Avalon, the name derived from the legend of King Arthur, is the center of ancient religion and is also another name for the Welsh world, also known as "Apple Island", "Blessed Island" or "Heavenly Blessing Island".
The original reason why Avalon is transliterated as Asian dragon in Chinese is that in domestic forums or Tieba, translated by international netizens, it is not only close to the pronunciation, but also more in line with China's local atmosphere. Until the official release of the Asian Dragon in China, FAW Toyota cleverly followed the name of netizens, and it was naturally fixed.
The first Avalon was introduced in February 1994 to fill the void after the Cressida series of sedans were no longer continued, a North American-specific model produced at Toyota's plant in Kentucky, USA, and initially sold only in the U.S. market before being resold back to Japan.
The first generation of Avalon
As the flagship car of the Toyota brand in North America, the Asian Dragon is also very Americanized in its positioning and design. As we all know, Americans like "big cars", and this "big" is not only in size, but also in terms of power and atmospheric luxury. The V6 high-displacement engine, with body sizes of 4831/1786/1420mm and wheelbase of 1720mm, is comparable to the Lexus LS, and these design concepts for the North American market have made it sought after by American consumers.
Cressida
At the same time, as the successor to Toyota's legendary rear-drive Cressida, Avalon did not continue the properties of cressida sport, but changed to front-wheel drive and turned to a comfortable and high-end route, the first generation of Avalon equipped with a 3.0L V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, output of 192 horsepower, peak torque of 285 Nm.
After the upgrade of the second generation of Avalon, the body line changed from the full and rounded style of the previous generation to a straight and tough style, and the engine parameters were raised to 210 horsepower and the peak torque was increased to 298 Nm.
The second generation of Avalon
Until 2004, the third generation of Avalon was born, the third generation of the car completely abandoned the first and second generation of the platform, based on Toyota's new K platform to build, the body size became larger, the exterior interior is more modern, the power system is newly upgraded, the third generation of Avalon using the 3.5LV6 engine codenamed 2GR-FE replaced the previous 3.0 engine, matching the 5-speed automatic transmission, the horsepower increased to 280 horses, the maximum torque of 336 Nm.
The third generation of Avalon
In 2012, the fourth generation of Avalon was launched, with the upgrade of Toyota's overall design language, Avalon large-mouth grille and its high-end brand Lexus are the same, but the power is still the same as the previous generation of V6 3.5L engine, the gearbox was upgraded from 5 to 6.
Fourth generation Avalon
In 2018, it finally waited for the fifth generation of Avalon to be unveiled in Los Angeles, USA, and the fifth generation of Avalon will be introduced into the Chinese market, with the decline of the crown, Asia Dragon took over the baton of the crown in China.
Fifth generation Avalon
The fifth generation of Avalon (Asian Dragon) was officially launched on March 22, 2019, priced at 208,800 yuan - 289,800 yuan, the new Asian Dragon is based on Toyota's latest TNGA architecture under the GA-K to build, the appearance is more youthful and stylish than the crown, full of sports atmosphere, body size of 4975/1850/1450mm, wheelbase of 2870mm.
The power configuration of the domestic Asian dragon has been reduced, only 2.5L naturally inlet gasoline version and 2.5L hybrid version, and there is no foreign 3.5L V6 version, the gasoline version outputs 209 horsepower, and the peak torque is 250 Nm. The hybrid version produces 178 hp, a maximum torque of 221 Nm, and a motor of 120 hp, with a combined maximum power of 218 hp. Although the paper data is slightly inferior to the Crown's 2.0T engine, it is better than its updated platform, and it is more compatible, which can better make moderate changes to the national situation.
The former 12th generation Toyota Crown has created brilliant achievements in the Chinese market with its modest and restrained design, exquisite and delicate workmanship, spacious and quiet interior space, smooth and smooth control, etc. However, because of the mistakes in strategy formulation, sales have been declining, and now they have fallen to the point of imminent delisting, which cannot help but sigh.
12th generation crown
As the saying goes, the strong are competent, and the revolution is new, which coincides with the change of the era between the crown and the Asian dragon. As a successor, Toyota Avalon (Asian Dragon) must understand the principle of "the lessons of the past", listen to the needs of consumers, highlight the brand advantages, and accurately find the positioning, only in this way can it leave a place in the cruel market.
Stay at the end:
At present, the price range of Camry is 179,800-27.98 million yuan, and the price of the Asian Dragon listing is surprising, but most of it overlaps with the Camry price, which is bound to affect camry sales. As the successor of the crown, not only kicking the crown out of the game upwards, but also sharing the cake with the younger brother Camry, what is the purpose of the manufacturer? Welcome to leave a comment.
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