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In 1987, under the leadership of Robert Johnston, Toyota Australia and Holden formed United Australian Automobile Industries in response to the Button car plan. This resulted in Toyota Australia building Holden Apollo and Holden Novas at Altona that were badge engineered Camrys and Corollas. In exchange Holden built Toyota Lexcen which was a ...
Toyota Australia later revealed the updated car as its Aurion on 21 September. While the front-end of the original Aurion was designed with a "double-concave" architecture, the revised version abandons this for an "X-Form" design philosophy, characterised by a lower and wider trapezoidal shaped grille. [38]
In 1901 Harley Tarrant produced the first Tarrant automobile, which was the first petrol-driven car built entirely in Australia in a small workshop in Melbourne. Before that, Tarrant had been using the shop to build engines. Tarrant was joined in this endeavour by bicycle maker, Howard Lewis. The car was powered by a rear-mounted 6 hp Benz engine.
The Toyota Aurion / ˈ ɔːr i ən / is a mid-size car produced by Toyota in Australia and parts of Asia from 2006 to 2017. In the two generations it was produced, the Aurion was derived from the equivalent Camry. Changes were mainly limited to revised front- and rear-end treatment, along with changes to the interior.
Toyota Dream Car: 1964 Toyota Dream Car Model: 1963 Toyota DV-1: 1981 Toyota e-Palette: 2018: Automated battery electric minibus Toyota E-Racer: 2019: Race car simulator Toyota EA: 1938 Based on the DKW F-7 Toyota EB: 1938 Toyota Electronics Car: 1970 Based on the Corona: Toyota Endo: 2005 Toyota EPU: 2023 4-door pickup truck Toyota ES 3: 2001 ...
Toyota first introduced the "Avalon" name on a concept convertible sedan at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show. [14] [15] The Avalon was available with a front bench seat for six-passenger seating, and its column shifter was the first such feature in an American Toyota car since the T130 series Corona. [16]
Toyota Australia began local manufacture of the hybrid on 11 December 2009 at its Altona, Victoria plant. [60] In Australasia, the car is known as the "Toyota Hybrid Camry", as opposed to "Camry Hybrid". [61] Since May 2009, the hybrid model has also been produced at Toyota Motor Thailand's Gateway plant in Chachoengsao. [62]
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia, which was responsible for passenger vehicles, and Toyota Motor Sales Australia, which became accountable for Toyota commercial vehicles and Hino trucks. [19] Toyota vehicle production was transferred from the historic Port Melbourne factory in 1994 to the company's new $420 million facility at Altona, Victoria.