2016 Toyota Aurion Sportivo REVIEW, Price, Features | Simply “Excellent To Drive”

ALWAYS A SMOOTH OPERATOR, THE 2016 TOYOTA AURION FINALLY GETS A PROPERLY ‘SPORTS-ENGINEERED’ SPORTIVO TO ADD TO THE RANGE.

Finally? Well, the second-generation Aurion has been on-sale for five years, having launched in 2011.

Now, with hardly 18 months left of production before the brand’s Port Melbourne manufacturing plant shuts up shop and takes the Toyota Technical Centre Australia (TTC-Au) with it, the engineers there have created a new sports suspension and quicker steering system for its large six-cylinder sedan.

The changes are modelled off those of the closely related Camry Atara SX, but the Camry’s four-cylinder engine, though zesty enough for what it is, doesn’t quite gel with the improved dynamics.

The 3.5-litre V6-engined Aurion Sportivo, however, is primed just right.

Vehicle Style: Large sedan
Price: $40,990 (plus on-roads)

Engine/trans: 200kW/336Nm 3.5 V6 petrol | 6sp automatic
Fuel Economy claimed: 9.3 l/100km | tested: 13.4 l/100km

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