Toyota Aurion Production Comes To A Close Ahead Of Local Shutdown

The final Australian-built Toyota Aurion large car rolled down the automaker’s Altona production line last week ahead of the full closure of the Victorian facility, which also builds the Camry, next month.

After 11 years of production the Aurion racked up a build tally of 180,000 units across two generations, divided between 110,000 for local consumption with a further 70,000 exported.

The first generation Aurion was launched at the Melbourne Motor Show in 2006 as a replacement for the ageing Avalon sedan - a version of a hand-me-down US design drafted into to duty to give Toyota a competitor for the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon.

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