| Toyota Avalon | |
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 Toyota Avalon XSE (GSX50, Canada) | |
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| Manufacturer | Toyota |
| Also called | Toyota Pronard (Japan, 2000–2004) |
| Production | 1994–present |
| Model years | 1995–2022 (US) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Full-size car[1] |
| Body style | 4-door sedan |
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The Toyota Avalon (Japanese: トヨタ・アバロン, Hepburn: Toyota Abaron) is a full-size sedan manufactured by Toyota, as its largest front-wheel drive sedan; also its flagship in the United States, Canada, China and the Middle East. The Avalon was also manufactured in Australia from April 2000 until June 2005, when it was replaced in November 2006 by the Aurion. The first production Avalon was manufactured in September 1994 at the TMMK assembly line in Georgetown, Kentucky,[3] where subsequent generations have been manufactured.
Toyota marketed the front-drive Avalon as a replacement for its rear-drive Cressida, a model discontinued for the American market in 1992. The Cressida was an upper-level, mid-size, rear-wheel drive sedan. The Avalon has at times overlapped Toyota's models using the same platform, including the Camry V6 and the Lexus ES. The third-generation and subsequent generations was distinguished by offering extra legroom due to its extended-length chassis.[4] From 2013, the Lexus ES was moved to the extended platform to match the Avalon.[5]
As of 2013, the Avalon was sold in the United States, Canada, China, South Korea and the Middle East. It was discontinued in the United States in 2022.[6]
Avalon is a legendary island of the Arthurian legend, fitting it in with Toyota's tradition of naming their sedans after variants of the word for "crown" in various languages (Crown, Corona, Camry, Corolla), types of crowns (Tiara), or other aspects of royalty (Scepter).[citation needed]
- ^ "Toyota Large Sedans". US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Dorian, Drew (13 November 2019). "2020 Toyota Camry, 2021 Toyota Avalon Adding All-Wheel Drive". Car and Driver. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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- ^ Nordlicht, Donny (4 April 2012). "New York 2012: Lexus Reveals 2013 ES, New Hybrid Variant". automobilemag.com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Toyota Ditches Avalon and Replaces It With Funky, High-Riding 2023 Crown". Edmunds. 14 July 2022.