Toyota Launches All-New 2013 Avalon with Emotional Styling, Improved Dynamic Performance

Dec. 10, 2012 - PRLog -- Toyota Launches All-New 2013 Avalon with Emotional Styling,
Improved Dynamic Performance
Redesigned Avalon Production Marks 25 Millionth North-American Built Vehicle

Macon, GA - Butler Toyota recently welcomed the all-new, redesigned 2013 Avalon to its showroom while also celebrating a remarkable landmark for its brand-- the 25 millionth Toyota vehicle manufactured in North America.

Toyota dramatically altered the Avalon, creating a new sedan that helps shift the product’s generational appeal while symbolizing Toyota’s exciting design and product direction for future sedans. This is also the first Avalon to offer a Hybrid Synergy Drive model with a base price of $35,555. Reduced weight, clean aerodynamics and an efficient Hybrid drivetrain combine to give this sedan a combined 40 mpg EPA-rating (40 city/39 hwy).

The gas-powered Avalon, starting at $30,999, features a powerful, all-aluminum 3.5-liter V6 engine mated to a conventional six-speed automatic transmission that provides competitive acceleration. Estimated 0-to-60 mph time is less than seven seconds.

“The 2013 Avalon showcases Toyota car-building prowess and infuses the Avalon nameplate with new levels of excitement, dynamic capability, and refinement,” said Bill Fay, Group Vice President and General Manager Toyota Division.

The Avalon – which is being described as a radically new drive, elegant and sporty and sculpted by artists – combines passionate styling, innovation, and an elevated level of craftsmanship to help reposition Toyota’s flagship sedan within the highly competitive premium mid-size segment. It offers a long list of convenient, user-friendly technologies one would expect with the Toyota brand’s flagship sedan, in addition to special features that enhance the car’s functionality, capability and the level of safety.  

Although Toyota has been manufacturing vehicles in North America for 26 years and has celebrated 10 years of Camry as America’s #1 selling car, the 2013 redesigned Avalon is the first Toyota vehicle to be completely designed, engineered and built in North America.  

The milestone 25 millionth North-American built Toyota– a Classic Silver Hybrid Avalon – recently produced at the company’s Kentucky manufacturing plant, represents a direct investment of nearly $24 billion in North American operations over nearly three decades and 365,000 jobs created in the United States.  

“This is a pivotal time in Toyota’s history,” said Wil James, president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., the company’s largest manufacturing operation in North America. “What better way to cap off 26 years of manufacturing excellence than with the all-new Kentucky-built Avalon, a shining example of what our customers have to look forward to in the future.”

Toyota’s North American production includes 12 models representing 70 percent of U.S. sales.

"We thank the millions of customers, some of the finest team members in the world, hundreds of excellent North American suppliers and our outstanding dealers who have supported us in reaching this milestone,” said Bill Fay, Group Vice President and General Manager, Toyota Division, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Click here (http://pressroom.toyota.com/album_display.cfm?album_id=80...) to download high-resolution photos of the 2013 Avalon.