# A replacement for the now-discontinued Toyota Avalon? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** toyota\ **Created:** [June 21, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779 "2022-06-21T12:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/1 "2022-06-21T12:39:36Z")
[https://carbuzz.com/news/leaked-new-toyota-crown-ready-to-replace-the-avalon](https://carbuzz.com/news/leaked-new-toyota-crown-ready-to-replace-the-avalon) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/2 "2022-06-21T13:01:16Z")
As a sedan-lover, I can accept the tall-car styling of cars like this Crown. The sketch looks pretty good. I like low cars and dislike the current upright SUVs which seem to have pushed out sedans from the market. The mid-height sedans coming from several manufacturers seem to be trying to keep a foot in both camps. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/3 "2022-06-21T13:45:02Z")
No hybrid or ev version. Doomed. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/4 "2022-06-21T15:54:24Z")
I will be very surprised if there’s no hybrid version coming, they’re adding and expanding their hybrid options on everything else. The new RX has three different hybrid options. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/5 "2022-06-21T16:59:07Z")
Can they make them any uglier? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/6 "2022-06-21T20:07:02Z")
It’s not a replacement for the Avalon IMO. I think Toyota is trying to direct Avalon owners to a new car, but they are misdirecting them. Toyota should tell them to buy a top trim Camry or a Lexus sedan. Unless they are planning the demise of the Camry and ES, but I think that is very unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/7 "2022-06-21T21:26:57Z")
Wasn’t there a Toyota Crown in the 1980’s? Maybe I’m thinking of the Toyota Corona. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/8 "2022-06-21T21:58:11Z")
Yep, there was a Crown. Actually goes back to '55: [Toyota Crown - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Crown) ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/9 "2022-06-21T23:59:10Z")
C&D and Carscoops both speculate there it will be a hybrid to start with a plug in hybrid and EV coming later. The Cown currently sold uses a longitudinal engine so it’s based on the same platform as the Mirai and the Lexus LS. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/10 "2022-06-22T10:31:41Z")
I lived in Japan 70&71, many of the taxis were Toyota Crowns, very nice cars. Japanese taxis were immaculate, drivers wore uniforms and white gloves. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-replacement-for-the-now-discontinued-toyota-avalon/184779/11 "2022-06-22T21:17:00Z")
The Crown has been a taxi in Tokyo forever. I rode in one from Shinjuku District of Tokyo to Narita once. Very nice. It was impeccably clean and had lacy doilies on the rear shelf. Should be nice for the $250 it cost to make the drive. It’s a good thing the program manager paid for it and there were 5 passengers. 5 passengers in a Crown? It was a Get Aquatinted moment.