FUTURE PRODUCT PIPELINE

Toyota Motor North America has opted to ax the large Avalon sedan after the 2022 model year, the Japanese automaker told suppliers in a letter on Aug. 2. The Avalon, the mass market brand's flagship sedan, was due to be refreshed in the second half of next year. However, the automaker's purchasing department informed suppliers that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky will end output of the Avalon.

The compact crossover will receive a midcycle freshening in 2023.

The redesigned compact crossover arrives this year and will debut the Lexus Interface infotainment system.

The brand’s top-selling crossover will be redesigned onto Toyota’s global luxury platform in the second half of 2022, when the midsize RX will be outfitted with an improved hybrid powertrain, the latest safety and driver-assist systems and upgraded Lexus Interface infotainment.

The large SUV gets a full redesign onto the GA-F platform in the first half of 2022.

Expect the three-row midsize SUV to be larger and more luxurious when it is redesigned onto the luxury GA-F body-on-frame platform in 2024.

The luxury coupe and convertible will receive a midcycle freshening in 2025.

The low-volume performance coupe will receive only minor interventions until a full freshening in 2024.

The freshened large sedan will arrive this year with an optional Level 2 automated driving-assistance feature called Lexus Teammate.

The seventh generation of the midsize sedan went on sale in 2018 and will receive minor tweaks until a full freshening in 2025.

Reengineered instead of redesigned in 2020, in part to save money in the declining compact car segment, the IS wouldn’t be due for a freshening until 2024, following the brand’s usual product planning calendar.

The hybrid supercar is expected to get a new color for the 2022 model year.

The third generation of the MDX crossover went on sale this year as a 2022 model with a fully redesigned interior and exterior.

The compact crossover kicked off Acura's renewed direction toward sporty vehicles when it was redesigned for the 2019 model year.

The second-generation of the midsize sedan went on sale last year on a new platform with a standard four-cylinder turbocharged engine.

The midsize pickup was freshened in early 2021 with new sheet metal for the front end, along with a flatter hood, squared nose and upright grille.

Honda's minivan was freshened for the 2021 model year with some mild exterior styling updates and some added interior features.

Honda's flagship crossover has been spied while testing and appears to look like a more rugged SUV.

The two-row version of Honda's midsize crossover, which is based on the three-row Pilot, is due for a redesign along with its larger sibling.

Spy photos of the sixth generation of the CR-V are making the rounds, revealing sharp angles and a less rounded shape.