 Thought the new Avalon would have better handling, but it drives like my father's old Buick.  The concept is great... lots of features, good price/ value, should have good reliability, but "oh what a feeling" is missing big time.  Mileage is 19 to 20 in town on the road it is 27+/-.  The transmission seems to slip.  Dealer says it is a new 6 speed auto and is supposed to slip(?).  To our  surprise it is not very comfortable on long trips.  Neither of us have back problems but after 3 hours our backs start to hurt.  So this car will be going on Autotrader/ Cars.com soon.  It will be a while before we go back to Toyota. 