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Description
First introduced for the 1995 model year, the Georgetown, Ky.-built Avalon became the successor to Toyota’s earlier large sedan, the Cressida. Originally created using a stretched Camry platform, the full-size Avalon looked as if it just rolled off a General Motors or Ford assembly line. New editions for 2000 and 2006 provided improved looks…