QLD Police have a new weapon - The TRD Aurion
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Queensland Police have taken on a TRD Aurion to ply our highways and keep us all in check, and what a car to do it in. Many thanks to the folks at Autoblog.com for the use of the following image.
This is the car that packs a healthy 241kw punch from it’s Supercharged dual VVT-i quad cam 3.5 litre V6 and transfers this power through a six-speed automatic transmission with sequential shift to the front wheels. Personally I have never been impressed by the handling of high-powered front wheel drive cars, the thrill of a bit of oversteer in a rear wheel drive is highly under rated! The officers driving this car say that the front wheel drive configuration has forced them to change their driving habits to suit and go on to say that they are ‘overjoyed’ with their new toy.
The TRD Aurion is the worlds first production car to be fitted with the Eaton TVS Supercharger, the TVS standing for Twin Vortices Series. The up-speck Camry will accelerate from 0-100km/hr in 6.1 seconds, has the speed limiter set at 250km/hr and covers the standing 400 metres in 14.2 seconds while returning 10.9L/100km on the combined highway/city cycle.
As you would expect the TRD Aurion has an upgraded brake, suspension and wheel and tyre package. The front rotors are 325mm ventilated items with twin-piston aluminum calipers doing the squeezing. Out the back there is 310mm ventilated discs with single-piston aluminum calipers. The car also has increased spring rates front and rear over the Sportivo and an average 12mm drop in ride height. Stabilizer bars remain as per the Sportivo with 25mm diameter front and 16mm rear bars. Wheels are 19×8 aluminum alloy shod with 245/35ZR19 Dunlop SP Sports Maxx rubber.
There are two versions available, the 3500S and the 3500SL. Both cars come with the Supercharged V6 and a host of other TRD goodies, however the SL has higher specifications in the air conditioning/heating area as well as power adjustable front passengers seat, Smart Entry, Push Start, just to mention a few. For a full run-down on the two different models see this post on Autoblog.com.
Pricing? Do you really want to know? Around $57,000 for the S and $61,500 for the SL. Now, just to convince the Minister for Finance and War that she needs a $60,000 car to take the kids to school in….
