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| Toyota Hiace The Alphards sister vehicle the Sienna Hybrid will most likely be the first hybrid minivan introduced into the U. marketplace though the schedule has not yet been announced. |
| Toyota Highlander Toyotas smaller hybrid minivan the Estima Hybrid is also only in Japanese markets and will likely not be rolled out to the larger marketplace anytime soon. Toyota Hiace. History of development Before the unveiling of the Toyota Aurion at the Melbourne Motor Show 2006 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia had the large car Toyota Avalon being produced at its Altona plant in Melbourne. |
| Toyota Hilux This car had been produced at the plant from 2000 and had taken much of its basic design and mechanical features at the time from a five year old Toyota Avalon model in the United States. The Avalon was built at Altona alongside the Toyota Camry and was offered as a larger more upmarket offering than the Camry. Toyota Highlander. The original sales predictions were not met with the Toyota Avalon and the car failed to challenge rivals Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon primarily because of the outdated design and lack of bodystyles. |
| Toyota Ipsum In its best year the Toyota Avalon only managed to reach half of Toyotas sales target. Many buyers opted for the Camry V6 with the same engine as the Avalon. Toyota Hilux. Toyota realising that buyers wanted something more modern and designed for Australian tastes began working on the Aurion in 2003 when Nick Hogios left Ford Australia and joined Toyota Australia working in Japan on the design of the Aurion. |
| Toyota Isis Nick Hogios became the chief designer of the car. Toyota Hiace. He previously worked on designing the XR performance models of the BAseries Ford Falcon at Ford Australia. |
| Toyota Land Cruiser Hogios claims that the Toyota Aurion follows the traits of current Australian styling with a tendency to look towards European designs for inspiration. Unlike the Avalon the Aurion will be designed by Australians for Australian tastes. Toyota Hiace. Paul Beranger (a designer of many years experience in the Australian motor industry) was the head of Toyota Styling Australia which was a team that had regular discussions with Toyota Japan to come to decisions about how the car would turn out. |
| Toyota Mark X Aurion being the first time that Toyota Australia designed their own car took Toyota Styling Australia some time to convince Toyota Japan that Toyota Australia could indeed design and make the Aurion. Toyota Hiace. Successful Toyota Styling Australia designs notably the Sportivo Concept coupe and Avalon XRunner ute helped convince Toyota Japan to allow Toyota Australia to undertake the project. |
| Toyota Matrix On Thursday February 9 2006 Toyota Australia unveiled the Toyota Aurion alongside the Toyota Aurion Sportivo concept at the Melbourne Motor Show at an official press release. Toyota dropped the Toyota Avalon tag for their new large car as it has gained a reputation to be an uninspiring car. Toyota Hiace. Toyota created the Aurion name to give the car a fresh start. |
| Toyota Prius Aurion means tomorrow in Ancient Greek and Aurora means the dawn in Latin. This gives implications of a completely new car and fits in with Toyotas latest TV advertising campaign Cant wait for tomorrow. The standard Toyota Aurion is on sale at Australian Toyota dealerships now. Toyota Hiace. The TRD version of the Toyota Aurion is scheduled for launch in August 2007. |
| Toyota Probox, Toyota Progres The car is also in dealerships in mainland China Taiwan and the Philippines badged as the Toyota Camry. Toyota Hiace. Design The Toyota Aurion Sportivo SX6 There are currently two separate exterior designs for the Toyota Aurion. Toyota Hilux. The design with upmarket European style that will be for the Toyota Aurion ATX Prodigy and Presara models. Toyota Ipsum. The design with a more aggressive sportoriented style is for the Toyota Aurion Sportivo SX6 and Sportivo ZR6 models of the Toyota Aurion. Toyota Hiace. A third exterior design forming the TRD version of the Aurion will be even more aggressive than the Sportivo version of the Toyota Aurion. |
