2010 Toyota Aurion: Australia's Version of the Camry Receives Mid-Life Facelift

Toyota's proposition in the large sedan segment in Australia, the Aurion, which is essentially a Camry with a different nose job and rear end, has received a nip and tuck for the 2010 model year. Exterior styling changes for the Japanese firm's front-wheel drive sedan that competes against the Holden Commodore (Pontiac G8) and Ford Falcon include a new front mask, LED stop and tail lamps, and new wheel designs across the range, including ten-spoke alloy wheels on the entry-level AT-X model.

All three versions of the Aurion (Prodigy, Sportivo and Presara) get new grade-specific bumpers, radiator grilles, lower aperture grilles, headlamps and fog-lamp surrounds while Toyota's designers also eliminated the sedan's body-side moldings for a cleaner look.

In the cabin, the new model year Aurions benefit from upgraded instrument panels, audio systems, lighting and in-cabin storage as well as additional standard equipment across the range.

There are no changes under the hood with the new-look Aurion retaining the 3.5-litre Dual VVT-i V6 engine that delivers an output of 200kW / 268HP to the road through a six-speed automatic transmission. The sedan returns an average fuel consumption of 9.9lt/100km that comes to about 23.8mpg US.

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2010 Toyota Aurion: Australia's Version of the Camry Receives Mid-Life Facelift

Toyota's proposition in the large sedan segment in Australia, the Aurion, which is essentially a Camry with a different nose job and rear end, has received a nip and tuck for the 2010 model year. Exterior styling changes for the Japanese firm's front-wheel drive sedan that competes against the Holden Commodore (Pontiac G8) and Ford Falcon include a new front mask, LED stop and tail lamps, and new wheel designs across the range, including ten-spoke alloy wheels on the entry-level AT-X model.

All three versions of the Aurion (Prodigy, Sportivo and Presara) get new grade-specific bumpers, radiator grilles, lower aperture grilles, headlamps and fog-lamp surrounds while Toyota's designers also eliminated the sedan's body-side moldings for a cleaner look.

In the cabin, the new model year Aurions benefit from upgraded instrument panels, audio systems, lighting and in-cabin storage as well as additional standard equipment across the range.

There are no changes under the hood with the new-look Aurion retaining the 3.5-litre Dual VVT-i V6 engine that delivers an output of 200kW / 268HP to the road through a six-speed automatic transmission. The sedan returns an average fuel consumption of 9.9lt/100km that comes to about 23.8mpg US.

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Toyota Presents Cart-Like Aurion TRD with 1.2-liter Engine for Aussie Racing Series

Enlarge the picture above and you'll see that this particular Toyota Aurion TRD doesn't look quite normal. And truly enough, the Aurion TRD is one of the go-kart like cars that will run at the Aussie Racing Cars Series in next weekend's Nikon Indy 300 race. All Aussie Racing Cars have a moulded body and share a space-frame chassis and a 122HP Yamaha engine. They compete nationally at V8 Supercar events, as well as the Indy 300 and the Australian Grand Prix. -Continued

Though the competition sees cars wearing various body shells representing brands like Holden or Ford, Toyota is the first manufacturer to directly support entries in Aussie Racing Cars.

"We're really pleased to join such a competitive, popular and entertaining series," said Toyota Australia motorsport manager Todd Connolly. "Toyota sees it as an ideal grass-roots category for young drivers to learn and make their way up the ladder in motor sport," he added.

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