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| How Hot Is The New Toyota Aurion Sportivo???; I want one!!! lol. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 29 2006, 01:09 AM (365 Views) | |
| LXTASY | Nov 29 2006, 01:09 AM Post #1 |
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Just thought i'd pop this up. im sure you've all seen it but i just cant get over how hot they are!!! lol. Cant wait to see what lexus make out of it too. Maybe they can bolt a standard turbo on it and give it an extra 60kws haha
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| Stephen | Nov 29 2006, 01:38 AM Post #2 |
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Or this... |
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| LXTASY | Nov 29 2006, 01:47 AM Post #3 |
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Yer i seen it like that too. New style legana u think? :lol: |
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| xavier | Nov 29 2006, 02:05 AM Post #4 |
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cool looking car... :lol: but had a read on some reviews, doesn't seems to impress... "Aurion is not as nimble or well-controlled as Camry: where the smaller car really tucks into corners and tracks faithfully over undulating terrain, the extra 90kg (depending on model) in the nose of the new car blunts the handling in tight corners. The ride, too, seems less well-controlled than Camry, fidgeting over ripples on motorway blacktop. " "Aurion is not quite the fresh start TNZ seems to suggest: it's essentially a topped-and-tailed Camry with a big engine, regardless of what the brochures might tell you." http://xtramsn.co.nz/lifestyles/0,,12622-6623970,00.html but who care as long as it is good looking... :lol: |
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| Noel | Nov 29 2006, 04:32 AM Post #5 |
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Looks very nice ...EDIT but afer reading the review on that link and seeing real world pics i don't like it
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| greeneyes | Nov 29 2006, 07:52 AM Post #6 |
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Front-wheel-drive Commodore! The worst of both worlds!! :lol:
That is a lot of overhang somewhere, and that always detracts from good handling. |
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| CoffeeBoss | Nov 29 2006, 09:25 AM Post #7 |
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The TRD Aurion will be supercharged. Apart from the front wheel drive layout, a nice car. There's much hoorah being made in the local media on how theAurion is lighter, accelerates quicker, is more powerful and more economical than the equivalent Ford or Holden. However this isn't the first time Japanese engineering has been ahead of the local or US variety! |
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| beerbaron | Nov 29 2006, 10:23 AM Post #8 |
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couldnt think of anything more bland oh maybe the camry |
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| altezzadunnos | Nov 29 2006, 11:22 AM Post #9 |
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looks a bit like the new falcon!? |
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| bmalar | Nov 29 2006, 11:40 AM Post #10 |
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Yeah... Looks like a BA falcon to me.. Although I like the look of the BA its been around for a while so the Aurion's look will date fairly quickly. |
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| Legana200 | Nov 29 2006, 01:39 PM Post #11 |
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No one thinks it looks is250-ish? |
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| CoffeeBoss | Nov 29 2006, 02:00 PM Post #12 |
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Certainly from the rear. Same with the new Camry, it's seems to be even more like the IS250. Sharpish, angular, with that pronounced shoulder that seems to be all the rage in car design now. |
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| beerbaron | Nov 29 2006, 02:03 PM Post #13 |
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its fwd ! <_< |
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| xavier | Nov 29 2006, 03:59 PM Post #14 |
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will that kinda of power, FWD is a nightmare to drive... :lol: |
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| pras | Nov 29 2006, 05:41 PM Post #15 |
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kickin it!
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I like the looks of the car, but if i was in the market I wouldn't go for a FWD it just dosen't = fun driving for me. I Haven't heard any evidence of this but maybe the aurion will go AWD. Elementary design from the IS250 AWD or RAV4 might help make the transition feasible.. but commonsense tells me that toyota would have debuted with an AWD sportivo if they were planning on making one at all. There is a possibility they are waiting to gauge the market before relasing an AWD lineup, mostly due to the limited ucess of the Mitsubishi 380 which seemed like a good car to me, but I dare say the public would much rather be slanted towards an AWD (AWD=safety when taking kids to soccer) rather than a FWD if it was a matter choice alone. |
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| LXTASY | Nov 29 2006, 07:43 PM Post #16 |
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Geez i didnt even realize they were front wheel drive. so it basically is a glorified Camery after all. lol. i still think there hot but FWD??? Nup! No way! Gone are the days when Toyota made the good sports cars like the MR2's, Supra's and Soarer's.... Bring those kinda cars back i say! Something good to look at and still drive like a race car. lol. non of this family car crap! haha! |
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| Stephen | Nov 30 2006, 01:42 AM Post #17 |
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