In a separate statement Toyota said it would recall the US-made Avalon.

在另一项声明中说，丰田公司将召回在美国制造的阿瓦隆。

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Affected models include Toyota's top selling Camry and Corolla sedans, the Rav4,Avalon,Matrix, Tundra and sport utility vehicles such as the Highlander and Sequoia.

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These include sedan stalwarts like the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Honda Accord, Lexus ES and GS, Nissan Altima and the Toyota Avalon.

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Is it simply a matter of there being a finite number of facial geometries? (You'll note, perhaps, that the Toyota Avalon looks like the latest product from Ford Design.) Was it, as others have suggested, a case of intellectual property and fair play, since Ford at one time owned Aston Martin?

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The Lexus' whirligig is familiar from the Toyota Camry and Avalon hybrids: a lean-burning Atkinson-cycle, 2.5-liter in-line four-cylinder (156 hp) coupled with two electric motors, one a 141-hp traction motor, the other a starter-generator.

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