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New Toyota Avensis Spy Photos & Rendering
February 28, 2008
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.