Harlo

I was just going through photos of your car (nice car btw) and does it have a SL3500 badge on the side as well?

Camry Hybrid = 0. lol.

I'm pretty sure link had to be activated by the dealership. Don't think you can't change the sim either.

Is that a liberty?

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SUPA LIGHT FWD FTW.

Most of these Chev badges are on the pov pack Omegas and SV6's with a Aussie built and designed V6. It's still silly to put it on a SS/SSV. The Commodores weren't even sold in the US under the Chevrolet marque, it was a Pontiac. Total WTF? Unless you wanna go to the middle east to see a Chevrolet Caprice. I don't see any Aurion members sticking Lexus badges on their cars. I don't see any 760Li owners sticking Rolls Royce badges on their cars because it shares the same engine with the Rolls Royce Phantom. SSangyong and 300C use last generation Mercedes engines, don't see any of them sticking Merc badges to their cars.

When I first saw a TRD Aurion, I was working out if it was a normal Aurion with a TRD body kit or the real deal. The strange font on the TRD badge made it seem really fake, turns out that's how the font is supposed to be and it was a real TRD. >.>

A pet JAGUAR or a cougar would be good enough, rawrz.

Are you going to crack your headlights open to put in the LED strips? I like how at the top it doesn't go right along to the end of the headlamp but rather stops midway. Can you make it somehow curve in the middle of the headlights? I saw a 5th gen Camry with a straight LED strip on the bottom of the headlights, looked tacky as. The Audi's are pretty cool though because they have curves in the LED strips.

R U SERIOUSLIES? WHERE U HEAR DAT IT IS RWD. SOMEONE PLZ EXPLAIN WHY IS TOYOTAS COPYING DA BLOODY FALCADORE. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THE CAR THAT IS AS HEAVY AS A TITANIC. FFS, I AM WRITING A LETTER OF COMPLAINT WHERE THEY GET THE STUPID IDEA TO PUT A RWD IN A SUPACAR LF-A AND THE NEW TOYOTAZ SPORTS CAR IS CONFUSHION TO ME. MAKE NO SENCE. PROBABLY OFF THIS GUY

Pfft. Didn't you read in this thread, clearly RWD = more parts and adds too much weight!!! MUCH BETTER FOR IT TO BE SUPAAA LIGHT FWD.

Yep, DJKOR had some Thai Camry Hybrid (Aurion shape) tail lights on his old SX6.

How come there's no pictures from that even Toyota held to show off the new Camry to dealers, was it a no camera event and the leaked video a hidden cam?

That's why I said the comparison between the two is useless, I was only stating the differences as they appeal to different market segments! If you are still trying to compare them, I could now say based on your argument: Of course the Aurion would have more power than the Euro. V6 vs 4cyl? No Sh*t Sherlock.

Yep, already posted in the 2012 Camry thread: Looks like Toyota is taking the old Korean approach of mixing and matching different makes of cars in order to form its own vehicle >.>

You seem like the equivilant of the falcadore fanboys :P Not everyone buys a car to become a street racers or rice up. Like I said earlier, when I got into a Euro the fit and finish of the interior was a bar above my Grande and the Presara's which I have sat in. The Euro is aimed at the European market where they quite happily drive their medium sized C200's and 320i's, the priced of the Accord over there demands a higher price than that of the Passat. In the US, the Euro is re-badged as the Acura TSX and is their third best selling sedan. It serves a niche market between that of your everyday Japanese brand and that of the Germans. IMO, you can't compared the Euro with the Aurion. The Euro is marketed towards the premium 4 cylinder cars whilst the Aurion is a competitor to the Aussie made falcadores and Maxima type large market. The Aurion has more power and is cheaper to service compared to the Euro but the Euro has a better interior and fuel economy (though it runs on 95RON). Looks are suggestive . The CL9 Accord Euro released in 2003 has aged extremely well compared with other cars of the same year. Compare the Euro to the IS250, the IS250 wins instantly the RWD would lead to better handling and of course, the interior is purely of Lexus quality . Honda brought the big Accord over here to serve the needs of the Australian markets which want a big car with power, I think that would be of a fairer comparison to the Aurion. The Maxima as we know it here is actually a Altima in North America and their Maxima is a different car. I'm pretty sure I read on here that in China, Toyota is seen as a premium sedan as well. Being just below a Mercedes, I would expect the fit and finish of the Camrys (Aurions) over there to be of a very good quality as well. I briefly sat in a Thai built Camry overseas and saw that initially the materials were different to our Aurions over here, I didn't pay that much attention to it though. I just noted that the leather was perforated and such but didn't check if it felt better made then our Australian made cars. That's exactly right. I was overseas and a third world country I visited had the worst roads on earth, massive pot holds dirt road things all throughout the country. I'd say 80% of the Cars were Camrys from the mid 90s. Landcruiser's absolutely dominated the 4x4 market they were running around everywhere, rich people owned a Lexus LX570 (Dressed up landcruiser). Toyota and Lexus were definatly the car of choice built on the reliability factor alone. German SUVs had no chance in that market, the roads alone would destroy them. There were a few X6s and such around, but you'd have to be completely dumb to purchase them. I regretted the purchase of my Camry over an Aurion for ages now, back then when I was deciding to buy the Camry, the Presara was my car of choice compared to the other Aussie large cars but with what Ford has been doing with it's newest generation G6E/G6ET it'd give the Aurion a run for it's money in terms of interior quality and ride.

It's little things like these that add a star to an ANCAP rating, no doubt that the Aurion is extremely safe. It's just these new Chinese imports that are worrying me, a Great Wall X240 gets a 4 Star ANCAP because it got 16/16 in a side impact test, yet was pretty average/crap in other areas. The Chery J1 doesn't even have stability control and still got 3 stars... If I recall correctly the K24 in the Honda produces 148kw. However, all that power is achieved in the higher revs. Honda makes brilliant 4 cylinder engines but I don't think there is much low down torque. The 2GR-FE in the Aurion features an amazing engine (Isn't it the successor to the legendary 2JZ?), it's even used in the Lotus Evora as well!! Lotus has traditionally used Toyota engines, that's how great they are (next model will be using Lotus's own engine). The engine in the LF-A is an absolute marvel in Toyota's engineering crown. Both Honda and Toyota engines will last a long time, you can abuse and mistreat the Toyota engine all you want and it'll still last! With the Honda, you need to treat it with care and respect or it'll break on you.

I don't think the Accord is rice. For the most part, I think it's styled quite nicely. Except, for this one: http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4578/rearshotch8.jpg The V6/Diesel Accord Euro isn't sold here because Honda believes it'll eat too much into the sales of the wide body American Accord. I vomit every time I see these riced up EK Civics though, why ricers think that 20 year old Hondas done up look so good puzzles me.

Haha, if you had the choice; would you prefer the Aurion to continue being FWD or take the RWD design as found in Falcadoes/Lexus sedans? The current FG series especially that of the G6E/G6ET is said to be unlike any previously built falcon (in a good way). The 6 speed ZF transmission shared with the current BMW 7 series and Maserati Quattroporte is second to none. Have you seen what the Koreans have been doing lately? The Optima and i45 are quite impressive, though I must admit the styling looks brilliant now it might age quickly. I was pretty awestruck when I first saw the i45, now when I see one drive by I'm like: look at that front end, pshh. Hyundai is taking over a great deal of the automotive market and you can be sure that the Japanese giants are ****ting themselves. The interior quality of the Accord Euro is IMO much better than that of my Camry Grande, soft touch plastics used throughout. Soft leather seats (I was in a 2011 Lexus LX570 though and OMG the seats were like a freaking couch), it was just the little things like pressing on the black finished wood grain panels and not making a squeaking noise or rattle like heard in my Camry which impressed me. Reliability wise, Toyota will always be king.

People like different cars, some people like the Accord others like Falcadores. You can't say one is better than the other as we all have different uses for the car. As long as you're happy with the car, that's all that counts. The Accord Euro weighs the same as an Aurion with a 4cyl. engine now. D: EDIT: Aurion 4 has a 4 star ANCAP rating, if they added seat belt warnings to all seats, then that's an automatic star upgrade = 5 star. Some people don't trust the ratings though because of little things like this that add a whole star value.

Over millions of years with the aid of evolution, we have transformed into HID's. AUTO-BOT-LIGHTS, ROLL OUT.

Some pictures to illustrate this: Halogen projectors with HID kit ~ 2 feet (0.6m) away from door, you can clearly see the rectangular focus above the beam used for the halogen bulbs to originally light up street signs: Same Halogen projectors with HID kit ~ 15 feet (4.5m) away, the light scattering still continues from the original Halogen projector design: True HID lens, no visible scatter (still leakage as Steven said?), cut off is much sharper: Images originally posted by LNGasMan of Toyota Nation