Wheels Mag Review on faclifted Aurion

[Adamsy]

Has anybody read the short review in Jans issue if Wheels?

Have a read:

“Aurion has long been a car that's gotten by on the strength of it's smooth, powerful engine backed by Toyota's marketing muscle. The rest of the fundamentals here in the Sportivo ZR6 guise are dead ordinary, from the budget-feeling interior, to the lumpy suspension tune, and the springy remote, steering that has the tactility of a PVC jump suit. A facelift has failed address any of these shortfalls. Instead the ZR6 scores a few Cosmetic and equipment upgrades plus the option of poisonously expensive ($4500) sat-nav. Sure it's a reliable Toyota, and will probably outlast the cockroach, but a XR6 creams it for driver enjoyment and can be had for thousands less. AW "

Guess he didn’t like it much... thought the interior bit was funny though? sure perhaps Toyota should of gone for a colour screen in the ZR6 or some sort of "central control centre" but at least the dash panels don’t move and don’t feel that everything is going to break off when you touch it like it does in other certain Australian build cars and ergonomics, don't get me started, you don't see things like Traction control buttons (ok so we don’t have one but still) and fog lamp switches put where you can’t see them behind the steering wheel and a starter button system that needs a key two? i mean the Aurion’s interior is much better thought out place sure the seats (TRD cars aside) could be better but dam that one really pee'd me off!

But i wish the media would either like or hate Aurion, there all over the show, Wheels says that but then Motor says things like "it can actually be inspiring and punted quite hard"

carpoint,com.au : "Here it comes: Toyota's Aurion Sportivo ZR6 is an appealing car."

"Cornering is surprisingly good from a car that rides as well as this and NVH is correspondingly low for a vehicle with the Aurion's performance potential. The driving position is comfortable and easy to adjust, with excellent seats that will hold and support the occupant properly without being too aggressive and niggling on a longer journey.

“Who would have thought that a great big Aussie-built front-driver with a V6 could be so competent on so many fronts? Ummm... Magna fans, perhaps?”

“This reviewer was rather dismissive of Toyota's TRD version of the Aurion, but the Sportivo ZR6 has few of the flaws of the supercharged car. Straight away, we can say that the ride/handling compromise is better and drivers will be able to use the majority of the naturally-aspirated Aurion's power and torque up to the legal limit without a whole lot of carry-on from the front end -- in the dry at least.”

" && "The Aurion is literally a jack-of-all-trades. "

ok finished having my say now, over to you guys!

[DJKOR]

There is always going to be someone out there bagging the Aurion. Don't Wheels and Motor have a strong bias towards Ford and Holden anyways? I never listen to their reviews. The best review for yourself is your own.

[1stKill]

One man,one opinion don't count for much...

had to smile when i read that a Toyota will prolly outlast the cockroach...it's funny because it's true. :)

[httttt]

Opinions are like ***** holes, everyone has one and they all stink.

This guy is obviously a ford lover (or gets a kick back from them). He doesn't mention the reason why the XR6s are cheaper he just talks **** without backing up statements (then again, I didnt read the whole articale, so maybe he did later on).....

Love your car for what it is and dont hate it for what it isn't.

[Freddo]

wheels magazine... say no more

[Speedz]

Wheels magz are cater for bogans anyway... i dont recall an issue where they did not mention a Ford or Holden somewhere ever! Every car reviewed has to be rated against the god almighty Ford or Holden and they more than often lose to the local gods...

[kaptainpeanut]

Typical press media - Wheels:(

By the why the wheels journo neglected to mention two things about cockroaches: They are the only creature that can survive radiation from an atomic bomb and they can live up to two weeks without a head! I would like to see a current model Ford or Holden do that!!

[Foss]

Wheels magz are cater for bogans anyway... i dont recall an issue where they did not mention a Ford or Holden somewhere ever! Every car reviewed has to be rated against the god almighty Ford or Holden and they more than often lose to the local gods...

Local? Ha! Apart from the VE, the Commodore was hardly local. Just an enlarged and rebranded Opel.

But I'm jumping on the "sod reviews" bandwagon. Many happy Aurion owners on this forum is review enough that its a great car. That or we're all suckers, lol. OK, so it has its drawbacks (poor manual mode, AWD would have been better than FWD, and the facelift headunit is tacky as) but the reviewer's comment that its interior feels budget is laughable. I got to move a new Holden Caprice around a shipping yard a few months back (long story) and in the 2 minutes I was in that, i found the seats uncomfortable and that godawful flush fitting handbrake (not to mention other console and dash components) looked and felt cheap and tacky for a premium car. The ZR6 has almost all the features of the Caprice, (save for sat nav/reverse camera, and even opting for them, its still a cheaper car!), and a bodykit to boot! But a one-eyed Holden fan wouldn't agree with a word of that.

But as has been said, the best reviewer of your car is yourself. Sure there are better cars out there. Sure there are worse ones. Its all up to personal preference. Providing you are happy with what your car has to offer you, who gives a rats backside what anybody else says about it.

[Hiro]

I always laugh whenever these sort of reviews come up, because all it does is just make us Toyota enthusiasts sound like the Ford and Holden fans - vehemently defending our product whilst blanketly bagging the others.

And saying that there is barely an issue which goes by without some kind of Falcon or Commodore-related story, they ARE the only two fully Australian-designed and built (with small exceptions) cars, and are or have been the best selling cars in the country for the past 30 years. All the talk of "kickbacks" and bias is most likely nothing more than a bit of Aussie patriotism.

[Speedz]

Well i was riding my mates BA Falcon today...

roof lining is coming off and *rust* between the sheet metals just behind the door hinge...

for a aussie designed and built car, thats shameful as the car is barely 4 years old!

[trentmeyer23]

I pulled a mates VE Commodore apart to install an amp, and it was the most pathetic build quality ive ever seen, panels litterally fell off, and Fords, well i've gotta say i'd prefer Toyota dull looking build quality any day rather than pretty shiny crap build quality

[tekkyy]

yeah motor reporters can be quite bias

I buy magazines like Wheels and read websites like caradvice

I just skip the subjective comments

comment regarding interior and NVH are meaningless if they don't describe objectively or show some numeric comparison respectively

it is a bit sad though that many negative reporters are just negative but do not inform us of the real flaws of the Aurion

I've learnt to ask fans of car A to learn about its flaws and fans of a rival model to learn about A's strengths

its difficult to extract such information of course but its worth it

[Freddo]

thing is u cant not helped be biased... its human nature.

the best judge is yourself! coz u know what u like. what u can live with. what u hate.

[Djs]

i love the interior design of the Aurions. its all personal preference, i don't read or listen to reviews cause thats just the writers personal preference. make your own conclusions

[prometheus]

Here is a more "independent" review of the first model Aurion where they give it a pretty good wrap.

http://autoweb.com.au/cms/A_110869/title_T...TX/article.html