Toyota Avalon

Toyota Avalon
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
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
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
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)
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.