2006 Toyota Avensis D4D review from UK and Ireland

The CD player has gone faulty. Radio still works fine.

The car has been totally reliable. I have owned it since April 2006 and have used it as a taxi. In this time I have changed the tyre's three times and the brakes three times. Nothing else except for the oil and filter every 15000km. There is 170,000km on the car and no problems except for the CD player failed at 120,000km. Toyota have refused to fix because the car is out of warranty.

The interior is too black and the seats get very tatty or dirty. Ideally this car would be better if the seats were leather and if there was an automatic available with the diesel engine. The passenger space is excellent for use as a taxi and the boot is plenty big enough for suitcases. The drive is fine, but the plastics on the steering wheel and gear lever need to be a lot softer as this is causing a repetitive strain injury on my hands, as I do 90,000kms per year.

There are certainly better cars out there for driving experience, but I know I will buy Toyota again because of the low cost of ownership. Nothing has gone wrong except for a faulty CD player.