The Toyota Avalon is a full size four wheeler car produced in the United States by Toyota and is the flagship sedan of Toyota in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and the Middle East. It was also produced from 2000 until July 2005 in Australia, when it was replaced by the Toyota Aurion in November 2006. The first Toyota Avalon rolled off the assembly line on 21 February 1994 as a 1995 model in Georgetown, Kentucky. A second generation model was released in Japan and United States in 1999. The Toyota Avalon was the first Toyota model to feature a non touch screen navigation system in 2000. The word "Avalon" was derived from Camelot lore's a mythical island.
The Toyota Avensis is a large family car built by Japanese carmaker company Toyota since 1997 in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The Toyota Avensis is the direct successor to the Carina E and is available as a four door saloon, five door liftback and estate. A large MPV named the Toyota Avensis Verso was built in Japan on a separate platform. The Toyota Avensis is the basis for the youth oriented Scion Tc which is produced for the US market.
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of coupes made by Toyota, the Japanese company. The name Celica was derived from The word "coelica" which means "heavenly" or "celestial".
The N30 Bassara was a MPV manufactured at Nissan's production facility in Tochigi from November 1999 to June 2003, with the second generation at the Kyushu plant. The name is derived from the word "Vajara" which is a Sanskrit word meaning "the prize or object of desire that encourages someone to yield to temptation". The Nissan Bassara competed with the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Gaia. The Bassara shared a platform with the Nissan R'nessa and was replaced in 2003 by the Nissan Presage.
