New Grades, Same Great Quality For 2013 Toyota Avensis
KEY POINTS
- 2013 Avensis aligns with latest Toyota models with new grade structure: Active, Icon, Icon Plus and Excel
- All models gain follow-me-home headlights, with DAB digital tuners featured a standard on Icon grades and above
- New Protection Pack option, with rear parking sensors and boot liner
- British-built 2013 Avensis on sale from 1 April, priced from £19,155
Toyota’s Avensis range of saloons and tourer estate cars receives a gentle refresh for 2013. Following the lead of Auris and Verso, it adopts Toyota’s new grade structure, with Active Icon, Icon Plus and Excel replacing the previous T2, TR, T4 and T Spirit designations.
Like for like, the new models carry over the previous specifications, with a few adjustments. Across the range all Avensis now feature follow-me-home headlights as standard. There is an audio upgrade for all models bar the entry-level Active with the introduction of a DAB digital tuner. And for Excel versions there is a new brushed silver finish for the centre console.
Key features
Active |
Icon |
Icon Plus |
Excel |
Follow-me-home headlights |
DAB digital tuner |
Leather and Alcantara upholstery |
LED daytime running lights |
Bluetooth |
17in machine-finish alloy wheels |
Specific-design 17in alloy wheels |
Panoramic roof (Tourer) |
Daytime running lights (halogen) |
Toyota Touch & Go with satellite navigation, 6-speaker audio, rear-view camera, multimedia connectivity |
Toyota Touch & Go with 11-speaker audio |
18in alloy wheels |
Leather steering wheel trim |
Dusk-sensing headlights |
Nickel and wood effect centre console |
Black leather upholstery |
Air conditioning |
Rain-sensing wipers |
Power folding door mirrors |
Heated front seats |
CD player |
Auto-dimming rear-view mirror |
Rear window sunshades (saloon) |
Electric front seat adjustment |
Electric front windows |
Smart Entry & Start (2.2 diesel only) |
Electric steering wheel adjustment |
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Multi-information display |
Cruise control |
Rear parking sensors |
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Active front headrests |
Automatic air conditioning |
Bi-xenon headlamps with Adaptive Front-lightng System |
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Seven airbags |
Electric lumbar support |
Toyota Touch & Go Plus |
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VSC+ with steering torque assist |
Electric rear windows |
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Heated door mirrors |
Front fog lamps |
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Rails in loadspace (tourer) |
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Rear privacy glass (tourer) |
Customers can choose from 10 exterior colours, including Pearl White pearlescent for the first time.
Avensis, built exclusively in Britain at Toyota’s Burnaston plant in Derbyshire, continues to offer a wide selection of efficient powertrains, with 1.8 Valvematic petrol engines and 2.0, 2.2 and 2.2 D-CAT diesels. According to engine, six-speed manual and automatic transmissions and Toyota’s Multidrive S CVT are available.
The new line-up has an official on-sale date of 1 April, priced from £19,155 for the Active 1.8 Valvematic saloon.
2013 Avensis range and prices
GRADE |
BODY STYLE |
POWERTRAIN |
OTR PRICE |
Active |
Saloon |
1.8 Valvematic 6MT |
£19,155 |
Active |
Saloon |
1.8 Valvematic MDS |
£20,205 |
Active |
Tourer |
1.8 Valvematic 6MT |
£20,205 |
Active |
Tourer |
1.8 Valvematic MDS |
£21,255 |
Active |
Saloon |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£20,155 |
Active |
Tourer |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£21,205 |
Icon |
Saloon |
1.8 Valvematic 6MT |
£21,445 |
Icon |
Saloon |
1.8 Valvematic MDS |
£22,495 |
Icon |
Tourer |
1.8 Valvematic 6MT |
£22,495 |
Icon |
Tourer |
1.8 Valvematic MDS |
£23,545 |
Icon |
Saloon |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£22,445 |
Icon |
Tourer |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£23,495 |
Icon |
Saloon |
2.2 D-4D 150 6MT |
£23,445 |
Icon |
Tourer |
2.2 D-4D 150 6MT |
£24,495 |
Icon |
Saloon |
2.2 D-CAT 150 6AT |
£24,545 |
Icon |
Tourer |
2.2 D-CAT 150 6AT |
£25,595 |
Icon Plus |
Saloon |
1.8 Valvematic 6MT |
£23,245 |
Icon Plus |
Saloon |
1.8 Valvematic MDS |
£24,295 |
Icon Plus |
Tourer |
1.8 Valvematic 6MT |
£24,295 |
Icon Plus |
Tourer |
1.8 Valvematic MDS |
£25,345 |
Icon Plus |
Saloon |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£24,245 |
Icon Plus |
Tourer |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£25,295 |
Icon Plus |
Saloon |
2.2 D-4D 150 6MT |
£25,245 |
Icon Plus |
Tourer |
2.2 D-4D 150 6MT |
£26,295 |
Icon Plus |
Saloon |
2.2 D-CAT 150 6AT |
£26,345 |
Icon Plus |
Tourer |
2.2 D-CAT 150 6AT |
£27,395 |
Excel |
Saloon |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£26,145 |
Excel |
Tourer |
2.0 D-4D 6MT |
£27,795 |
Excel |
Saloon |
2.2 D-4D 150 6MT |
£27,145 |
Excel |
Tourer |
2.2 D-4D 150 6MT |
£28,795 |
Excel |
Saloon |
2.2 D-CAT 150 6AT |
£28,245 |
Excel |
Tourer |
2.2 D-CAT 150 6AT |
£29,895 |
ENDS