New Toyota Avensis Spy Photos & Rendering

Rendering of 2009 Toyota Avensis

by Alexander Tallberg
February 26, 2008 9:59 PM
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, Japanese, Spy Photos, Toyota

Our spy photographers have caught these early images of the upcoming 2010 model year Toyota Avensis undergoing winter testing in Scandinavia. Less than two months ago we showed you the first pictures of the Avensis sedan and the Avensis wagon, scheduled to be released six months after the sedan. Don't mark your calendar just yet, but Toyota could very well launch the third-generation Avensis at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show in one year's time. Since its launch in 2003, the second-generation Avensis has fetched the European Car of the Year award in 2004 and racked up sales of 156,000 units in 2005 alone. The current Avensis received its mid-product life cycle facelift at the Madrid Motor Show in 2006.

But given the fierce competition the Avensis is facing in the up-market medium-sized car market from e.g. the Mazda 6, Toyota is in the process of updating the Avensis range, with reportedly a hybrid, all-wheel drive and diesel hybrid models being available by 2010. Interestingly, the word is that the new Avensis will feature a high mounted gear lever, familiar to those who've driven the Toyota Auris or why not the previous Honda Civic Type-R.

Stay tuned for more information!

Source: RoAnSa

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Comments

Bristol411S3

February 26, 2008 10:24 PM

A decreasing market owned by the Mondeo - even Nissan abandoned it. This had better be good and I hope it is for Toyota's UK plant.

alexander

February 26, 2008 10:44 PM

I hope this car turns out to be more exciting than the current Avensis in terms of the design, it does look fairly outdated compared to the Mazda 6. I agree, the Mondeo has been a huge success but the rendering, which should give you a good idea of how the new Avensis will look, seems very promising.

Alfafox5

February 26, 2008 11:41 PM

The rendering is way cooler than any Toyota we get in the US. We don't even get a proper Estate, we get the reworked and overstyled Matriz... all with drum brakes at the rear as standard kit. :o| Again, EU gets the better style, even if it is a bit dated compared to some.

renyeo

February 27, 2008 8:57 AM

The three-box sedan is a fast dying breed in Europe.

catch22

February 27, 2008 3:49 PM

Not in all markets...

Cire

February 28, 2008 4:58 PM

The sedan in the pictures is miles ahead of anything Toyota currently offers in the U.S. from a design perspective. All the sedans in Toyota's U.S. lineup have a bland, appliance-like appearance. This car looks svelte and sporty.

I would love to see this car offered in the U.S. It would probably be the first Toyota product that I would consider buying. The major problem for Toyota would be where to position this car in its lineup. I would maybe use this car to reinvent the Scion brand in the U.S. The xD (which is hideous, sells poorly, and has received terrible reviews) needs to be moved to the Toyota division or totally discontinued in the U.S. The xB could be moved to the Toyota division since most of the ones I see on the road are piloted by people who are far beyond Scion's target demographic in age. The tC (which shares this car's platform) just needs a great redesign to continue its successful performance. I would use a redesigned tC and the sedan pictured above to launch a new and improved version of the Scion brand. Add a sporty crossover and a production version of the A-BAT concept truck (maybe both built on the tC/Avensis platform) to complete the lineup. One platform plus four new cool vehicles equals a revitalized Scion.

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