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From www.drive.com.au

The Sportivo looks sensational (lots borrowed from Lexus) (production version)

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Base a bit hard to swallow:

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http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleD...articleID=20878

From Drive.com.au

-The 336Nm of torque isn't available until right up at 4700rpm, so our initial brief evaluation uncovered that it isn't overloaded with effortless low-down performance

-Left to its own devices in "D" for Drive, the six-speed isn't always as smart as it needs to be, often too eager to shift up a gear in hilly, twisty terrain. It's not long before it's jumping back down a ratio or two to keep the large sedan motoring along.

-Despite claims of sportiness, the Aurion is more adept at cruising rather than enthusiastic driving.

-The steering can sometimes feel a bit numb and get some mild kickback on very bumpy corners. The seats could also do with more lateral support, something forthcoming on only the Sportivo models.

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Sportivo ZR6 $42k thats almost XR6 Turbo playing field! I wonder what sort of power its got?

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Sportivo ZR6 $42k thats almost XR6 Turbo playing field! I wonder what sort of power its got?

I think that's the rumoured supercharged V6 they've been going on about

If they're going to throw a supercharged V6 Camry looking FWD thing into the market and expect it to make a huge dent in the sales of XR6 Turbos and SV6 Commodores then they've got another think coming if you ask me

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Make a rwd, 6 speed manual with a ... 3jzgte (3 for greater than 3 litre; ie 4 Litre :O:):P) Make it weigh less than 1400 kg, and cost less than its competitors, and i will buy the first 50,000. Ps Has to look Sh!t hot, and have a coupe variant.

Also, V config engines are gay. Straight config engines are straight :rofl:

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Have you seen this thing on the road.

The rear tail-light look like they are on the outside of the car. :O

It is just another washing -machine wanting to be a Plasma TV.or sorry LCD Screen.

But hey Toyota's sell even if they look ok....people buy them for their reliability.

I think though this is to steep if they are asking 40K plus for something FWD and no Turbo

that is medium in size.

If they made it AWD like the Subarus they would sell shit loads :P

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... the FWD aspect kills it

Whats Toyotas problem anyway... why fight the system?

Just make it RWD and everybody will be happy

There are a few Large RWD Japanese cars by Nissan (Fuga) and Toyota (Mark X) etc that would scare Holden/Ford into solely making Taxi's. The only trouble is they aren't specced as lowly as the Commondore and Falcon, and by the time they got here, the base bare-bones models (if they existed) would be mid $30K range... not price competitive.

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Wow, never knew about the Mark X before:

http://www.mark-x.com/

I'd buy it!

well if all goes to plan they'll be eligible for import in the next year :( That, and the Gloria/Cedric/Cima combo from Nissan... unfortunately none of these cars appeal to the common buyer in australia because they're not "locally sold"... but if you compare em to the garbage thats sold locally they're leagues ahead. Shame really.

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