Toyota Avensis 2.2D - CAT A reliable partner

A reliable partner

The Toyota Avensis bears the new brand face. A broad smile again Grill and new headlights to revive the success of the middle class of Toyota in Europe. The Avensis is the first Toyota, which originated with a European project management. We wanted to trace on board the Toyota Avensis 2.2 D - CAT Combi the new spirit.

With a base price 33 200 Euro our Toyota Avensis estate is out in the price list. But you get the best equipment line ( Exclusive) and the 2.3 - liter diesel engine with 130 kW / 177 hp, which is specified when consumption ( average EU standard ) with 5.8 to 5.9 liters per 100 km, It is the top model of the series that will please the managers of corporate fleets. For price and performance fit: 543 liter luggage compartment, maximum 1690 liters of cargo space, 515 kg payload, 1.8 tonnes maximum trailer weight, 220 km / h, 8.5 seconds for the sprint from 0 to 100 km / h, and a practice of consumption almost eight liters, which is to thank the rather low aerodynamic drag ( coefficient 0.29 ).

Beyond the pure values ​​can be reported more positive. The new line with a distinctive wedge shape, tapering towards the rear by windows and a pointed tail brings dynamics into play. The lines of the Avensis has become more exciting. The new spirit you look less successful in the interior. Here, the European product management could become more involved.

Although the materials of the interior are better, the design around an elegant, electronics more powerful than its predecessor. Europeans want to now be able to see and experience the value of your car in the car. Who climbs a Avensis for the first time, is therefore surprised by the rather plain appearance. This Toyota has invested properly in the interior, for example, with significantly better seats. But the viewer behind the wheel itself offers an image as it is known from deeper settled classes.

Functionally, however, there is nothing to complain about. He drives without complaint quickly and quietly. The now more direct steering and firmer tuning leave the Avensis are considerably more flexible and faster, European flat. However, one wished that get 177 hp clearly noticeable. From torque of 400 Newton meters ( Nm ) and the performance you would expect more sensation when empty 1625 kg car. Yet the Avensis exercises in restraint. 8.5 seconds for the standard sprint - that feels other faster.

Spectacular does not match the character of the Avensis. He is also the most powerful diesel rather the loyal and reliable companion. For the first time offers the Infotainment Toyota Avensis in an outlook for the new offer of the Japanese. In the Avensis Toyoty Touch & Go Plus infected, the highest of the three expansion stages of Toyota.Touch system, with a wide range of functions can be controlled via a 6.1-inch screen. For a surcharge of 500 euros is the Touch & Go system in the Avensis still a navigation on a seven-inch screen added. About the Bluetooth function and an Internet-enabled mobile phone can Google Local Search and queried the target found in the navigation are stored. Also SMS are possible. Touch & Go Plus also offers speech recognition and control. It can even read messages. Advanced features of the navigation also includes the three-dimensional representation of cities and landmarks.

So Toyota has yet sense of the inner qualities of a car, so that the Avensis in total at a good offer is: dynamic, agile, economical than its predecessor, better equipped and still a very unexcited, reliable partner. ( ampnet / Sm )

Data Toyota Avensis 2.2 D - CAT Exclusive

Length x width x height ( in m ): 4.78 x 1.81 x 1.48 Engine: 4-cylinder Tubrodiesel, 2231 cc, common rail direct injection Power: 130 kW / 177 hp at 3600 rev / min Maximum torque: 400 Nm at 2000 r / min Consumption ( average EU standard ): 5.8 liters / 100 km Carbon dioxide emissions: 157g / km / Euro 5 Acceleration 0 to 100 km / h: 8.5 seconds Top speed: 220 km / h Empty weight / Payload: 1625/515 kg Max. Trailer weight: 1800 kg Drag coefficient: 0.29 Wheels: 17 - inch alloy Turning circle 10.8 m Trunk size: 543 - 1690 liters Base Price 33 200 Euros

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