Is this why Aurion aren't selling?

[Buntz]

Originally Posted by deesun

Seems not
Toyota Australia manager public relations Mike Breen told GoAuto that the new model had been created to meet demand from customers wanting all these particular features on an Aurion.

“What we did was fitted these parts to the car for an increased price, so whilst there is no saving, it is meeting a demand that we have seen from our customers,” he said.

Who the hell demands carbon-fibre trim highlights for their Aurion?

[Swordsman88]

Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

FACT: MOST EF'S ARE DEAD.

back on topic, the Aurion is a good car.

How is this helpful? Yeah most EFs probably are dead (no idea what % are still out there gettting the job done) but an awful lot of AUs are dead too based on what i've seen at my local wreckes.... Given you arre a well known AU fan surely you aren't implying that if 15 year old cars are now no longer with us it mean they were rubbish when they were on sale or even that they are rubbish now. If that were sure than alot of AUs must be crap then...but i bet you wont' admit to that....

As for the aurion...no it really isnt' a 'good' car. Its an OK car at best....reliable, reasonably well built, pretty good pricing/running costs/resale etc. that is about it. Its not as safe, or as nice to drive, or as comfortable as the class benchmark...which funny enough is the FG falcon....

Either way this is an odd sales pitch from toyota and in stupidly low numbers. Not sure what the point is but at least they got a bunch of people on a Ford forum talking about a car that is really hardly worth ever talking about....