Toyota

Japan · parts cost 2/5 · specialist network: widespread

Model families

ModelSegmentGenerations coveredVariantsPrice span
Avensis
T27 · T27 Tourer
mid28€2,900–€9,850

Only families with researched data appear here. See coverage for what is planned next.

Brand-wide ownership notes

Toyota's reputation in this period is mostly deserved, and the petrol cars in particular ask for very little beyond oil and tyres. The diesels are the exception worth knowing about, because the 2.2 D-4D had a genuine head problem that Toyota extended warranties to cover in several markets. So the buying rule inverts the German one. Here the petrol is the safe choice and the diesel is the one that needs paperwork. Parts are cheap and the dealer network is dense.

Chassis

ChassisBodyYearsCharacter
T27sedan2009–2018Deliberately unexciting, and built to a standard the European mid-size cars of this era mostly didn't reach.
T27 Tourerwagon2009–2018A big, plain, genuinely useful estate that will still be working long after its contemporaries are scrap.