The Toyota Avalon sedan will no longer be offered after the 2022 model year. The departure of the Avalon, a longtime rival for the Chevy Impala, leaves the sedan segment in the U.S. even sparser.
Production of the Toyota Avalon will end in August of the 2022 calendar year. To note, General Motors ended production of the Chevy Impala following the 2020 model year.
The Toyota Avalon nameplate was first introduced in 1994 for the 1995 model year, with production spanning a total of five generations. The latest fifth generation was introduced for the 2019 model year.
So far, Toyota has sold 10,328 units of the Avalon through the first half of 2021 calendar year, while 18,421 units were sold through the 2020 calendar year.
The current 2021 Toyota Avalon is offered with the choice of three powerplants, including a naturally aspirated 2.5L four-cylinder gasoline engine producing 205 horsepower and 185 pound-feet of torque, and a naturally aspirated 3.5L V6 gasoline engine producing 301 horsepower and 267 pound-feet of torque. The Avalon is also available with a hybrid 2.5L four-cylinder producing a total output of 215 horsepower, returning upwards of 44 mpg combined.
The 2021 Toyota Avalon drivetrain options include an eight-speed automatic, as well as an electronically controlled Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). Both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive are offered.
The large sedan segment has seen more than a few departures as of late. In addition to the cancellation of the Chevy Impala and now the Toyota Avalon, the Ford Taurus, Kia Cadenza, and Hyundai Azera have also been recently discontinued.
On a related note, the final Chevy Impala sedan produced rolled off the line at GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly (now known as Factory Zero) in February of 2020. Of course, it bears mentioning that GM has resurrected the Impala nameplate on more than one occasion.
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And then their were only two remaining.
I loved my 19 Impala Premier v6 and it died in 2nd place to the v8 Charger.
One wonders if the Impala had a v8 Premier and an SS high performance RWD competitor, would gm cancel or keep it on the market… I hear the SS was the answer to the Charger but it wasn’t and gm never marketed it properly.
The Avalon is ugly and should be dropped as the 60+ are the only buyers… JMO…
And, it is us “60+ buyers” who have the money to buy them. Yes, it is ugly, but the front ends on virtually all of Chevy’s offerings now, aren’t exactly GM’s 21st century equal to the early 1960s. The last Impala grille… they had to go out of their way to make it that bad.
I would be one of the last to buy a Toyota, given how arrogant their dealer network is. That having been said, I have ridden in more than one Avalon, and it is tight, very well assembled, quiet, and from what I could tell from the passenger seat, a darn fine road car.
Can I see one
It was a bad mistake to stop making chevy impala I have 2015 impala LTZ and I like it very much.
I don’t fit in them, due to the headroom and the huge console. Having said that, they are an amazing car; there’s no question of it.
The previous model was berated at the Queen of the Rental Car Fleet. Perhaps they were. I had several of them on rental. Controls were easy to understand; plenty of power, easy to handle, amazing fuel economy for the size, reasonable handling and brakes. I sure as shootin’ preferred them to the Camrys I got stuck with a few times.
Everyone Benin’s these vehicles leaving as says “it’s because nobody wants them. I can vouch for pretty much every crossover driver I know that they don’t like crossovers, though they are happy that they are nicer than minivans. All my friends who drive crossovers prefer SUV’s and sort sedans, but they can afford them. My wife’s favorite vehicle growing up was a trailblazer, and the best riding vehicle I have owned to this date still was a suburban. Ditto with several of my church friends who now own highlanders. But when you charge more for a impala than a crossover, what do you exspect? The market is trending towards CUV’s not because it’s what people want, it’s what they can get that fits all their life needs. Anyone who says, “but market trends” b. S. You make the market, we just choose from what you make. It’s like that line from devil wears Prada, you don’t choose your style, stylist do and it fileters down.
Make a good sedan with a good price and people will buy it.
That, or. make a sedan with some headroom, and without that console the size of a young chest freezer that cramps you in like you’re flying a fighter plane and not driving a sedan.
Sir, if you can’t fit inside a full sized Impala maybe you’re the problem. I’m 6’1 have a fully loaded Premier and I fit just fine even with the equipped panoramic sunroof. I do agree the console is fairly large, but there’s also significant space inside it not to mention all the space for storage and what seems to be the never ending findings of cup holders. The last generation Impala’s design was very well thought out as was my 2014 Malibu that I owned before it.
EDIT: Oh, I can FIT, certainly. With my legs squeezed together, a windshield I have trouble seeing out of, and all that. FIT, yes. Comfortable? Not at all.
I am not the problem, unless you count a tall torso and shoulders in separate postal codes to be a “problem”.
The point remains: the consoles in virtually every vehicle on the market today are huge, and there is no earthly reason for it beyond “this is what every other manufacturer does!” Going back 70 years, Cadillac had the little upkick on the back fenders for the tail lights and it looked great. Then, it became worse and worse, ultimately leading to the asinine fins of the first Forward Look Chryslers of 1957, and the silliness of the gull wing fins of the ’59 and ’60 Chevrolets. Finally, common sense prevailed.
Others have commented on the console issue, so, I guess they are problems as well.
This is a follow-on comment too late for an edit.
The physical size of the vehicle is not the factor here. It is how the interior is done. I have traveled on business in Europe. I had tons of room in a Lancia Musa (about the size of the first Scion Xb), A SEAT Toledo (Jetta size), VW Passat, Ford C-Max diesel (Ford of Spain), both a Vauxhall and Open Meriva. Dismal as cars but EASY entry and exit, and roomy.
Ok. I”m just going to sit back and wait for all those defectors who said they were going to an import brand because Buick and Chevy no longer offer sedans. I refer to them as sellouts, but I have been hit hard on my comments and my stand against those brands. Now that Toyota is following GM/Ford/Chrysler here, will these same people now come on here and say they will never buy a Toyota again? I sure hope so. BTW, this is the end of the Avalon. We have already seen the article about the Corolla Cross (and yes, it’s safe to assume that means the Corolla will soon be a soft crossover type). What does that leave for Toyota? The Camry? It’s sales overall have been declining as well. Kind of sounds like Chevy.
Toyota Avalon is going on a 18 month vacation and will return as EV powered.
Like Ford did with the Taurus X, restyled it and brought back as the Explorer (like people wouldn’t connect the 2 vehicles, lol.
It’s called the Venza
C,P,O,B owner and Guestt: First, I don’t think Toyota will “bring back” the Avalon. They aren’t known (like GM is) for dropping a model just to bring it back later. I’ve been saying this forever: It’s why Toyota and Honda do as well as they do, because we all know it’s not because the products are any better. No, they just don’t play with the names/models. Anyhow, you both kind of made the point that is the most true. it’s that they all play games and the difference between a car and the SUV/CUV counterpart is really just styling and sitting up higher.
Avalon presently will be done after 2022 yes. The EV Avalon will be introduced late 2023 as a 2024.
The all new 2023 Toyota Crown sedan just announced a totally new platform to handle hybrid, electric & hydrogen. This sporty sedan/hatchback very sharp styling/shape, front stlll has similar styling to the Avalon it replaces. The back hatch still keeps the sedan look but really, taillights run across the entire back horizontally (really reminds me of the beautiful Buick”s (1965 through mid 1980’s).
Sedan? Crossover? Still a 4-door vehicle. By nature, the sedan appears sleeker and probably rides better, but as a family and grocery hauler, the crossover probably makes more sense. The crossover also probably makes more sense to folks like the Gentle Grizzly, since “full-size” cars like the Avalon have gotten smaller over time while the “full-size” American has gotten larger. This said, some of us “average size” people like the fighter pilot feel to a cockpit. The width of the Avalon’s console is to accommodate the ever-growing size of electronic screens in cars. Hard to have one without the other. Finally, as to the ugly grill, Toyota is not alone. The current design trend toward overly large grills is evident on just about every model from every marque, even trucks. Huge (and ugly in my opinion). That will change as more cars are electric-powered and have no grill. But then we’ll gripe that it looks like something’s missing (see the front of the Tesla Model 3).
I have been buying avalon since 1999 and they are the best car I have ever owned. They changed the style to look like an impala and lowered the head room. I own a 2003 and a 2006 and an 11 so I guess I will drive them until they fall apart best car I have ever owned .
I am surprised the Avalon made it this far. You can get a lexus es350 cheaper than some of the trim packages on the avalon.
I would never buy a car named Avalon. My wife’s late aunt had one and loved it. Talk about generic looking. My black ’15 Impala LTZ still rides like new, never a problem, and get compliments all the time. CUV/SUV just plain ugly, all of them.
Would you buy one called Fresno? Bakersfield? Duluth? I know! Little Rock!
/all in good fun…
Someone made an observation on the CUV that made a lot of sense,
Years ago the average sedan was the same size as the average mid size CUV. It could carry six people and a good amount of cargo in the trunk or on the roof.
Today Most sedans carry 5 or 4 people. If you put anything on the roof it is permanently damaged. The trunk in most sedans while roomy are not able to pass a large box in the opening. So today’s CUV can do all that the sedan no longer can do.
As for styling the CUV is a tough thing to style but then again most sedans are bit setting the world aglow with their styling having become slaves of the wind tunnel. Also the smaller size has not given stylist more to work with as smaller cars are tough to style.
Like it or not the sedan is declining in sales to the point the money to invest in a new model will make more return in another CUV.
I expect more sedans to die but with the advent of a EV platform like we are seeing a sedan can and will come back as low volume models will be much easier to do as they will just put these bodies on similar platforms that will be in use.
I know most hate this but it is what it is. You can call it a mistake, stupid or foolish but profits are tough in anything but a luxury sedan. Even then the resale is horrid but that is good if you are a sedan fan as low mile Cadillacs can be bought for less than a new Malibu.
As for styling few are hitting home runs today on either models. Most are just buying for utility anyways.
As for ride my Acadia Denali rides and handles better than my last SSEI did. It is more quiet and is more comfortable.
My wife wanted a CUV and so that is what we got her. I was not a fan at first but I can’t say I would be happier in a sedan. It gives me all I need or want.
But for myself I will continue to buy myself a truck.
When Toyota put the UGLY super large grill on the Avalon it was dead, Toyota why didn’t you put a attractive smaller grill on the Avalon it would sale twice as much!
Toyota doesn’t need the Avalon with one year profit it could buy GM and Ford
Darn, there goes the big entry-level sedan, that leaves the Charger is the class by itself, which is a true shame because I love my 2013 Impala and having been looking to get an Avalon Hybrid for some years now since it gets better mpg than my previous car, a Nissan Sentra, whiling having basically every comfort feature possible, except massaging seats. I hope the ES will still be available.
We still really like our 2014 Impala. I haven’t seen anything else that we are interested in as a replacement.
Lol… I told my wife about this and she told me a story about our 19 Impala and a 19 Avalon comparison with a bunch of nurses and admin women each taking turns to drive at lunch. No hp or how fast ratings or comparisons, just easy in, easy out, seat comfort, leg room and hip room. Yes…the Impala edged out the Avalon on the ease of in/out of the back seat because of the leg room to swivel outward and the rear doors opened a tad wider, the tall length of the rear seats and the hip room for that middle person in the rear. The rear moon roof was complemented. Since we had the 20″ wheels, on the highway the Impala scored best, sounds weird… Now the Avalon scored best in height in the rear seating, the door arm rest were placed at a better position, the windows were easier to see out and a bit larger, and scored better in city street driving. She believes they had smaller wheels because the sidewalls were way bigger…
Remember these are hospital folks going to lunch and the comments were expressed during many lunch trips over a period of time as each discovered a positive attribute of each vehicle. There were other vehicles/Jeeps but the article is about the Avalon and I brought up the Impala.
None of them really looked at the exterior unless the color of the paint appealed to them…
Not sure the automotive experts would agree or the husbands but thought I’d pass it along from many different personalities were packed in for lunch…lol.
This is my 3rd Avalon and the performance has not disappoint. I have driven this car on several interstate long distance trips and it has given me great driving pleasure. I hope that the Avalon sedan will return to the consumer in the future with the 2007 thru 2014 body style. Yes I am the older generation that is purchasing this car.
The world of automobiles continues to be a-changing. No more 2-door & 4-door hardtops, no more station wagons, hardly any more convertibles, and soon to be no more sedans.
There is still an Avalon clone car, Lexus ES.
ES is clone to the Camry. Avalon and Vensa are shared.
The ES used to be clone the the Camry, then became a tweener size between the Camry and Avalon, but the last two generations were all Avalon based, though they’re all on the same TGA platform now. The first Venza was a Camry wagon and looked like one, but the current verza is a restyled RAV4.
2023 Toyota has been released for viewing, they resurrected the original name CROWN SEDAN, for the name replacing Avalon. The all new CROWN SEDAN had a platform that can have many energy sources Hybrid, EV and future energy sources to come. About the dimensions of the Avalon, a bit wider, longer wheelbase. Styling front the front view still strong resemblance to the Avalon, side view very much sports sedan like the Sonata and K9, rear view sculptures with Horizontal taillights running across the trunk lid (brings back the beauty of the tail lights of the Buick’s mid 60’s to 1980’s, clean simply and elegant).