The interior looks pretty spiffy.

 

h: Well, they ditched the cow-catcher grille.

But I still don't like the taillights and headlights that can't commit to a given form.
And that plastiwood veneer interior...:ugh:
IMO, they should have kept going with the stainless steel finish and chuck that off-white trim back in the Woolworth's dumpster. I look at that dash and I see a 96 Buick LeSabre...

:ugh: Blech.

 

Well, the Avalon continues to be the best Buick that Buick never built. My grandpa already wants one.

 

That actually isn't too bad looking.

edit: Where does this leave the ES330? I know this is a Toyota but it seems like you get more car for the money. It doesn't have the Lexus badge-premium though.

 

well the avalon is going to be alot bigger than the es330

 

meh..... I see too much Altima/Maxima in the front, and some G35/Solara in the back. The interior is ridiculusly fugly.

 

The ES330 is for Baby Boomers (especially of the female variety), the Avalon is for their parents.

 

Ah yes. 'When better Buicks are built, Toyota and Lexus will build them'

 

That's why they call Toyota 'The Buick of Japan' :chuckles:

 

The problem with this 2005 Toyota Avalon is the same problem with other car makers: It looks like to many other cars!!! They can't be original. You don't have to worry about Honda making that mistake, especially with the Honda Accord that always one step ahead of everyone.