Toyota Yaris is dead in AmericaBut Toyota doesn’t want you to give up your other sedans just yet. Many other sedans. The automaker announced new versions and features in Avalon, Camry and Corolla on Wednesday, possibly because it wants to leave all of that Yaris business behind.
First: An update to the fifth-generation Avalon, which was introduced in 2018. Now you are getting an all wheel drive option and different batteries in the hybrid version:
Now by 2021, Avalon’s first all-wheel drive option arrives for drivers who want more grip and confidence in slippery driving conditions.
In the Avalon Hybrid, which recently accounts for about a third of Avalon’s sales, a new lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack replaces the previous nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) battery. Additionally, a new vehicle noise approach system helps alert pedestrians of the car’s presence at low speeds. The Avalon Hybrid achieves a remarkable manufacturer-estimated EPA-estimated range rating of 44 combined MPGs.
Next up: The eighth-generation Camry, introduced in 2017, which will get a new trim, the XSE, the most luxurious hybrid trim on offer. That adds to 16 other versions, though it will lose the L. Like now, you’ll have the option of the powertrain dealer, be it the hybrid, a four-cylinder engine, or the V6.
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The camry you will also get some new security features, the first Toyota model to do so, with a system called Toyota Safety Sense 2.5+. That system includes a series of cuts and folds to the semi-autonomous characteristics of the Camry.
For starters, the Pedestrian Detection Pre-Collision System (PCS with PD) features multiple enhancements. By enhancing the capabilities of the system, it is now possible for the system to help detect not only the vehicle ahead but also a previous rider during the day and even a previous pedestrian in low light conditions. TSS 2.5+ also improves the PCS system with PD with intersection support. At intersections, the system can detect an oncoming vehicle or pedestrian when making a left turn and can provide audiovisual alerts and automatic braking in certain conditions. Additional PCS features include emergency steering assistance, which is designed to stabilize the driver’s emergency steering maneuvers within his lane while avoiding a preceding pedestrian, cyclist, or vehicle.
Camrys that come equipped with Full Speed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC), which can activate the function above 30 mph, have a system designed to perform vehicle-to-vehicle distance controls up to 0 mph and resume from a stop. DRCC also includes a new feature that allows smoother overtaking of slower vehicles. If you are traveling behind a vehicle traveling slower than the preset speed, once the driver activates the turn signal with the steering input, the system will provide an initial increase in acceleration in preparation for changing lanes; After changing lanes, the vehicle will continue to accelerate until it reaches the predetermined driving speed.
The lane change alert is designed to help notify the driver via vibrations from the steering wheel or an audible alert if it detects the vehicle leaving the lane without activating a turn signal. When DRCC is configured and activated, Lane Tracking Assist (LTA) is designed to assist the driver by providing slight steering force to help center the vehicle in its lane using visible lane markers or a previous vehicle.
Additional features of the TSS 2.5+ include automatic high beams, which detect previous or upcoming vehicles and automatically switch between high beams and low beams. Road Sign Assist (RSA), which is designed to recognize certain traffic signal information using a forward-facing camera and display it on the Multiple Information Display (MID). With DRCC enabled and activated, RSA can also adjust speed up to the posted speed limit if you drive slower or down to the posted speed limit if you drive faster than published.
All of these features seem like the kind of granular improvements that happen over time that you only notice after several years, and you drive a modern car for the first time in a while and you think, ‘Damn it! Technology!”
But, if you did more than read the previous text block, you can also see how difficult it is to market them. A little easier to explain: there is also a new screen.
New for 2021, a 7 or 9-inch floating center touchscreen, like that of the new-generation Toyota RAV4, combines audio and navigation. Customizable features and smartphone-style touchscreen icons ensure familiar and convenient operation.
For even greater functionality, Camry also offers a 7-inch multi-information display available within the instrument cluster. Available in XLE and XSE, a 10-inch color front display screen (HUD) projects vital information, including speed and turn-by-turn navigation instructions, onto the bottom of the windshield.
Anyway, let’s move on to the most exciting news. That would be the new edition of the Corolla Apex.
Toyota He says it will only do 6,000 of these, aimed at enthusiasts. However, only 120 of them will be manual, the rest will get Toyota’s Dynamic Shift CVT, which includes shift paddles and ten “speeds.”
The Apex Edition maximizes the inherent potential of the Corolla sedan’s heavy-duty TNGA-C platform, multi-link rear suspension, and 2.0-liter, 169-horsepower Dynamic Force engine. A factory custom body package accentuates the Corolla’s edgy styling, and the new model emits a more striking cortex with a Corolla Apex-exclusive sports exhaust.
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The key to the Dynamic Shift CVT’s distinctive performance feel is a set of gears used as a “first” gear for starting acceleration, before seamlessly moving into the CVT’s pulley system.
That’s the same engine that you can currently get on the SE and XSE versions, but! The suspension has also been modified and the tires look good.
Unique coil springs lower the vehicle by 0.6 inches, while the higher spring rate reduces the vehicle’s turning angle and provides a flatter response in cornering and steering. Specially tuned dampers with internal rebound springs provide increased damping force that controls swing and vertical movement. Unique sturdy stabilizer bars with increased rigidity help lower the vehicle’s turning angle while improving overall agility. In addition, new rebound bumpers ensure that the reduced ride height does not hamper ride quality. All of the combined Apex Edition suspension changes increase roll stiffness by 47% at the front and 33% at the rear.
The 18-inch cast aluminum cast wheels have a glossy black look, but more importantly, they are specially developed to help cool the brakes while still offering a 2.2 pound mass reduction. per wheel. They can be combined with an all-season tire or an optional summer tire that helps improve lateral grip, steering precision and yaw response. The custom Electronic Power Steering (EPS) has been tuned specifically for the Apex Edition to complement its dynamic suspension changes. New EPS tuning provides distinctive flavor with a sportier V-shaped build response. All of these changes are combined with a specially developed catback exhaust that features a more throaty and aggressive tone at the start, while providing a bolder, enhanced tone with the fully open throttle. A unique 3.5-inch stainless steel tip was developed to match the style of the vehicle.
More practically, Toyota said Android Auto would be standard on the Apex and any other Corolla 2021, in addition to Apple CarPlay and Amazon Alexa, which were standard for 2020.
This is the twelfth generation Corolla, due for release in 2018 and, like Avalon and Camry, right in the middle of its product cycle. So all these updates and upgrades make sense. Still, there is a feeling of protest too many for many, through Automotive News:
“We are making sedans because we are selling them, and we will continue to increase our commitment to sedans even as our competitors continue to distance themselves from them.” [Cynthia Tenhouse, vice president for vehicle marketing and communications at Toyota Motor North America] he told reporters this week. “The auto segment still represents a large part of the business, and looking back, more than 4.5 million cars were sold in the US And we are honestly happy to take as much of that as we can.”
It will be more expensive than $ 4,000 to get into a new Toyota after the last Yarises are sold here, which is a shame. However, Toyota will still offer them abroad, leaving some hope that perhaps, perhaps, perhaps one day it will return.
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