Toyota Avensis 2011

Considered to be a large family car, an attempt to keep the Avensis compact and graceful for the city, Toyota has not allowed for much legroom for occupants in comparison to its rivals such as the Ford Mondeo.  The Toyota Avensis has not received many great reviews, especially after a large batch were recalled by Toyota for various faults in the beginning of this year.  However, the problems now seem to be sorted and Toyota has returned to its outstanding record for reliability, so you can be sure the Avensis is not likely to break down after clocking up allot of miles.

Toyota has always struggled to make their cars memorable in design and features and the Avensis has done just that.  The strikingly odd creativity that has been implemented could see the Avensis is the Marmite category, “you either love it, or you hate it”.  The creativity stops with the exterior, with the interior remaining with a cheap feel, although the touch screen Sat Nav, rear parking camera and parking sensors demonstrate that Toyota is still a very innovative company.

The Toyota Avensis feels safe, solid and strong on the road, although this does appear compromised, it appears to struggle with windy roads, leaving the excitement behind and making do with just being a lazy motorway cruiser.  Built for distance, the seats offer good support and the cabin keeps outside noise to a minimum.

 A great car for the environment weather choosing Diesel or Petrol as emissions generally fall below the 160 g/km.  In addition to this , the 2.0-litre D-4D gives you 55.4mpg with emissions as low as 134 g/km.