30/08/2008 06:39. Well spotted. Look past that weird eggshell background of this carefully shot portrait, and you're left with a crisp-edged, contemporary family saloon – with just a few echos of its posher, bigger brother to remind us that Toyota leaves the proper exec experience to its Lexus arm.

It's difficult to comment much more on the design from this one rear three-quarter photo that's been issued, but the new Avensis seems to follow the modern norm in a class that's flooded with volume models desperate for desirability. Taut... // CAR Magazine