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5 out of 5 stars

Avalon - the best car ever made!

jbossmin, 09/30/2005
2006 Toyota Avalon XLS 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
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Luxurious, fun to drive, lots of power, easy on the eyes, lots of standard options (XLS model), and very comfortable!

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5 out of 5 stars

Luxury doesn't have to mean clunky

John , 09/29/2005
2006 Toyota Avalon XLS 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
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My first luxury car. Drives and handles like a much smaller car. Test drove a lot of different cars in the same category and the Avalon was the winner hands down. Doesn't feel like you are driving a boat and it has power to spare, found myself doing 90 miles per hour without even noticing I was going that fast - it was so quiet and smooth. Have a car pool and they are loving the room in the back seat, plus the seats recline in the back. Am getting 24 to 26 miles per gallon which is a nice plus given the current price of gas. The sound system and CD player are great and having a tape deck for those of us who still own tapes was a nice extra.

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4.63 out of 5 stars

SSSMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOTH Ride

New Avy 4 Me, 11/11/2005
2006 Toyota Avalon Limited 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

I think the review title says it all. It is without a doubt the smoothest riding vehicle I have ever driven. My daily commute is 70 miles round trip, mostly highway, and this car sails. The Avy is also VERY quite, which I enjoy as I can really decompress on my commute home.

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5 out of 5 stars

2006 Avalon XLS

Beats Everything, 10/02/2005
2006 Toyota Avalon XLS 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
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I read all the mags and test drove just about everything in the 30-50k price range. This 06 Avalon XLS has everything and more that any other luxury car has and does it better, more powerful, on regular gas with great economy. A no brainer with GPS, JBL upgraded stereo and so many other goodies, why would anything else do.

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3.5 out of 5 stars

Let Down

TD, 09/19/2009
2006 Toyota Avalon Limited 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
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This is my sixth Toyota and the reliability is very uncharacteristic compared to all the others. Major oil leak problem twice now makes the car completely unreliable. Also had a leak in the moon roof fixed. Continual problem with acceleration from a stop position corrected intermittently by a "computer reset". I think I'm going to trade it in. Also the car was bumped in a parking lot, in the front right causing only a scuff to the bumper. The whole bumper had to be replaced as it connects to the blinker light wells and the motor splash guard underneath, which both cracked.

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