2021 Toyota Avalon

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If you still dig cruising around town in a big, floaty land yacht, the 2021 Avalon may just be your all-around best option — the hybrid variant in particular.

Expect to see more hybrid powertrains from Toyota in 2021 as the automaker continues its commitment to more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Toyota’s flagship Avalon sedan is getting all-wheel drive for the 2021 model year — but it’s limiting that system to tamer, four-cylinder gas-engine models.