1999 Toyota Avalon Overview

Introduction

The Avalon is Toyota's entry in the full-size car market.It competes with the Buick Park Avenue and LeSabre, Pontiac Bonneville and Dodge Intrepid.But it's also designed for people looking to move up from other Toyotas into a car that offers more interior room and a higher level of luxury.The Avalon hits all those marks.

While it competes with the full-size domestic cars, in price and level of luxury the Avalon is pushing into the range of the $31,325 Lexus ES 300, $33,970 BMW 328i and Infiniti I30.

Avalons start at $24,568.Our XLS car started at $28,998, but options brought it to $31,758.The Toyota badge may not offer as much prestige as that of a Lexus or BMW, but the Avalon offers much more interior room than those other cars.In fact, the EPA categorizes the Avalon as a large car.Read full review