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2013 Toyota Avalon Launched in UAE

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February 20,2013
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Abu Dhabi, UAE - The 2013 Toyota Avalon was officially launched in UAE on Wednesday, 20th February at the luxurious Etihad Towers. 

 

As shown above, the styling is aggressive, especially the frontal design with bold lines on the side and rear. The idea is to make the car appealing to not just the "dads" but also the younger generation.  

 

The launch event was titled "Luxury Reimagined" and the organizers spared no effort in providing us a luxurious build up to the launch. 

 

Day 1: Park Hyatt, Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club

 

 

We started off at Park Hyatt Hotel at Dubai Creek at around 2pm, where a ten passenger sea plane awaited us to ferry a 30 minute ride to Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. The sea plane travels at a height of around 50,000 ft which is good enough to see the major landmarks and developments of Dubai and Abu Dhabi at a very good view. The flight was organized by Seawings and we recommend checking them out for a trip. This is how the view looks like:

 

 

Once we landed, we were driven to the luxurious Etihad Towers where we checked in and relaxed. Spa treatments were on the house too and some journos seemed to be more keen on those than the launch itself!

 

We on the other hand were more interested in asking some questions about the new Avalon and so we got down to business first.

 

Some key questions we posed were:

 

1. How different is Avalon from the Aurion?

2. How does the new Avalon perform compared to it's previous generation model?

3. What new interior updates can we see in this new offering?

4. What are the trim levels and prices of the new Avalon?

5. How has the styling changed compared to last year?

 

Before we got answers, we attended the official unveiling, some of which we captured on video here:

 

 

Post unveiling we had a very nice three course dinner and excellent live music by an all-violin band. Everyone dispersed after that but we stuck around and chatted up some product officials from Al Futtaim Motors. 

 

Here are some key insights from our chat: 

 

1. This car is definitely a war on Nissan Maxima and Ford Taurus, so drive performance and interior benchmarking will be all-important. 

2. The previous generation had single mode transmission, this time there are three drive modes, Eco, Normal and Sport on all trims.

3. There are 4 trims and leather seats are in all of them, including the base model. 

4. There are 10 airbags in all trims including the base model which is commendable. 

5. The horsepower has increased to 273 HP compared to 268 HP in the previous generation. 

6. There are 8 speakers in the base model and 11 speakers in the higher trims, 2 more than last generation Avalon.

 

Check Out

- 2013 Toyota Avalon complete GCC prices, specs and features

- Day 2: First Drive: 2013 Toyota Avalon 

 

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