TRD Aurion?

[Wanabe_Garage]

Driving down Princes Hwy today and I saw something amazing and a little out of the ordinary. TRD Aurion?
I was a little confused as I never knew of anything to be release from the factory with TRD spec?

http://www.zcars.com.au/images/toyota-aurion-trd1.JPG

This car was awesome and look more like something out of the Lexus range. And it was quick!

http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/toyotatrdaurionengine.jpg



Would You buy one of these? I would love one it was rear wheel drive, its a shame that it isn't then it would be a true sports sedan!

[HYPNTK]

yeah man its out there its been around for a few months now since its release but they're having a few problems and had to recall and stop selling them for a while...

i think its all good now...
i read in the MOTOR magazine someone found out how to switch off the traction control too hehe

the only thing that sucks as you said is you got all that power coming from the front wheels...
the least they could do was make it AWD or RWD

meh, still a supercharged toyota :)

[86adz]

yeh i dont mind the look of these however in the new car range for similar price id probably take the vw r32 golf

[rthy]

IMHO whats wrong with fwd? just cos it cant do sik burns out does it mean its slow? (not just a stright line o.0)

[Wanabe_Garage]

I have respect for FWD... Its more likly to be quicker in its FWD form on the streets.

I just prefer RWD. After owning and driving both a FWD and RWD car at one time, RWD (my sprinter) has a better drive to it!

[Driftspec]

I would love to drive the car, it is very well designed, supercharged V6, TRD Australian made :2thumbs: There is also a TRD Hilux, from memory :)

But I have to agree, if it was RWD that would be awesome. Not even from a drift perspective, but from a general driving dynamics point of view. Putting that kind of power through the front treads isn't always a good thing.

[maxhag]

Whats to stop anyone sticking it in a RWD chassis?

It looks like a neat engine, Has anyone converted to Rwd?

very curious......


J Riftin

[LAZY]

MSP, Astra Turbz, RX5, Aurion TRD, what a joke, even new skylines came here as ff.

[Gunner]

look at the euro spec astra, drives like shit, any front wheel drive car with that much power, and bein that long is not gonna wanna turn that well, ever try chuckin a new camry sportivo around, not a nice feeling. ill agree one hot car, but why does it have to fwd, thats what camry's are for, toyota australia stuffed up, they need to offer a rwd variant.

[LAZY]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (driftspec @ Nov 27 2007, 09:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=443193)</div>
I would love to drive the car, it is very well designed, supercharged V6, TRD Australian made :2thumbs: There is also a TRD Hilux, from memory :)

But I have to agree, if it was RWD that would be awesome. Not even from a drift perspective, but from a general driving dynamics point of view. Putting that kind of power through the front treads isn't always a good thing.[/b]
Very well designed??? Its a family car, its heavy, FF. Rather buy a typhon :rolleyes:

[rthy]

wont matter, we would all be driving prius's in a few years when petrol his $10perL

[LAZY]

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look at the euro spec astra, drives like shit, any front wheel drive car with that much power, and bein that long is not gonna wanna turn that well, ever try chuckin a new camry sportivo around, not a nice feeling. ill agree one hot car, but why does it have to fwd, thats what camry's are for, toyota australia stuffed up, they need to offer a rwd variant.[/b]

The shit they do to appeal to the performance orientated. But manufacturers dont have much of choice so from now on its heavier, bigger and safer.

[Wanabe_Garage]

It appeals becuase it has TRD all over it, the super wow factor.

http://www.caradvice.com.au/1834/toyota-tr...ld-you-buy-one/ (http://www.caradvice.com.au/1834/toyota-trd-aurion-would-you-buy-one/)

[MountainRunner]

chuck that engine in a 86 :P

[Driftspec]

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Very well designed??? Its a family car, its heavy, FF. Rather buy a typhon :rolleyes:[/b]

Yeah, but its TRD, that appeals to enthusiasts.

When was the last TRD-branded car released? Not in a fair while, and certainly not in the scale that they are doing now.

I too would be interested to see an RWD conversion with that engine, or something similar at least :)

[Teddy]

Time to jump in the bandwagon..

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yeah man its out there its been around for a few months now since its release but they're having a few problems and had to recall and stop selling them for a while...[/b]

Correct, but they are all back up for sale. Problem.. Rectified :)

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yeh i dont mind the look of these however in the new car range for similar price id probably take the vw r32 golf[/b]

hahah yeah, they are Verrry expensive. The V6 GR series motor hasn't been changed at all really, for the supercharger. That is, its basically a supercharger added to the motor, it hasn't been decompressed or modified. The ECU and fuel side is obviously different. Inside, the interior is a little nicer, seats are trimmed differently. Quite comfy and offer good back support, a bit better over the Camry or Aurion. (person opinion from someone who has a badd back ~ me :P) Steering wheel is different. All of them get a vehicle no. placard on the center console, and inside engine bay. The suspension and breaks is different, the cars been strengthened. mm theres more...

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Very well designed??? Its a family car, its heavy, FF. Rather buy a typhon[/b]

Sure, its a Camry, rebaged Aurion, rebaged TRD Aurion. But alot of thinking has gone into the design of it. If you actually drove one, passengered in one or looked up close at it, you would see that its alot more than a badge change. Come back after trying one out for the arvo. :sleepy:

QLD Police have got a few of them. Alot of customers that come in interested in them appear to be holden hsv & equivalent bogans (bogans with $).
Yes, RWD would of been nice. Considering the Camry comes as an AWD variant for the overseas market, made in Australia. We dont get them. Camry & Aurion are the same underneath virtually. Put 1 & 1 together :greenbounce:

Trust me when i say they love tyre shops, these things are extremely flog-happy.

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i read in the MOTOR magazine someone found out how to switch off the traction control too hehe[/b]
Hahah, you would be amazed what things can be changed. Dealership insider ftw :rolleyes:

To Date, Ive been in 2 of them. Are they fast? Camry 4 cyl is slow. Previous Camry / Avalon (Avalon = Av-a-long-drive-to-another-dealership-and-dont-come-the-hell-back) 1MZ v6 was quick. New Aurion is frekin fast. TRD version.. hahah, well lets just say it leaves most things standing still. :lol:

[riojin]

i wouldn't like that engine in an ae86, but i would like to put the supercharger on a gze. whats the psi output? what model supercharger is it?

[Gunner]

well i recon it comes down to the big boys, cause seriously the aussie car market is about politics. they're not gonna let toyota bring out a rwd or 4wd variant till holden and ford are satisfied with their sales and profit margin. thats my theory anyway cause who would buy a holden or ford if u could buy an aussie toyota 4wd v6 supercharged monster, or even a rwd one

[4AC power]

so TRUE

no one is aloud to make a car in Aus that has more output horsepower then a FORD or HOLDEN

eat a D!ck and Die

J-spec for the Win

Stupid Aus spec sprinters, making every Sprinter lovers life just that lil harder to live

[Gunner]

4ac power, did u go busby high or who do u kno from there? sorry for off topic. but eat a dik and die was an old favourite of that skool

[Wanabe_Garage]

241 kw
400 nm

[GAKI86]

i wouldn't be surprised that this car is no different to a magna, drives like shit around 90 deg corners... it pivots

fwd is cool if small, but as for bigger ones with more power meh

they shouldve worked on the celica

[LAZY]

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Very well designed??? Its a family car, its heavy, FF. Rather buy a typhon :rolleyes:[/b]

Yeah, but its TRD, that appeals to enthusiasts.

When was the last TRD-branded car released? Not in a fair while, and certainly not in the scale that they are doing now.

I too would be interested to see an RWD conversion with that engine, or something similar at least :)
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Why do you think they are branding this as TRD? In Japan in sure these cars come with a rwd configuration just like the chasers and turbo, do they come with a big shinney TRD badge?

Like I said before they are trying to appeal to the "Performance enthusiasts" but they dont fool me, its a camry with force fed induction.

[LAZY]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (r0ck3t @ Nov 27 2007, 09:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=443216)</div>
chuck that engine in a 86 :P[/b]

And what about the throttle body lol

[noodles]

i dont get why toyota/mitsubishi keep blindly producing obviously boring cars.

technically superior to anything produced locally since... well, forever. but so bland.

[crazy86]

DOESN'T IT ONLY COME IN AUTO!!!!???

[mc68]

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I would love to drive the car, it is very well designed, supercharged V6, TRD Australian made :2thumbs: There is also a TRD Hilux, from memory :)

But I have to agree, if it was RWD that would be awesome. Not even from a drift perspective, but from a general driving dynamics point of view. Putting that kind of power through the front treads isn't always a good thing.[/b]
Very well designed??? Its a family car, its heavy, FF. Rather buy a typhon :rolleyes:
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that said, its alot better designed than a bloody falcon :rolleyes:

[LAZY]

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I would love to drive the car, it is very well designed, supercharged V6, TRD Australian made :2thumbs: There is also a TRD Hilux, from memory :)

But I have to agree, if it was RWD that would be awesome. Not even from a drift perspective, but from a general driving dynamics point of view. Putting that kind of power through the front treads isn't always a good thing.[/b]
Very well designed??? Its a family car, its heavy, FF. Rather buy a typhon :rolleyes:
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that said, its alot better designed than a bloody falcon :rolleyes:
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Thats a joke ?

Please elaborate more on your stupid vague answer.

[LAZY]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CRAZY86 @ Nov 28 2007, 09:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=443369)</div>
DOESN'T IT ONLY COME IN AUTO!!!!???[/b]


Yes Craig, its teh shit.

[Jonny Rochester]

Wheels magazine recenty did a test on this car, against a bunch of other performance cars. They went around Tassie for the test, and even had them around Baskerville racetrack. Apparently the TRD Aurion wasn't as good as some other cars around the racetrack since it was FWD, had traction control and all that and just didn't give the right feel.

[Gunner]

its a camry, why would it give the right feel.

would i be right in sayin, yes its a very nice car and looks the goods on paper, but there isnt enough room in the world for an overpriced and over powered camry.

[rich_86]

u know wat is even more important than rwd would be a manual...ah not coming shame....

[stefan]

it would make a really good grip/hills car

fwd isnt that bad you hit corners in different angles and you learn to live with it still could be equal or beat a hachi

[RZA12]

my uncle had something to do with the production

apparently they cheaped out on it

he said it hasnt got a thing on an f6

[jono86]

^^^somehow i dont think the most profitable car manufacturer is going to "cheap out" on any car they develop.
point is, iv driven one of these..... for a whole day. and ive driven a VE ss and an XR6 turbo.
i would take the aurion any day, VE is nice but handles like shit, the aurion handles lovely and is freaky fast.
xr6t is just pretty much crap. although the one i drove was a bit flogged.
oh and aurion has less understeer than the VE...... dont believe me? go drive both.

[Gunner]

xr6t is a lovely car to drive and with factory comp edit and exhaust, steps out on auto shift to 2nd, the car shiftin not tiptronic. and thats hard for me to say bein a very loyal chev and holden fan, shit i didnt say that out loud did i, lol. GO JAP TOYOTA, DIE AUSSIE TOYOTA

[turbo_rolla]

I agree with Teddy - the new aurion (non TRD) is pretty quick by itself, so i can only imagine what a SC would've done to it. Having said that, the aurion i drove torque steered as you'd expected and spun the wheels fairly easily, so the TRD version would be a bit of a handful - an enjoyable handful though i think :greenbounce: I think it'd be similar to the AE112R sportivo (turbo ones) i owned, and any other powerful fwd car - quick in a straight line, but of effort required around sharp corners, and alot of wheelspin. Pity it only comes out in auto, but i'd buy one of these over a commodore/xr6 without much thought - plus these arent likely to dump their value like commodores/xr6's do! :crazy:

[Driftspec]

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Very well designed??? Its a family car, its heavy, FF. Rather buy a typhon :rolleyes:[/b]

Yeah, but its TRD, that appeals to enthusiasts.

When was the last TRD-branded car released? Not in a fair while, and certainly not in the scale that they are doing now.

I too would be interested to see an RWD conversion with that engine, or something similar at least :)
[/b][/quote]


Why do you think they are branding this as TRD? In Japan in sure these cars come with a rwd configuration just like the chasers and turbo, do they come with a big shinney TRD badge?

Like I said before they are trying to appeal to the "Performance enthusiasts" but they dont fool me, its a camry with force fed induction.
[/b][/quote]

Yeah, thats exactly what I said. FPV do exactly the same thing with their cars, and with HSV. Toyota is different because they don't have the same foothold in Aus as both ford and Holden. They don't need the badge in Japan, most people know whats in them and how they go.

Good to hear that the car goes good. They look nice and mean too :) And would hold their value well, yes ;)

[riojin]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (noodles @ Nov 28 2007, 08:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=443362)</div>
technically superior to anything produced locally since... well, forever.[/b]

did you know the supercharger they used on the TRD Aurion doesnt need an intercooler?! it would be an awesome idea to use one of these chargees on a 4agze. imagine not having that ugly UGLY piping there in the way of your beautiful engine bay.

considering price and fabrication prices i may consider it.

source
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_...upercharged.htm (http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/trd-aurion-supercharged.htm)

[LAZY]

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technically superior to anything produced locally since... well, forever.[/b]

did you know the supercharger they used on the TRD Aurion doesnt need an intercooler?! it would be an awesome idea to use one of these chargees on a 4agze. imagine not having that ugly UGLY piping there in the way of your beautiful engine bay.

considering price and fabrication prices i may consider it.

source
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_...upercharged.htm (http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/trd-aurion-supercharged.htm)
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Yeah, that engine runs four lobe tvs Eaton supercharger which acts as a air pump and spins independently of throtle position.

BUT ITS A AUTO YOU @#&$*(.

[riojin]

i meant i will consider using this charge on a 4agze, not consider buying the car.

[Sherlock]

The rents just bought an Aurion. They're nice to drive and actually have a good truning circle...

Kinda wish we got the TRD one, ours still does skids though :lol: