If you're good at algebra, here's what you do; The engine will not rev higher thn the redline. The top gear ratio is fixed. Get a new pencil and two sheets of notebook paper and work out the speed.

 

Yes, there is a limiter. I believe that the top speed of a Gen 5 Avalon is 135mph. It's probably not a good idea to drive it that fast though.... with laws and safety and such.

 

Various sources (car magazines) reported anything between 130-135 when the 2019 remodel was first introduced as they tested.

I recall thinking, well that'll be more than enough for me!

 

even if it did, it could not handle half that speed

 

I've seen them blasting down 580 a 70 and 80 mph easy. Heck, my old dog Corolla can do 90 all day as long as you stay outta the way. Doncha love that 85 speed limiy through Wyoming! I remember back in 1957, when my friend's parents got a new Buick and the spedo went up to 120, arguing that my folks' old Dodge had 120 on the speedo too. Our fathers were wise enough to not race on the primitive highways back then. Sooooo whaaaat.

 

I can confirm that my 2019's Limited was flying at 120 mph on certain sections of an interstate in the State of NY this past June. It's actually a remarkable experience how well this vehicle handles high speeds.

 

Y'all should ride along in my 1/4 century old rotted out 3speed Corolla with 137k doing 95mph on the i80 speedway
WOW is it noisy!!! Just screaming along sitting right on top of the pavement, if I have the driver window down a couple few inches it cancels the road noise a bit lol

 

Would get the 06 Camry easily up to 110 + on my many cross-country trips for a short time. The speed limit in Texas and South Dakota in some places is 85, some drive 5 to 10 over.

The main thing to take into consideration for safety is the speed rating of your tires. Most passenger cars like the Camry or Avalon have a maximum tire speed rating (T) witch translated to 130MPH. You will only be able to get a higher speed-rated tire if you have a high-performance sports car or upgrade to a larger rims size that will accommodate wider tires but of course, they will need to fit inside the wheel wells.

 

T is rated at 118mph H is rated at 130mph. You can get H rating tires in any size even for SUV.

 

These 140-180 speedos are really dumb on family type cars.
It's really frustrating with the speedo being nearly useless when there "this much" ( [-|-|-|-] ) space between 50 and 70mph.
I'm not advocating going back to the late 70s when speedos were limited to 85 and had a big red "55" at the top middle of the panel... But 120mph speedos were just fine all through the heyday of muscle cars and hotrods.

Make TRD versions that go to 200 for those who order off-highway exempt models with no speed limiter and performance tune. I'd like to actually be able to use my speedo.

 

How fast were you going?

Don't know.

 

Yes, I did 100 on some stretches of California highway, speed limit is 70 but you can do it briefly. So it definitely goes there with no problem. But I would not recommend anyone to try anything close to 160, whether it goes there or not. It is extremely dangerous, you can have a tire pop or something and will be DEAD in a second. Why would you want to risk it?

 

I agree that a 160-MPH speedometer is really silly on an Avalon. It’s just calibrated like that to make it “feel sporty” to the detriment of usefulness. However, I never really look at the analog speedometer anyway. Even with the head-up display, my eyes are drawn to the big digits on the center display (I always leave that view in place).

 

Ya, I glance at the dial every now and then, but really, the speedo, and the hybrid's replacement for the tach aren't of much use, particularly with the digital display on several of the MID screens.
The most silly thing on my Avalon, being a hybrid, is the tach display.
Well, that, and the fact that there are four different "where is the power coming from?" displays... the left analog display, a center graphic of the car, and two options on the infotainment screen.
None of which contribute to safe driving.... they are simply distractions that I can't imagine are even used by anyone who has had the car longer than a month.

But ya... the tach display, and paddle shifters are kinda silly on a hybrid.

But honestly, I really don't pay a lot of attention to my speed unless I'm on the open road... then I'll just set the cruise at 5 over the limit.
Most times I'm just cruising along with the flow of traffic. Driving for over 40 years, you have a feel of the "right" and safe speeds in neighborhoods and around town.

 

Ha, ha! Paddle shifters with a CVT. Silly beyond words.

 

I actually found that I used them for engine braking on the Corolla.... but with the hybrid using regenerative braking, the paddles are useless.

 

My 05 Camry V6 SE Speedo reads 140 and I have had it buried against the stop and it was still gaining speed. (With appropriate rated tires of course on a stretch of newly opened highway and traffic was non existent.)

 

It does have a limiter, I have driven upto 133 mph many times and the limiter kicks in, after 80 the car is a beast and on sports plus mode it stays planted. The original brakes fade immediately as they over heat very quickly, so I added the TRD brakes in front which come with a bigger disc and double piston calipers and have no brake fade problems at all.

 

Ive done 140 in my m35 2008, its a family car and the speedo says 160

 

I had a Mustang with a speedo up to 160. Got there a couple times. Too bad it was a foreign spec speedo with the Kilos as the large numbers.

 

Ha!

They got ya!

Thats the KPH face.

 

Don't laugh.
In the early 80s, Camaro and Corvette owners were changing their transmission's speedometer gear to one that would calibrate the speedo for the KPH scale.
Not exactly legal, since it also caused the odometer to run slower.

 

I tested the limiter, its 132mph. it has more. i bet it would stop around 140-145 due to drag.
it gets very floaty above 120

 

dash cam of the test run

 

Wow, @WolfBandit thats awesome!

 

We had a 1990 Geo Prizm with the Toyota 4A-GE engine in it. The speedo reads 85 mph but we went way past 85mph. It was a 3 speed automatic transmission too with overdrive.

 

"H is rated at 130mph" - my new used offlease 2019 has H rated, I presume they are the stock tires. But they look very new, measures 9/32" of depth in the tread. 45K miles on the clock.

"Paddle shifters with a CVT" -- is that Continously Variable Transmission?

"The original brakes fade immediately as they over heat very quickly, so I added the TRD brakes in front"
- in general, or only from above-85 type speeds? How much did it cost?

Is the "Sport +" mode only on the Touring? Not seeing it on my Limited.

 

9/32" at 45,000, the tires were likely replaced when the lease was turned in.
Yes, CVT refers to the transmission, however, do not confuse the Corolla CVT with the hybrid eCVT, which is a completely different animal.