TOYOTA LAUNCHES AURION TOURING SE

Toyota has announced the launch of the Aurion Touring Special Edition that will attract more buyers to the acclaimed V6-powered car.

Aurion Touring SE with a recommended retail price of $34,990* takes entry-level Aurion AT-X and adds 16-inch alloy wheels, a rear spoiler, leather steering wheel and gear lever. It also has front and rear parking sonars, a six-disc CD changer, Optitron instruments, a multi-information dashboard display including trip computer and dual zone automatic air-conditioning.

The Toyota Aurion is the only Australian-made big six to comply with Euro IV emissions and has the most advanced and powerful naturally aspirated engine ever offered in a Toyota vehicle in Australia - the 3.5-litre Quad Cam V6 which develops 200kW of power at 6200rpm and 336Nm of torque at 4700rpm on regular unleaded petrol. It has ADR 81/01 fuel economy of just 9.9 litres of regular unleaded fuel per 100km. Power output rises to 204kW with premium unleaded fuel.

All grades of Aurion are fitted with a six-speed automatic sequential gearbox and also equipped with Vehicle Stability Control (VSC).

The Toyota Aurion captured 16.5 per cent share of the large car market for the eight months to August 2007 and Toyota sold 15,072 Aurions to August, closing in on the second top-selling model in the large car segment.