Toyota Avalon
Perhaps the owner clinics reveal that Avalon buyers like to be Expressway travel is a quiet, efficient affair, though the brakes have an abrupt light-switch feel and the steering is slow and somewhat lifeless in the middle, so you’re just a bit more active correcting the Avalon’s path as it’s disturbed by crosswinds and pavement changes. That’s all most Avalon drivers care about. That’s 0.3 second slower than our previous Avalon test car, but punch the gas in traffic, and the Avalon moves out.
Otherwise, Toyota’s Arthurian super-Camry remains unchanged down to its six-speed automatic and 268-hp, 3.5-liter V-6, which delivers 60 mph in 6.6 seconds. There are just two versions: the base Avalon and the Avalon Limited, tested here and now coming with standard leather and a sunroof. On the Limited, chrome slivers on the door handles and lower doors add a blaze of old-fashioned brightwork. A revised dash cages the instruments in separate, attractive binnacles, and a large shingle of loss-luster plastic resembling brushed pewter contains the navigation system with its revamped controls. The fenders are new for 2011, raising the rear decklid for better aerodynamics and creating a more windswept face with a new grille at the center.
The languid Avalon, essentially a punched-out Camry with Lexus trappings, may not fascinate the street pilots who devour this magazine, but about 40,000 people are expected to lay down their greenbacks for one this year, and Toyota has a few minor changes to announce. On the way to conquering the universe, Toyota put a pill right down Buick’s stack.
Otherwise, Toyota’s Arthurian super-Camry remains unchanged down to its six-speed automatic and 268-hp, 3.5-liter V-6, which delivers 60 mph in 6.6 seconds. There are just two versions: the base Avalon and the Avalon Limited, tested here and now coming with standard leather and a sunroof. On the Limited, chrome slivers on the door handles and lower doors add a blaze of old-fashioned brightwork. A revised dash cages the instruments in separate, attractive binnacles, and a large shingle of loss-luster plastic resembling brushed pewter contains the navigation system with its revamped controls. The fenders are new for 2011, raising the rear decklid for better aerodynamics and creating a more windswept face with a new grille at the center.
The languid Avalon, essentially a punched-out Camry with Lexus trappings, may not fascinate the street pilots who devour this magazine, but about 40,000 people are expected to lay down their greenbacks for one this year, and Toyota has a few minor changes to announce. On the way to conquering the universe, Toyota put a pill right down Buick’s stack.
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