Toyota Avensis Reviews

Considering early cars are looking long in the tooth, this isn’t a bad result for Toyota’s family workhorse.

Owners reckon the Avensis is a decent all-rounder: build quality, reliability and running costs all impressed.

Yet poor rankings for the driving dynamics categories suggest shortcomings elsewhere.

Overall owner rating :

84.4% (58th overall in Driver Power 2010)

Owners who would buy a Avensis Old again:

70%

Owners who would buy another Toyota again:

92%

Disagree? Tell us about your car in Driver Power 2011

Reviews

News

Videos

Specs

Costs

Comfort

NEW REVIEWS (1 result)
Toyota Avensis With an unbeatable diesel range and other engineering upgrades, the Avensis is a better car to drive, and a cheaper one to run. But it still falls short of the standards set by competitors.	Dec 2006

FIRST DRIVES (10 results)
Toyota Avensis Tourer Can a fresh look, cleaner engine and suspension tweaks make the family car a contender?	Jan 2012
Toyota Avensis UK drive	Jan 2012
Toyota Avensis 2.0 D-4D	Dec 2011
Toyota Avensis	Dec 2008
Toyota Avensis	Dec 2008
Toyota Avensis D-4D T180	Jun 2006
Toyota Avensis 2.2 D-4D 4dr	May 2005
Toyota Avensis Verso T3 D-4D	Feb 2004
Clean sweep	Sep 2003
Avensis aiming for family benefit	Feb 2003
See all 10 First Drives results

LONG TERM TESTS (5 results)
Toyota Avensis Tourer: 9,156 miles Final REPORT: Sharp to look at, easy to live with... and that’s just the car! Estate is a great load carrier, too, as our family man can testify	Sep 2009
Toyota Avensis Tourer: 7,215 Miles	Jul 2009
Toyota Avensis: 4,958 miles	May 2009
Toyota Avensis	Jul 2003
Toyota Avensis 2.0 T Spirit	Apr 2003

CAR GROUP TESTS (4 results)
Kia Optima vs Toyota Avensis After impressing in its first test, the bold new Kia Optima meets the Toyota Avensis	Apr 2012
Mazda6 vs. Toyota Avensis	Jun 2010
Toyota Avensis vs Honda Accord	Jan 2009
Family cars	Sep 2006

USED CAR TESTS (3 results)
Stripdown test: Toyota Avensis D-4D How reliable is the Japanese family contender after 60,000 gruelling miles? We reveal all...	Apr 2008
Toyota Avensis	Aug 2004
Toyota Avensis	Nov 2002

SUBSCRIBE