Toyota Line-up boosted by revamped Aurion V6
Sep 21, 2009 By Toyota Australia.
Buyers of Australian-made cars will get their first glimpse today of the latest upgrades to Toyota's locally built Aurion V6.
Styling changes for the Aurion include a new front mask, faster-acting LED stop and tail lamps, and new wheel designs across the range.
Aurion's new front mask includes new bumpers, grilles, headlamps and fog-lamp surrounds.
In addition to the revised styling, Toyota has upgraded its Australian-built Aurion V6 range with improved comfort, convenience and safety features as well as more equipment.
There are five model grades: AT-X, Prodigy, Sportivo SX6, Sportivo ZR6 and top-of-the-range Presara.
Styling changes give Aurion a stronger, more distinctive look that advances the original design's premium character.
The lower grille is now a trapezoid shape, which improves the look of the car on the road..
The design is said to increase the feeling of prestige with more subtle, flowing surfaces between the basic elements, blending rather than intersecting.
The rear lamps have also evolved to a parallelogram design with striking diffused LED illumination.
The side of the car is now cleaner and more modern with the removal of body-side mouldings.
Sportivo variants are more aggressive with a grille that has more technical "edgy" feel and the development of new 17-inch split five-spoke alloy wheels.
New interior colour combinations freshen the premium interior.
In the case of Prodigy and Presara, they create a prestige, sports-luxury appearance, enhanced by the new linear satin woodgrain finish.
Toyota has also upgraded Aurion's instruments, audio systems, lighting and in-cabin storage.
Safety improvements include improved light distribution from Aurion's low-beam headlamps, both halogen and high-intensity discharge types.
In addition, Aurion Prodigy gains an electro-chromatic interior mirror, power rear sunshade and rain-sensing wipers.
Sportivo ZR6 has the added safety and convenience of heated exterior mirrors and auto-tilt exterior mirror on reverse.
Interior comfort improvements include adopting dual-zone climate controlled air-conditioning on Sportivo SX6.
Aurion's audio systems have been upgraded across the board. All models now have a Bluetooth (tm) hands-free telephone kit and 3.5mm auxiliary audio input in the front centre-console box.
Most models have a Bluetooth (tm) audio system.
Prodigy and the two Sportivo grades have a new "display" audio system with 4.3-inch colour LCD display, reverse camera capability, six-CD multi-changer, USB/iPod (tm) auxiliary audio input, and Bluetooth (tm) telephone hands-free kit with microphone integrated into the facia.
This audio system is optionally available on AT-X grade.
Presara's AVN satellite navigation audio has been refined with an additional two speakers (for a total of eight speakers including two dual-cone rear speakers) and auxiliary 3.5mm input.
The AVN satellite navigation audio system is optionally available on Sportivo ZR6.
Facelift Aurion's new instruments look better and provide improved indicator and warning-signal clarity.
Driver's seat and exterior mirror memory has been adopted on Sportivo ZR6.
Front-door scuff plates are branded "Aurion" on top-of-the-line Presara and "Sportivo" on the two Sportivo models.
Toyota Aurion has a 3.5-litre Dual VVT-i engine that delivers maximum power of 200kW to the road through a six-speed transmission with sequential-like shifting.
At the same time, Aurion delivers excellent fuel economy of just 9.9 litres/100km*.
* Fuel consumption will vary depending on driving conditions/style, vehicle conditions and options/accessories. Source of fuel consumption data: ADR81/02 combined cycle.