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The 2014 Toyota Avalon is a full-size family sedan offered with a choice between a V-6 engine and a gas-electric hybrid powertrain that it shares with the smaller Toyota Camry. The least expensive version of the 2014 Avalon is the XLE model, which starts at $32,150 including a destination charge of $810. The most expensive model is the Avalon Hybrid Limited, at $42,210 including destination. This Toyota Avalon photo gallery depicts a 2014 Avalon XLE Premium model.
Unlike Avalons of the past, the current Avalon features sophisticated and sleek styling. With a 0.28 coefficient of drag, the Avalon is genuinely aerodynamic, too. Standard equipment includes LED taillights, and as buyers move up the trim level ladder the 2014 Avalon can be optioned with larger 18-inch aluminum wheels, HID headlights, LED running lights, automatic high-beam headlights, rain-sensing wipers, and more.
Inside, the stylish theme continues, and Toyota installs an Intelligent Touch center control panel with touch-sensing controls for the infotainment system and the climate control system. Featuring large buttons, Intelligent Touch is easy to use, but if you press the panel too hard, it creaks. The trim on the door panels also creaks every time you knee rests against it, or braces against it, or you push on it when exiting the vehicle.
Equipped with an 8-way power driver’s seat, a tilt-and-telescopic steering wheel, and soft padding wherever the driver might rest his or her elbow, the 2014 Avalon is a very comfortable car. Front passenger’s might wish for a height adjuster in those trim levels without one.
The main reason to buy a 2014 Toyota Avalon, aside from its sleek styling, is to obtain this cavernous and comfortable back seat. Oddly, though, Toyota does not offer manual side window shades, a feature appreciated by new parents with babies. The back seat does not fold down, either, but it does provide a pass-through from the 16 cu.-ft. trunk for carrying long items such as skis.
A 268-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6 engine is standard for the 2014 Avalon, driving the front wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. In combined driving, the EPA estimates that this powertrain will return 25 mpg. In the Avalon Hybrid, a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine is paired with an electric assist motor, a nickel-metal hydride battery pack, a continuously variable transmission (CVT), and a regenerative braking system. The Avalon Hybrid makes 200 horsepower, and it rated to get 40 mpg in combined driving.
Both Consumer Reports and J.D. Power offer favorable predictions for the 2014 Toyota Avalon when it comes to quality, reliability, and dependability.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gives the 2014 Avalon a 5-star overall crash-test rating. In tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the 2014 Avalon achieves the best rating of “Good” in the tests for which it has been assessed. As this gallery was created, the IIHS had not performed a small overlap frontal-impact test on the 2014 Avalon.
Every 2014 Toyota Avalon is equipped with 10 airbags, Smart Stop Technology, and a reversing camera. Depending on the trim level selected, the Avalon can be optioned with Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, a Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Cross-Traffic Alert, Safety Connect services with Automatic Collision Notification, and a Pre-Collision System.
Highlights of the 2014 Avalon’s available features include triple-zone automatic climate control, a navigation system, Entune App Suite technology, a premium sound system, premium perforated leather seats, heated and ventilated front seats, and heated rear seats.
The Avalon XLE Premium does not have a navigation or Entune App Suite as standard equipment. These features are bundled together as an option that costs $1,300. This is the standard reversing camera display in the 2014 Avalon.