The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid is a five-passenger sedan offered Axle Premium, Axle Touring Limited trim levels.

The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Axle Premium emerged with 17-inch alloy wheels, automatic lights, heated mirrors, a sunroof, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, dual-zone automatic climate control, full power accessories, cruise control, a tilt-wheel traditional telescoping steering, leather upholstery, eight-way power driver seat with power lumbar support, a four-way power front passenger seat heated front seats. The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid features include keyless ignition / entry, Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, camera rearview, a 6.1 inch screen display and eight speaker audio system with a CD player, an auxiliary audio jack and USB / iPod interface.

The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Axle Touring adds foglights, a driver seat side mirror memory functions, the navigation system and Antun smartphone app integration Toyota. The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Limited includes the above and adds Xenon lights, auto-dimming side mirrors, rain-receiving wipers, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alerts, upgraded leather upholstery, a 10-way power driver seat, power passenger-eight tri -the automatic climate control, rear power sunshade, navigation hard-drive based, a 7-inch touchscreen display and 11-speaker premium sound system JBL seat, front seats, heated rear seats. Some areas of the upper trims are available as options for the lower trims, and Limited offers available Technology package includes adaptive cruise control, automatic high-beam headlight control and collision warning system a.

2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Interior

Inside The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid is spacious and elegant, and high-quality materials throughout. The front seats are comfortable and adjustable, plenty of side bolstering lumbar support for both driver and front passenger. As you’d expect for this class of vehicle, rear seats Avalon’s popular open.

The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Touring and 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Limited come standard with Antun, a suite of smartphone-connected services and applications that includes features like the Bing search engine, Pandora streaming radio, real-time traffic and sports and stock information. Getting started with Antun is a problem, since you have to install the app on your phone, sign up for an account, and you always need active data connection to use it. In addition, the vehicle must be parked to access the applications of Antun’s (many of which are probably already have installed on your smartphone). Finally, the interface screen has the menus are straightforward, but sometimes fails to touch the user.

2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Storage compartments provide ample room for drinks and personal effects. Section lower center console offers a “bin” simple power wires through a sliding panel two cell phones auxiliary and USB connection. A large armrest provides more storage space and additional connectivity and charging cell phones. The trunk offers 14 cubic feet of space, which is less than Avalon, but it is still above the standard is available from midsize 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybridsedan.

2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Engine

The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid powered by a 2.5-liter-cylinder engine paired with an electric motor that’s a battery pack trunk-mounted. Combined, the two power units are good for 200 hp. A continuously variable transmission (CVT) delivers power to front wheels. According to EPA estimates, the Hybrid Avalon returns 40 mpg combined (40 city / 39 highway). In performance testing, the Hybrid Avalon Limited accelerated from zero to 60 mph in 7.7 seconds. This is about a second slower than the Avalon or other large conventional sedans, but for a hybrid sedan.

2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Safety

The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid standard safety features include traction and stability control, antilock disc brakes, front- and rear-seat side airbags, side-curtain airbags and front knee airbags. The Limited comes with a blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alerts (optional on the 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Touring). And standard on the Limited Toyota’s Safety Connect service, which includes roadside assistance, stolen vehicle location and automatic collision notification. Optional Technology package The Limited includes the warning of a frontal system pre-collision. In brake testing, the 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid stood 132 feet and 60 mph –5 feet needs to be a part of.

In government crash tests, the 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid received five stars for overall crash protection, four stars for frontal-impact protection stars five for side-impact protection. In tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the otherwise similar non-hybrid Avalon score a “Good” rating, the maximum possible, in the moderate-printing directly overlap, side-impact and roof-strength crash tests. The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid seat / head block design The Avalon’s was not doing the “Good” for Whiplash protection in rear impacts.

2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE