Toyota’s Aussie-made V6 sedan has been given a nip and tuck as it struggles in the showroom sales race

THE Toyota Aurion has been given styling tweaks and equipment upgrades following a significant update of the car it’s based on, the Toyota Camry. In tackling the Mazda 6, Honda Accord as well as fellow Aussie sixes the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon, the Aurion’s price and kit has been sharpened to maintain its appeal.

The reason the Camry has been given a significant change is due to Toyota’s Calty design studio in California, which style the four-cylinder model. “In the US the four-cylinder and the V6 are sold in the same body style,” Toyota Australia told Wheels. That left a heavily revised Camry, but not an equivalent Aurion, essentially a V6 Camry with unqiue Aussie styling and nameplete. “Calty led, and we followed … there was never a plan to do more than a facelift for the Aurion.”

Toyota Aurion 2015Presara

The Aurion AT-X remains at its $36,490 starting price, with the Sportivo also holding station at $40,990, while the flagship Presara rises by $500 to $50,440. The 2015 Toyota Aurion is in showrooms now.