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Originally Posted by Riviera
camry is basically the same car, comes with the aurion engine in america..
built on the same platform?
As far as i can see its the closest contender to compare
Similar size, power, engine size, fuel economy, features... list goes on
its logical
whats the deal with the aurion being like the big shot when compared to camry?
is its because of its styling that its now like better than the camry
or maybe its going to deminish the camry?
The Aurion and the Camry are the same car and even share some common panels. The front and back panels are different. Only other major difference is that in Australia and some parts of Asia the V6 is reserved for the Aurion whereas in the USA the Camry comes with 4 cylinder and V6.
I doubt the Aurion is in Asia cuz some aussie dude who designed the XR8 designed the Aurion (built from the japanese camry chassis) which means its an aus specific model. unless aus exports them..
Didnt u know the Aurion plays the role of Camry in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China?Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
Toyota plant in Thailand builds it for that region
EVERYWHERE in asia, the Aurion is called the Camry! I've seen the Aurion in LHD with a 2.0L 4-cyl being used as a taxi in Taiwan. I reckon only Australia and Japan gets the slanty-eyed car that we know as the Camry.Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
The Americans only get the slanty headlight car known as the Camry except they get it as both the 2.4L 4 cylinder and the 3.5L V6.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
ahh it was the TRD version that was designed by the ex-ford guy
The project's exterior design manager was Lee Moran, a former Ford Australia designer. He was chosen by Toyota Styling Australia chief Paul Berninger in 2005. One of Moran’s focuses was to reduce the size of the grille and add emphasis to the front bumper line below it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Aurion#Design
The Aurion is called Camry in Asia, and the Camry we get here is the same as the one in the States, except they get V6 whereas here its reserved for the Aurion. Also I dont think Asia gets the V6 do they?
~edit: My bad, I had only looked at the Malaysian and Singaporean sites. They dont get the V6 but other countries do.
ACCORD V6 = 202Kw / 10.0L on 91 RON
AURION V6 = 200Kw / 9.9L on 95/98 RON
feed the Accord some 98 and you'll get a couple more ponies and a bit better fuel consumption.. and you guys know the difference between 200Kw on paper from Honda versus 200Kw on paper from other manufacturers..
Higher octane does not contribute to more power and/or better fuel consumption. You might get better fuel consumption from the claimed higher density of the Aussie 98 RON petrols, but that's it. The Accord V6 doesn't come with maps for high octane fuel, unlike the Holden engines.Quote:
Originally Posted by VT3C