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Toyota Avalon

Toyota Avalon
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2003–2004 Toyota Avalon
Overview
Manufacturer Toyota
Production 1994–present
Body and chassis
Class Full-size car
Body style 4-door sedan
Related Toyota Camry
Lexus ES
Chronology
Predecessor Toyota Cressida
Toyota Vienta (Australia)
Successor Toyota Aurion (Australia)
First generation
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Overview
Production September 1994 – August 1999
April 2000 – June 2005 (Australia)
Model years 1995–1999
Assembly United States: Georgetown, Kentucky (TMMK)
Australia: Altona, Victoria (Toyota Australia)
Layout FF layout
Powertrain
Engine 3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6
Transmission 4-speed A541E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 107.1 in (2,720 mm)
Length 1994–97: 190.2 in (4,831 mm)
1997–99: 191.9 in (4,874 mm)
Width 1994–97: 70.3 in (1,786 mm)
1997–99: 70.5 in (1,791 mm)
Height 1994–97: 55.9 in (1,420 mm)
1997–99: 56.7 in (1,440 mm)
Second generation
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Overview
Also called Toyota Pronard (Japan)
Production September 1999 – December 2004
Model years 2000–2004
Assembly United States: Georgetown, Kentucky (TMMK)
Designer Kevin Hunter and Yo Hiruta (1997)
Layout FF layout
Powertrain
Engine 3.0 L 1MZ-FE V6
Transmission 4-speed A541E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 107.1 in (2,720 mm)
Length 191.9 in (4,874 mm)
Width 71.7 in (1,821 mm)
Height 1999–2002: 57.7 in (1,466 mm)
2002–2004: 57.1 in (1,450 mm)
Third generation
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Overview
Production December 2004 – October 2012
Model years 2005–2012
Assembly United States: Georgetown, Kentucky (TMMK)
Designer Ian Cartabiano (2003)
Body and chassis
Layout Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform Toyota K platform
Powertrain
Engine 3.5 L 2GR-FE V6
Transmission 5-speed U151E automatic
6-speed U660E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 111.0 in (2,820 mm)
Length 2004–2010: 197.2 in (5,009 mm)
2010–2012: 197.6 in (5,020 mm)
Width 72.8 in (1,850 mm)
Height 58.5 in (1,485 mm)
Curb weight 3,560–3,660 lb (1,615–1,660 kg)
Fourth generation (XX40)
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Toyota Avalon XLE in the US
Overview
Production November 2012 – present
Model years 2013–present
Assembly United States: Georgetown, Kentucky (TMMK)
Designer Kevin Hunter (2010)
Body and chassis
Layout Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Platform Toyota K platform
Powertrain
Engine 2.5 L 2AR-FXE I4
3.5 L 2GR-FE V6
Transmission 6-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 111.0 in (2,820 mm)
Length 195.3 in (4,960 mm)
Width 72.2 in (1,835 mm)
Height 57.5 in (1,460 mm)
Curb weight 3,472–3,594 lb (1,575–1,630 kg)

The Toyota Avalon is a full-size car produced by Toyota in the United States, and is the flagship sedan of Toyota in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Middle East. It was also produced in Australia from 2000 until July 2005, when it was replaced in November 2006 by the Toyota Aurion. The first Toyota Avalon rolled off the assembly line in Georgetown, Kentucky, on February 21, 1994, as a 1995 model. A second-generation model was released in the United States and Japan in 1999.

Toyota marketed the Avalon as a replacement for the Toyota Cressida, a model discontinued for the American market in 1992. While the Cressida was an upper-level midsize rear-wheel-drive car with a straight-six engine, the Avalon is front-wheel-drive, powered by a V6 engine. In recent years, there has been considerable overlapping with its platform mates, the Toyota Camry V6 and the Lexus ES, although the third-generation Avalon was distinguished by offering extra legroom. For its fourth generation, the Avalon was introduced on a platform that is shared with the Lexus ES.

As of 2013, the Toyota Avalon is available in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the Middle East.

Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend.

The Avalon was a new model introduced in February 1994 at the Chicago International Auto Show and launched in late 1994 for the 1995 model year. Built in the same plant as the Camry, the Avalon was developed under the 299T program from 1990 to 1994 and based on a stretched XV10 Camry platform featuring a 3.0-liter 1MZ-FE V6 engine making 192 hp (140 kW) and 210 lb·ft (285 N·m) of torque. With almost 121 cu ft (3,426 l) of interior space, the Avalon was the first six-passenger car, with the most room ever, from a Japanese manufacturer for sale in America.


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