the model, a trio of Avalon’s concepts on the way to SEMA in October, with two of them is rounded internally - unusual for Toyota. The pair of concepts developed in the house will be a performance bent, at least one with an off-the-shelf compressor of TRD parts bin of the company in Australia (used same setup charge in the Lotus Evora S). The house built Avalons are told that they are not as structured as the most outrageous tend SEMA vehicles, mainly because Toyota to the public, with one eye will rock to a production run.

When asked whether there is a sportier production Avalon model similar to the current model Camry SE, Stephens trim quickly and decisively said, "No, it will be more real." From "real" Stephens is a hot Avalon would actually deliver improved performance. A production supercharged model? Highly unlikely. A performance in the amount of Avalon 2GR-FE 3.5-liter V6 (268 hp, 248 pound-feet of torque) is plausible, together with a revised chassis and corresponding visuals. Turn with the 2013 model year with an electric power steering, it would also be easy to turn the wheel and assign the weight. The Georgetown, Kentucky built Avalon hits dealers this fall in standard and hybrid flavors. If the green light is, take a good performance for a few years.