Standard on all gas - engine
Avalons is a 3.5 - liter V6 that is rated
at 301 horsepower — 33 hp more than the outgoing model.
Options aside, whether it's the starter XLE
at $ 32,000 or the Limited for eight grand more, all
Avalons share the same 268 - horsepower V - 6 and an electronically controlled 6 - speed automatic transmission.