Toyota · 1997–2018
Toyota Avensis
The Toyota Avensis (Japanese: トヨタ・アベンシス, Hepburn: Toyota Abenshisu) is a mid-size/large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by the Japanese automaker Toyota from October 1997 to August 2018. It was the direct successor to the European Carina E and was available as a four-door saloon, five-door liftback and estate. The Avensis was introduced in 1997, to create a more modern name when compared with the Carina E. The "Avensis" name is derived from the French term avancer, meaning "to advance" or "move forward". The Avensis was not sold in North America, and it is related to the Scion tC coupé. It also shared a platform with the Allion and Premio and was available at Japanese dealership network Toyota Netz Store. An MPV called the Avensis Verso (Ipsum in Japan and previously the Picnic in other markets) was built in Japan on a separate platform.
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UK fuel mix: —. Records from the VCA fuel & emissions archive.
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UK vehicles on the road
55,532 licensed and 21,424 SORN (76,956 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 184,438 |
| 2015 | 176,731 |
| 2016 | 167,740 |
| 2017 | 156,151 |
| 2018 | 143,220 |
| 2019 | 130,069 |
| 2020 | 118,898 |
| 2021 | 108,164 |
| 2022 | 100,209 |
| 2023 | 92,379 |
| 2024 | 84,087 |
| 2025 | 76,956 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q820031CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AvensisCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1376819525 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- UK Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) fuel & emissions data — https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/Open Government Licence v3.0
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.