Toyota takes on Australia With The Aurion

Toyota Australia's new flagship sedan - the Aurion V6 - delivers on the unique demands of Australian large-car buyers. It has the most advanced and powerful engine ever offered in a Toyota vehicle in Australia - a new 3.5-litre Quad Cam V6. The engine develops 200kW of power at 6200rpm and 336Nm of torque at 4700rpm on regular unleaded petrol. It has ADR 81/01 fuel economy of just 9.9 litres of 95-octane unleaded fuel per 100km#. Power output rises to 204kW with 95-octane unleaded fuel. All grades of Aurion are fitted with a six-speed automatic sequential gearbox.

All Aurion grades are also equipped with Vehicle Stability Control (VSC). Aurion is the only Australian-made big six to comply with Euro IV emissions. Aurion scores four stars on the Federal Government's Green Vehicle Guide - better than any of its six-cylinder rivals in the VFACTS large passenger category.
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Designer1 - 10/17/2006 12:14:48 PM

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OMG, that's a MUCH nicer Camry, why don't we have that in the US??? Much better interior quality too. Any Toyota built in the US has bad quality, why????

EL34 - 10/17/2006 1:06:32 PM

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We do, it's called the ES350.

S4cabriofox - 10/17/2006 11:01:20 PM

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The interior is exactly the same as the '07 Camry.

Exterior styling is much better, though.

Too bad they're not getting rid of the one here, though...

BMW530i - 10/17/2006 1:04:50 PM

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Still looks pretty bland but much nicer than our Camry. The interior looks cheaper than our Camry though.

EL34 - 10/17/2006 1:06:00 PM

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We do, it's called the ES350.

EL34i - 10/17/2006 5:57:48 PM

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I should try my hand more at automotive design. During my daily visit with the toilet, I squeezed out a hot, solid one and began to bare-handedly sculpt the hot-one into a rather nice mid-sized luxury sedan. I'm contemplating sending it off to the design studios of Ford or BMW.

JUGNU - 10/17/2006 1:29:33 PM

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It means we also get skoda Fabia.It's called Audi A3.

JUGNU

BMW530i - 10/17/2006 2:03:07 PM

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LMAO. EL and Jugnu sure added humor to this thread. :p

Rupert - 10/17/2006 2:13:15 PM

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the fabia shares nothing with any audi. sorry to spoil the fun.
octavia does though.

S4cabriofox - 10/17/2006 11:02:37 PM

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The A3 has no relation to the Skoda Fabia.

And by the way- Skodas are quite nice. Have you ever been in a Skoda Superb? It's about as nice as its name suggests.

Much nicer than any Camry ahem ES350.

S4cabriofox - 10/17/2006 11:03:26 PM

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It has the same bodykit as a new Camry SE.

Look closely. They're very similar. Especially on the sides-- I'm pretty sure it just has different front and rear fasicas, but that's it.

EL34 - 10/17/2006 2:23:27 PM

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Looks like Pokemon got busy with Nissan and Mazda.

UPshift - 10/17/2006 3:22:51 PM

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It would be simple and cheap to add its more agressive front end to our Camry for a NASCAR edition. I'm sure Toyota will capitalize on its involvement in the series, what better way than making it stand out from garden-variety Camrys?

AUDBMLEXMRC - 10/17/2006 5:42:13 PM

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Great fit and finish interior!

sewingmachine - 10/17/2006 7:34:18 PM

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hey that looks pretty good, kinda looks like the holden.

00JT - 10/18/2006 2:16:42 AM

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God, I wish Toyota made the Camry this nice in the US.

nphas042 - 10/18/2006 2:31:27 PM

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Make that thing here, It doesn't have a nose poking out of it.