Avensis Tourer offers the whole package

Published: 19/04/2011

Toyota’s Avensis Tourer is an ideal family estate, perfect for taking on large loads, writes Edward Stephens.

The estate is an ideal family car, offering “space in abundance [and] a definite up-market feel” as the car lights up and unlocks at a touch of a handle.

The doors close with ease, the leather seats are heated and the driver’s seat has a memory system in case of multiple users. The engine starts at the push of a button and the steering wheel automatically adjusts to your ideal driving position.

“From the outside it’s sleek and stylish… yet I couldn’t say it’s a car which will necessarily excite you,” he says.

It is a consistently reliable car, in which seven gears are possible in manual, while the auto box “offers an infinite number of ratios”.

The 14 per cent power-increase on the 1.8-litre engine is noticeable, while fuel consumption is reduced to 37mpg.

Despite its length, reversing is aided by a rear-view camera, which displays on the navigation system screen.

Carrying capacity can match that of a “small van”, and cargo rails allow secure division of separate loads. This space means that there is plenty of leg room for rear seat passengers.

Stephens concludes: “The Avensis Tourer is a car that offers everything that most drivers will want.”

(Source: Birmingham Post, 4th January)

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