Toyota unveils new Avensis

Toyota has proudly unveiled the new Avensis at the Paris Motor Show, which started today in the French capital.

One of the main things Toyota has been keen to highlight is the reduction of its fleet's average CO2 emissions to 140 g/km by 2009.

This has been achieved via a range of new petrol and diesel engines, with advanced transmissions.
New Avensis chief engineer, Takashi Yamamoto, explained: "We have put a strong European mark on the project from the start. Thirty-five engineers from Toyota Motor Europe were invited to Japan to join forces with the Toyota Motor Corporation development team.

"When the project team returned to Europe for finalisation, these engineers played a key role in the knowledge transfer between the two development teams.

"I think this one of the key reasons why today we can look back at a highly efficient development process and be proud of our achievement, which I believe is nothing less than the 'cutting edge' of the D-segment."