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Toyota Oz releases its <del>Camry</del> Aurion sedan

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Toyota has released a new large car on the Australian market in the form of the V6 only Aurion sedan. The Aurion shares its body with the popular Camry sedan and is even sold as a Camry in other markets, but Toyota is already using another version of the Camry as a medium car in Australia. The car replaces the previous the slow selling Avalon, a revised version of the US delivered car from the early 90’s.

The Aussie large car scene is dominated by the rear-drive Holden Commodore, which may be coming here as the Pontiac, and Ford Falcon, but Toyota still believes its front-drive Aurion has a chance. The 3.5L V6 provides 200kW of power and is the most fuel efficient of the Australian large cars, with a claimed economy of 9.9L per 100km. Toyota’s being humble with its projected sales rate of only 2000 cars per month.

Interestingly, Toyota is planning a high-performance supercharged version wearing the Sportivo label, with help from Toyota Racing Development. It should transform the normally bland Toyota into something a little more exciting.

Via: Autoblog

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