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Originally Posted by AMERICA 123
YEP.
Also, Avalon has been and continues to rapidly fade from view - sales numbers, awards, and any kind of strong, favorable review.
This is an example of what happens when you overindulge in SUVs, Trucks, and hybrids simaultaneously ( Corporate form of megalomania - always starts after you throw out what little situational ethics you have left - like here ) - and hang the car product out to dry.
This also illustrates just one amazing aspect of Toyota these days.
They a take a product that they've been successful with to critical aclaim, unimprove it - and then leave it there to rot - with no relief in sight.
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You are right about sales - fullsize cars are on the decline these days.
But, the Avalon will not win awards because it is from 2005. They do not award old cars. It was well reviewed at its introduction, such as how it won a Car and Driver comparison in July '05.
The Avalon has not been hung out to dry. It has been redesigned steadily; every five years, with a mid-cycle update three years in. That is pretty typical (or at least what should be typical for cars that do languish for too long, like the Regal or the Intrepid, which in their most recent iterations lasted 7 years).