Road TestCar reviews - Toyota - Aurion - Prodigy sedanToyota modelsResearch Toyota OverviewToyota's Camry-based Avalon makes a good case for family motoring25 May 2007 By CHRIS HARRIS CYNICS might take some convincing, but the Toyota Aurion sits comfortably into its role as a Holden Commodore/Ford Falcon/Mitsubishi 380 challenger, even if it’s little more than a V6 version of the now four-cylinder-only Camry. Forget about the Camry for a moment though and consider the Aurion’s presence on the road, its indisputably generous interior and its generous serve of punch, all allied to the fact that it’s smooth, sophisticated, well-equipped and built like a bank vault. No, the Aurion still hasn’t quite nailed it as an enthusiast’s car, but that’s never held Toyota back in the past. And it sure looks a lot more acceptable than the Avalon - which remains its spiritual, if not actual, predecessor - as a means of grabbing a share of the Australian six-cylinder family-car market. Model release date: 1 November 2006 to 1 March 2012 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelThere was really no such thing as a previous Aurion, although the Toyota Avalon introduced here in 2000 and quietly faded away in 2005 aimed to do the same thing: Give Toyota a viable challenger for the volume-selling Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon. The Avalon wasn’t at all a bad car – its 3.0-litre V6 went well and it offered massive back-seat legroom - but the styling belonged to another era and it unhappily bore the reputation for blandness to which Toyota has long been manacled. |
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