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theautomotive01 · 5 years ago

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Most Comfortable Cars For Long Trips

Comfort is an important factor while choosing a car. If seats are not comfortable it can make long trips hectic and sometimes give rise to major health issues like lower back pain. The car should be perfect to gives the relaxation you need. Not only seat comfort matters legroom space, quiet ride, and a few more things also. Check out the listing of cars that are suitable for the short or long ride.

Chevrolet sonic

Chevrolet Sonic is available in sedan and wagon with different trims. Sonic’s sedan is smaller in size with good space. The standard model comes with 2-way manual front passenger and rear bench seats that can fold both sides to add more cargo space if needed. Heated driver and passenger seats are also available in upper trims.

6-speed automatic transmission

4-wheel antilock brakes

26 City/ 34 Highway MPG

Hyundai Elantra

Hyundai Elantra comes with premium cloth surface seats in its standard models and in the limited model leather surface, both are comfortable you can choose and upgrade cloth surface. Heated seats are also available in upper trims. Armrest and driver footrest is also available which makes it more comfortable.

Smartstream Intelligent Variable

4-wheel antilock brakes

26 City/ 34 Highway MPG

Nissan Altima

Altima is a mid-size sedan with a spacious interior. It has Nissan’s latest version of zero gravity seats, these are having dual-density foam and added bolstering. 8-way power-adjustable driver seat is available in the standard model some upper trims are having 4-way adjustable front- passenger seats. Nissan Altima is a pleasant choice for short or long trips.

Continuously variable-speed automatic

4-wheel antilock brakes

28 City/ 38 Highway MPG

Toyota Avalon

Avalon base model features soften-trimmed seats that are 8-way adjustable with 2-way power lumbar support for the driver and 8-way adjustable passenger seats. Top trims have standard heated and ventilated seats with the leather surface even upper trims are having rear passenger heated seats which are suitable in cold weather.

8-speed Electronically Controlled automatic Transmission

4-wheel antilock brakes, Electronic Brake-force Distribution, Brake assist

22 City/ 32 Highway MPG

Kia optima

Kia Optima is available in mid-size sedan and hybrids, both offer large cabin space, cleanses cloth surface trim can be upgraded to leather trim. The rear seat is having center armrest and adjustable rear headrest. Its sporty performance and sleek design are excellent make it an honest choice for road trips.

6-speed automatic Transmission

4-wheel antilock brakes

25 City/ 35 Highway MPG

Chrysler 300

Chrysler 300 impress with the cushy ride and spacious interior. The interior is made up of high-quality material which makes it attractive and comfortable. Chrysler 300 is a good choice for a tall person. The seats are heated and ventilated for both front and rear passengers. Cloth, perforated leather and quilted leather are available for seat surfaces.

8-speed automatic Transmission

4-wheel antilock brakes

19 City/ 30 Highway MPG

Honda accord

The all-around passenger car serving captivating performance, style, and comfort at affordable prices. Honda offering good space for front and rear passengers. The interior is filled with many things like heated and ventilated seats, leather upholstery to gives the best relaxation.

Continuously variable-speed automatic

4-wheel antilock brakes

30 City/ 38 Highway MPG

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Mercedes Benz-S-Class has been best in sophistication, build quality and safety. Mercedes have the most engineered chassis which makes it enjoyable. The wood and leather combination makes it feel luxurious cozy. It is the most comfortable luxury car.

9-speed shiftable automatic Transmission

4-wheel antilock brakes

19 City/ 28 Highway MPG

Volkswagen Golf

Golf offers spacious legroom, quiet cabin, standard leather seats with a panoramic sunroof. It has seats that are height adjustable with a power recline system. Its tall roof makes easy entry and exit of tall people. Golf is the best option as a commuter car.

8-speed shiftable automatic Transmission

4-wheel antilock brakes, solid rear disc brakes

29 City/ 35 Highway MPG

Buick LaCrosse

The LaCrosse has an elegant interior with plenty of room space. The front seats have standard leather trim with perforated leather. The upper trims are available with massaging seats, 4-way driver lumbar and 2-way passenger lumbar which are best for people having back pain and make it cosy in long trips. Although it is discontinued from the market after the 2019 model still a good option to buy in used cars.

6-speed or 9-speed automatic Transmission

4-wheel antilock brakes

25 City/ 35 Highway MPG

Source: https://allcarsonline.com/comfortable-cars/

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carjournal · 6 years ago

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5 aspects that define the 2019 Avalon

The 2019 Toyota Avalon is available on sale at a Toyota showroom near you. The article will take a closer look at the top features that make this vehicle a favourite among people who appreciate the finer things in life.

1. Amazing Interiors

The 2019 Avalon is a complete luxury car on the market, with an interior suite that combines convenience, comfort, technology, and luxury. The Touring interior is spectacular, courtesy of the aluminium trim, SofTex and Ultrasuede seat surfaces and door panels, and the leather-wrapped steering wheel. When you opt for the Avalon Limited, you will receive the comforts of the Cognac Leather-trimmed seating. The cabin is spacious and luxurious, offering 60/40 split folding rear seats with 2 adjustable and 1 fixed headrest, and includes armrests that come with cup holders. The internal door trim comes with wood grain effect.

2. Sound Control

The new 2019 Avalon offers flow, power, and speed while letting you manipulate the soundtrack to it all. This is made possible via the Touring's (standard) revolutionary Engine Sound Enhancement (ESE) system which ramps up the engine's audibles via the Avalon's new audio arrangement. Adding to this, the Intake Sound Generator (ISG) and sport exhaust are capable of providing an aggressive tune during acceleration.

3. Speed, Power, and Flow

The 2019 Avalon comes with a 3.5-litre V6 engine and comes equipped with up-to-date driving technology that includes Variable Valve Timing-intelligent Wide and D-4S direct-injection matched with a Direct Shift 8-speed transmission. This allows for power whenever you want, without sacrificing fuel economy. The fuel economy also gets better if you drive the 2.5-litre Dynamic Force Engine and hybrid system that offers an ECO and EV Mode which helps deliver an impressive estimated 44 mpg highway.

4. Upgraded Aerodynamics

The 2019 Avalon benefits from Toyota's New Global Architecture (TNGA). This profound and new way of building better vehicles has positioned the Avalon amongst the most aerodynamic luxury vehicles on the market. The longer, wider, and lower platform is complemented by a range of features which include an available rear spoiler, underbody panels, a rear diffuser, and tangential vents on the sides of Avalon's front bumper. Such features help to assist in shaving the vehicle's drag coefficient to just 0.27, increasing fuel efficiency while lowering cabin sound.

5. Notable Exterior Touches

From the first look, you will notice the Avalon's new lower and wider stance which is crowned by a flowing roofline that delivers a sleek silhouette. The character lines are strong and impart deeper unique details to the shape, with the 2019 Avalon Touring model enhancing the dynamic exterior further with its piano-black accents that have the 17-inch/18-inch wheels and the sport mesh front grille and the dual exhaust with quad chrome tips and rear spoiler that gives off a no-nonsense look to the vehicle.

The vehicle models include XLE, Touring, and Premium, offering something for everyone. Experience all of the features mentioned above by booking a test drive at your nearest showroom.

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digicrunchpage · 6 years ago

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It’s not that sporty, but it is rather good—the 2019 Lexus ES350 F Sport

This is the 2019 Lexus ES350 F Sport. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ]

Last year, I may have been a little unkind when I reviewed the Toyota Camry. I still wonder if that was because the car we drove was a fully loaded version; the Camry is a utilitarian car, and something about one with a bright red leather interior just didn't sit right. After all, if you want a fancy Toyota, there's an entire brand called Lexus who's raison d'être is just that. Which brings us to today's car, the $43,135 2019 Lexus ES350 F Sport. It is, in essence, a fancy Camry. And while it doesn't quite live up to the "F Sport" moniker, the end result is really quite good.

All-new architecture, you say?

The new ES is in fact the seventh generation of vehicle to wear the nameplate—that's not bad going, considering the first ES only turned a wheel in 1989. Perhaps that shouldn't be surprising given that the related Camry is now in its eighth iteration, though. And related they are; the Camry and ES both share the same modular Toyota New Global Architecture-K (or GA-K) as a starting point, which also provides the building blocks for the Toyota Avalon and RAV4. The layout sticks to the tried-and-tested approach of a transverse engine and front- or all-wheel drive.

It's a bigger car than the one it replaces, being both 2.6 inches (66mm) longer and 1.8 inches (46mm) wider now (L: 195.5 inches/4,966mm, W: 73.4 inches/1,864mm, H: 56.9 inches/1,445mm), and with the wheels closer to the corners, that translates into a roomier interior. (The wheelbase is 2 inches/51mm longer at 113 inches/2,870mm.) According to the designer, Yasuo Kajino, the ES' look is "provocative elegance." Insert my usual disclaimer about the subjectivity of car design here, but to my eyes it wears its shape well—better than the Camry, which still evokes a late 1950s, Flash Gordon and fins thing to me. Lexus' current hourglass/cheese grater front grille will still challenge some, though. (If you pick the regular ES (starting at $39,600), or the hybrid (from $41,410), the interlocking Ls are replaced with plain old vertical bars, but neither was available on the press fleet yet, so we were sent this one.)

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techbotic · 6 years ago

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It’s not that sporty, but it is rather good—the 2019 Lexus ES350 F Sport

This is the 2019 Lexus ES350 F Sport. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ]

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enginerumors · 6 years ago

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2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Limited Review

2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Limited Review – The 2019 Toyota Avalon Hybridwill signify another 12 months type of the just recently newly designed sedan so nobody would count on greater changes just for this situation. The renowned whole-dimension sedan got entirely remodeled this current year, and yes it delivers a lot of novelties. You will discover an entirely latest design, in addition to…

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jonathanbelloblog · 6 years ago

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2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan: It’s Much Better!

SAVANNAH, Georgia—One argument for replacing the long-in-the-tooth Toyota Corolla with an all-new model is that this compact sedan is such an icon for the brand. More than 46 million have been sold globally since production began at Japan’s Takaoka plant in 1966, easily topping the Ford Model T and the original Volkswagen Beetle. Then there are the years and millions of dollars spent developing the new, 53-city-mpg hybrid model that would have helped the model glide through the Obama administration’s now-cancelled Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard of 2025. And of course there’s the hope that the 2020 Toyota Corolla will scoop up those first-car purchases left on the table by the departures of the Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus.

Arguments against? The production capacity at the plants that build the hybrid (Takaoka) and the vast majority of North American models (Blue Springs, Mississippi) would be better utilized assembling more RAV4s, which has become the bestselling non-pickup in America. At least Toyota plans to shift Corolla production from Blue Springs to a new Alabama joint-venture factory with Mazda in 2021, freeing up capacity for more RAV4s in Mississippi.

In case first-time buyers about to enter the new-car market are ready to turn this SUV trend around, though, Toyota is ready with a compact sedan that’s once again competitive in its rapidly shrinking segment.

The Basics

Indeed, the 2020 Toyota Corolla is a vast improvement, though it remains a conservative counterattack against its biggest rival, the Honda Civic, and the ambitious new Mazda 3. The new lineup is split into “sporty” and mainstream trim levels, with the SE and XSE covering the former and the L, LE, and XLE making up the latter. There’s also the LE hybrid. The new car rides on Toyota’s TNGA platform and is claimed to be 60 percent stiffer in torsional rigidity.

For ’20, the Corolla switches from a torsion-beam rear axle to a multilink setup, and the chassis also takes advantage of Active Cornering Assist, Toyota’s marketing name for brake-based torque-vectoring that will slow an inside wheel to mitigate understeer. The non-sporty versions are powered by the familiar 1.8-liter 2ZR-FAE inline four-cylinder engine, upgraded by 7 horses to 139. It makes 126 lb-ft of torque. The SE and XSE scorch the pavement with the 169-hp, 151-lb-ft 2.0-liter M20A-FKS four. The hybrid combines a 1.8-liter 2ZR-FXE with an electric motor for a total of 121 total horsepower and 105 lb-ft.

The mainstreamers and the hybrid get a standard continuously variable transmission tuned for, well, mainstream driving, while the SE and XSE’s CVT incorporates a physical first gear that upshifts to the transmission’s belt to offer improved off-the-line response. The SE is the only Corolla to offer a manual, in this case a six-speed unit with rev-matching and hill-hold features. While the take rate for the six-speed manual transmission is about 10 percent on the Corolla SE and XSE hatchbacks, which launched for the 2019 model year, Toyota expects just five percent of buyers to shift for themselves in the Corolla sedan.

The Equipment

SE and XSE also add smoked LED taillamps, dual chrome-tipped exhaust, color-key sideview mirrors with turn-signal repeaters, sport mesh gray metallic grille and 18-inch machined alloy wheels with P225/40R-18 tires, which were Yokohama Avids, in the case of our test car. Toyota’s spec sheet notes that SE, XSE and XLE also add variable intermittent windshield wipers, which seems like something that should be standard across the Corolla board. But Toyota clearly has been counting pennies on the sedan’s development, with the popular LE model starting at just $20,880 and the LE Hybrid at $23,880.

There’s Apple Car Play and Amazon Alexa capability, but no Android for Auto. Safety Sense 2.0 includes a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, bicycle detection in daylight, full-speed range dynamic radar and lane-departure alert with steering assist.

The Driving

We started out in an XSE. The roads leading out of charming, historic Savannah aren’t conducive to wringing out anything, even a small car with little power, though we were able to determine on the few curves that the XSE is taut and nimble, with decent compliance at turn-in and fairly minimal understeer (which may or may not have become moderate had we been on a more challenging road). The steering, despite the fact that the electronic power assist remains on the column and not the rack, is excellent. It transmits all kinds of road feel, although there’s also a lot of road noise coming in through the Yokohama Avid 225/40R-18s.

The XSE’s two-tone, faux-leather sport seats are handsome and more comfortable, with more bolstering, than those in the “L” models. (The SE gets the same basic seats with cloth upholstery.) The XSE comes with paddle shifters, with nine steps in the CVT-plus-first-gear transmission, though we mostly saved self-shifting for the SE manual. Sport mode affects the throttle response and turns the digital speedometer graphic from blue to red, though there was minimal seat-of-the-pants difference. The CVT doesn’t hold a “gear” and “upshifts” automatically at the redline even when using the paddles.

The XSE’s 2.0-liter is the standard engine in the hatchback and provides the same smooth power here, although the shift from first gear to the CVT’s belt was fairly noticeable under heavy throttle. In truth, this 169-horse engine should be the entry-level powerplant in this car from Toyota, a company which continues to eschew the turbocharging that is now ubiquitous.

A Corolla XLE with Dunlop Enasave 205/55R-16s that we drove next was much quieter, and the road feel still was good, though the low-rolling-resistance tires added a bit of twichiness, requiring regular steering corrections that we didn’t need to make in the XSE. The 139-hp 1.8-liter doesn’t feel that much down on the 2.0-liter four until you try full-throttle acceleration. While up front the seats are heated and feature eight-way power on the driver’s side, if you’re thinking of it as an analog to, say, the Civic’s semi-premium Touring model, you’ll come away disappointed. In reality, the XLE is slightly less expensive than the top-trim sporty model.

All the Corollas we drove had cheery, pleasant interiors, although there’s a bit of inconsistency shown in stuff like the dashboard stitching on the XSE, which is blue on the black upper portion of the two-tone dash and cream-colored on the cream-colored portion of the dash. The rear seat is capacious enough for a compact, with good outward visibility, although the bottom cushion is situated high to afford better legroom at the expense of headroom.

The driver’s version is the 2020 Toyota Corolla SE. It’s available with the CVT, though only the six-speed-manual version comes with a standard moonroof and proximity entry and ignition; it’s priced $700 higher as a result. And in a nod to purists, the SE manual has real gauges with actual needles, not the digital readouts of other models we drove.

The manual is a bit notchy, but it’s easy to use and has a nice, progressive clutch; it’s perfectly fine if you’re not spoiled by Miata or Honda stick-shifts. The iMT—for “intelligent manual transmission”—button turns on the rev-matching downshift function.

We also were able to sample the gas/electric Corolla, which the automaker positions as an affordable conventional hybrid that offers exceptional fuel mileage and a sticker price south of $25,000. It’s a Toyota hybrid, so the transitions between full battery power and the ignition of the 121-hp 1.8-liter four are fairly smooth. It’s still the sort of car you won’t feel compelled to drive quickly or fast, and sitting as it will in showrooms with hybrid versions of the Camry, Avalon, RAV4, and Highlander—to say nothing of the Prius, which also has a Prime plug-in variant—continues the normalization of the powertrain type that the automaker helped popularize.

The Takeaway

In fact, with so many hybrids, it’s probably time to make the Prius Prime the base version of that car. And we’ll repeat our opinion that the 2.0-liter engine ought to be the engine across the conventional Corolla lineup. When each is equipped with the CVT, it beats the 1.8-liter’s fuel economy both in the city and on the highway, which means the old 1.8 is just there to keep the price down. Does Toyota really need a base model that begins just above $20,000 at the sacrifice of fuel efficiency? Perhaps fleet buyers will be charmed by that one.

But the rest of the lineup should charm plenty of civilian buyers. The 2020 Corolla is a competent, good-looking compact that, should its reputation hold, will pay off with years of virtually trouble-free driving. The new sedan isn’t as expressive or as much fun to drive as the Honda Civic or the new Mazda 3, but in most every other way it’s in the hunt, and the hatchback model broadens the lineup and offers enough fun and style to interest enthusiasts. In any case, every vehicle that Toyota sells that’s a Corolla instead of an SUV is a net positive in our book.

2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan Specifications

ON SALE Now BASE PRICE $20,430–$26,380 ENGINES 1.8L DOHC 16-valve inline-4, 139 hp @ 6,100 rpm, 126 lb-ft @ 3,900 rpm; 2.0L DOHC 16-valve inline-4, 169 hp @ 6,600 rpm, 151 lb-ft @ 4,400 rpm; 1.8L DOHC 16-valve inline-4 with electric motor, 121 hp @ 5,200 rpm, 105 lb-ft @ 3,000 rpm TRANSMISSIONS 6-speed manual, continuously variable automatic LAYOUT 4-door, 5-passenger, front-engine, FWD sedan EPA MILEAGE 29–31/36–40 mpg (city/hwy, nonhybrid), 53/52 mpg (city/hwy, hybrid) L x W x H 182.3 x 70.1 x 56.5 in WHEELBASE 106.3 in WEIGHT 2,950–3,100 lb

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eddiejpoplar · 6 years ago

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jesusvasser · 6 years ago

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2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan: It’s Much Better!

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2019 Lexus ES Luxury Sedan: Why Lexus "Gets" Luxury Looking at the 2019 Lexus ES, it's really hard to decide what actually constitutes a luxury car anymore, or if there's a continuing need for this kind of car. Recently, Autotrader published a list of luxurious cars from non-luxury brands. Vehicles like the Chevrolet Impala Premiere, Mazda CX-9 Signature and 2019 Toyota Avalon Limited sure look and feel like luxury cars, but they're sold by decidedly non-luxury automotive brands. Certainly, brand determines much of our perceptions about luxury, but that's a very small measure. Today, asking "What am I really getting?" by spending an extra $10,000 to $30,000 on a luxury car is a completely fair question. More Than Features That's the tough part for luxury automakers like Lexus. How do you compete with cars that are far less expensive, offer the same or similar features all the while building cars that have some kind of structural or mechanical relationship to clearly non-luxury parent company Toyota vehicles? The Lexus solution seems to be to double down on offering "that certain something," making the unknowable aspects of luxury tangible. In short, this makes their cars and trucks all the more Lexus-y. That there is an identifiable "Lexusness" is a victory all its own. This isn't really new. Decades ago, a Cadillac, Lincoln and Mercedes-Benz had a wholly unique look and feel, each bragging about technology and performance in a way that really meant something to luxury car buyers. Brands like Volvo heavily emphasize design while American automakers over-index on muscle and performance. Meanwhile, Lexus has gradually changed from the "more for less" luxury brand to a clear and obvious choice based on its own merits, and not just because the cars are "less expensive than a Mercedes." One of those merits is Lexus making the purposeful choice to include design details that have a specific Japanese look and feel (I predict this kind of thing will become a more common theme from several automakers over the next five years). This first became obvious with the redesigned Lexus LS. LS Junior As soon as I saw the LS, I knew the ES would have to be a "Baby LS" in order to survive. And that seems to be exactly what Lexus did with the ES. The changes aren't just in spirit, the new ES is actually bigger. It's both wider and longer. At first glance, the center part of the dash seems to suggest the ES' similarity to the Toyota Camry -- there's something about the way the padded dash material cut across and under the heating and A/C vents. But the 12.3-inch screen (on cars with navigation), long center storage box/arm rest, touch pad, shifter and digital gauges are all Lexus. If anything, some of the patterns and textures from the Avalon have more of an LS feel than even the ES, specifically on the door panels of the higher trim versions. Thankfully, the ES has Apple CarPlay. No Android equal for Lexus owners yet. It all goes back to that "What am I really getting?" question. Lexus can't really offer features and performance above and beyond all other vehicles. This isn't a knock against Lexus, as it's true of all luxury automakers. Ten years ago when I first used adaptive cruise control in a Jaguar, I was really impressed. Today, you can get that feature on a Subaru.,etc Share this video: https://youtu.be/XAJ1LE45LDg If you enjoy our content, don't forget to support us and subscribe :) SUBSCRIBE HERE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm2go1-R8BEb9c4fvWhUCSw?sub_confirmation=1 ⚠ Don’t miss next videos: Press the little bell 🔔 to get notifications.Thank you for your visit. You are welcome sharing and embed links for all our videos Watch more videos in the Playlists: Comparison: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuxPwEJh6MpqmN5bJaO20FBA-gkmNfAra&disable_polymer=true Interior & Exterior: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuxPwEJh6MpomKWDgkux7b6ht-k_j_G7X&disable_polymer=true Test Drive: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuxPwEJh6MpqzG62vIGdHt0X6rQjmha5U&disable_polymer=true Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuxPwEJh6MprbgzYY7hZ7J31kxXFcdWxa&disable_polymer=true We have video about kinds of cars and more: Suv, Hybrid Car, Crossovers, Midsize Sedan, Midsize Suv, Compact Suv, Luxury Suv, Luxury Sedan, Pickup Truck, Sport Compact, Exotics, High-End Sports Cars, Muscle Car, Supercar, Hatchback, Sports Car, Trucks, Bus, Luxury Cars, Sedan, Sport Compact Cars, Motor Bike... of the famous brands. Like us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/2M9oO50 Tweet to us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarRev1 Follow us Pinterest: https://ift.tt/2MJh1vN Join our Tumblr: https://ift.tt/2M9QdUK We are always happy to hear from you! Please share your feedback on our video in the comments or through our social media!

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Toyota Avalon 2019 Full Size Sedan | Daring in Any Direction You Find a new 2019 Avalon midsize sedan at a Toyota dealership near you, or build & price your own Avalon online today. Long relegated to status as a floaty barge for end-stage buyers, the 2019 Toyota Avalon—specifically the sporty Touring trim—has become a proper flagship with actual driving prowess. The term “vanilla” and Avalon once went hand-in-hand because the conservatively styled sedan provided a comfortable ride with the absence of driving excitement (perfect for Aunt Trudie down in New Port Richey). But the Avalon’s 2019 redesign sheds the stigma by offering a driving experience that borders on exhilarating. Powering the Avalon is an updated 3.5-liter V-6 that now develops 301 hp and 267 lb-ft of torque. That is a 33 hp and 19 lb-ft improvement over the last V-6 thanks in part to direct and port injection technology. With an EPA-rated 22/31 mpg city/highway (22/32 mpg for the XLE trim), the 2019 Avalon with a V-6 is the nameplate’s most powerful and most efficient non-hybrid model ever. In real-world testing from the EQUA Real MPG team, the 2019 Avalon Touring earned a rating of 21.8/33.4 mpg. The car’s 22/31-32 mpg rating puts it above the six-cylinder models of the Nissan Maxima (21/30 mpg), the Chevrolet Impala (18-19/28 mpg), the Chrysler 300 (19/30 mpg), and the Buick LaCrosse (21/30 mpg). Backing the V-6 is a crisp-shifting eight-speed automatic that rarely fumbles, almost always finding the right gear. The eight-speed is very responsive, even in Normal mode, making this big sedan feel quicker than it is. When cruising, there’s no need to dig into the gas pedal to get a downshift; small applications will get you one or more kickdowns. This makes highway passing not only easy but fun, especially in the Sport+ mode that’s unique to the Touring model. The paddle shifters respond quickly when flicked, unless of course you are going too fast for the gear you want. When engine braking, not much happens until you downshift into second and first gears. A Surprising Driving Experience After I adjusted the steering wheel and seat, I find myself in a rather low driving position – comfortable for a fit Millennial, but perhaps not be the best location for older drivers to access. The naturally aspirated V-6 responds immediately to throttle applications with almost no lag, followed by an engine note that one passenger described as “sexy”—probably a first for the Avalon. Stomp on the right pedal, and a burst of boisterous engine noise fills the cabin until you lift off. An Intake Sound Generator amplifies the sound of the air rushing through the intake system while unique baffling shoots out an exhaust sound with a mean tone. Engine sound at start-up, idle, and during acceleration is enhanced via the audio speakers thanks to the Engine Sound Enhancement feature. Some might call that gimmicky, or “fake noise,” but I think it sounds great and enriches the driving experience.,etc Share this video: https://youtu.be/t5k-U9VuMgw Enjoy watching & SUBSCRIBE HERE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhOketEmykEIO36tdSMBmw?sub_confirmation=1 ⚠ Don’t miss next videos: Press the little bell 🔔 to get notifications.Thank you for your visit. You are welcome sharing and embed links for all our videos Watch more videos in the Playlists: Test Drive: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLakF4S-xdl20KTZbeRfH9Zyl0WF__ea3j&disable_polymer=true Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLakF4S-xdl22_qF8rrXrhuLyQK9nnfe1t&disable_polymer=true Interior & Exterior: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLakF4S-xdl201OmXkiES8W2NiC5oBaw-n&disable_polymer=true Any questions? We’re always happy to help. Leave your comment bellow We collect videos of famous brands: Audi, Bmw, Lamborghini, Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Rolls Royce, Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, Amg, Porsche, Opel, Bentley. Lotus, Landrover, Jaguar, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, Mazda, Subaru, Acura, Infiniti, Ford, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Jeep, Dodge, Lincoln, Bugatti, Koenigsegg, Kia, Genesis, Maybach, Mini... Like us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/2tk9ESQ Tweet to us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarBay6?lang=en Follow us Pinterest https://ift.tt/2t9Iy1C Join our Tumblr: https://ift.tt/2tlafnp We are always happy to hear from you! Please share your feedback on our video in the comments or through our social media!

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2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Release Date

2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Release Date – Within the possibly-developing seas of crossover Sports utility vehicles, it is beautiful to view a large, comfy sedan available for many who want and require this kind of car. Together with the 2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, Toyota has established an auto as magnificent because it is useful, providing 5-traveler lodging, fantastic fuel economy plus a sensible…

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2019 Toyota Avalon Redesign, Release Date, Price

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jonathanbelloblog · 6 years ago

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Fiat Chrysler Still Believes in Cars

Remember Fiat Chrysler’s second Five-Year Plan, outlined for the 2014–2018 model years? Things looked bleak for the Chrysler 300, as it was slated to be replaced by a front-drive sedan sharing a platform with the Pacifica (then named Town & Country) minivan and a new three-row midsize crossover. Dodge’s prospects were more promising, with the Charger and Challenger to be downsized and placed on Alfa Romeo’s rear-wheel-drive Giorgio platform shared with the Giulia and the Stelvio.

By the time then CEO Sergio Marchionne provided that outline, we had learned that Fiat Chrysler was only indicating ambitions—a large number of the product programs detailed would be dramatically changed or cancelled. And beside, the Giorgio platform already was over budget and behind schedule.

Last June, at the presentation for Five-Year Plan III in Balocco, Italy, weeks before Marchionne’s untimely death, he answered my question about the status of those Giorgio ambitions for Dodge Charger and Challenger. “I’m convinced that we don’t need to go as far as the Giorgio architecture,” he replied, adding that Giorgio’s European dynamics were ill-suited to the Dodges’ outlandish American muscle-car personalities. The next Charger and Challenger would instead arrive on a highly evolved version of their current platform, one that Fiat Chrysler maintains had already been highly evolved away from its hand-me-down Mercedes-Benz roots.

More recently, Steve Beahm spoke with me about Fiat Chrysler’s plans for its car divisions, including Fiat, Chrysler, SRT, and Dodge. As head of the automaker’s car brands, he’s in charge of the entirety of the divisions and also helms the Fiat 500X, Dodge Durango, and Chrysler Pacifica minivans, among others.

“I can’t deny that there has been a trend of fewer passenger cars across the industry,” he told me. “I think that our company saw that maybe quicker than some others. And we made steps or changes within the company to deal with that. What we decided was that once that happened, our job was to [ask,] ‘How do we differentiate within the brands that are going to remain passenger-car brands?’ ”

The Dodge Charger plays in the full-size car segment, but Beahm says it’s “really a four-door muscle car that’s playing in a full-size car segment. What we do is we try to make our vehicles look different.” It’s this strategy that no doubt also plays into the steady stream of Charger and Challenger special editions and variants released by the company.

Such rear-wheel-drive cars are not at a disadvantage for fuel economy. The V-6 rear-drive versions of the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 are rated for 19 mpg city and 30 mpg highway, topping the lame-duck Chevrolet Impala FWD V-6’s 19/28 mpg. The new, FWD, non-hybrid V-6 Toyota Avalon is better at 22/31 mpg, although Fiat Chrysler might be able to match that in the future by adding the 48-volt electrical system available on some versions of the Ram 1500 and Jeep Wrangler, which recaptures some energy to power accessories and make the powertrain more efficient.

The Dodge Challenger V-6 automatic’s fuel efficiency also is competitive with similar Ford Mustangs and Chevy Camaros, though those competitors’ turbo fours are up to 3 mpg city and 2 mpg highway better. While most of us would choose some form of Hemi V-8 for our Chargers and Challengers, the V-6 automatics are the volume models. It’s that level of volume that would make a difference in Fiat Chrysler’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy number.

When I asked Beahm if he’s confident the RWD Charger/Challenger platform is good enough to stick around for a few more years, he replied, “I’m going to use a bad phrase here, maybe. It’s like fine wine, it keeps getting better with time.” It doesn’t hurt that Dodge Charger is the bestseller in the full-size sedan segment, albeit including police-vehicle sales, which it doesn’t break out from civilian sales. Meanwhile, the next bestselling full-size sedan, the Chevy Impala, has been discontinued.

Dodge sold 80,226 Chargers last year, and while that’s down by 9.2 percent from 2017, Impala sales fell 25.5 percent, to 56,556 cars. The Chrysler 300 was third, at 46,593, off 9.1 percent. Combine the Dodge and Chrysler, and they sold a healthy 126,819. Will Dodge be able to sell that many Chargers on its own when the RWD 300 is discontinued? “You know, in terms of its (sales) performance, it’s doing great,” Beahm says of the Chrysler 300. “We like where it’s positioned; it provides great value. It’s a lot of car for the money.”

Then why discontinue it?

“We haven’t announced we will discontinue it. I mean, we’ve announced we’ll sell it through this year.”

But the old Five-Year Plan, the one from five years ago, was to move it to the minivan’s FWD platform. I told Beahm not to do that.

“Yeah, I think we agree with your opinion.”

While the full-size sedan segment is shrinking with the Impala, Buick LaCrosse, and Ford Taurus about to be killed off, it’s not disappearing. If the Chrysler 300 manages to hold on beyond the 2019 model year, there will be as many RWD cars in the segment (which does not include the RWD luxury models from Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Genesis, etc.) as there will be FWD ones.

Now, I’m not an anti-FWD enthusiast, and I’d point to the Hyundai Veloster as an example of how good front-drive dynamics can be. But when a car gets to a certain overall length, RWD provides not just better design proportion, but also better balance and handling. Generally, you don’t have to stiffen up the suspension on an otherwise cushy RWD sedan to reduce understeer.

Even big, tall SUVs benefit from longitudinal-engine, RWD-based platforms, as Ford Motor Company has learned from its new Explorer and Lincoln Aviator, even if they went rear-drive mostly to put volume into a next-generation Mustang and probably a Lincoln sedan. Unfortunately, Cadillac, which has aggressively returned to RWD cars in the last couple of decades didn’t do the same for its new XT6 SUV.

The lesson is, if you’re going to continue to build sedans as others leave the market, maybe they should be long, low, and expressive, and rear-drive for the more enthusiast-oriented buyers. A company’s mainstream customers go for the most practical, most capacious SUVs in their segments, anyway. This strategy seems to be working for Fiat Chrysler.

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Fiat Chrysler Still Believes in Cars

Then why discontinue it?

“We haven’t announced we will discontinue it. I mean, we’ve announced we’ll sell it through this year.”

But the old Five-Year Plan, the one from five years ago, was to move it to the minivan’s FWD platform. I told Beahm not to do that.

“Yeah, I think we agree with your opinion.”

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Fiat Chrysler Still Believes in Cars

Then why discontinue it?

“We haven’t announced we will discontinue it. I mean, we’ve announced we’ll sell it through this year.”

But the old Five-Year Plan, the one from five years ago, was to move it to the minivan’s FWD platform. I told Beahm not to do that.

“Yeah, I think we agree with your opinion.”

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