2013 Toyota Avalon: Up Close
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It is, in fact, a nice-looking sedan, but I suspect many people will follow that sentiment with “for a Toyota.” I’m not sure the large lower grille works with the small upper one. It looks a little like the inverse of the new 2013 Ford Fusion’s grille, with a hint of Hyundai Elantra.
With electroluminescent screens and a leather-clad dashboard, the interior is sharp, easily passable as an older Lexus … or maybe even a current one. Toyota says the Avalon is now technically a midsize rather than full-size car, but because the difference is in the tumblehome — that’s how tightly the windows sweep inward as they approach the roof — it didn’t feel much different to me. Perhaps three passengers abreast in the backseat would disagree.
