Has about as much in common with its road going counterpart as the V8 Supercars do with the Falcon or Commodore. At least the Silouhette of a V8 Supercar resembles something close to the production cars..

I mean Ben Bray has a 2500Hp Holden Ute which unlike this thing still looks like a Ute.. Oh and 2500hp = 1900Kw

Yet that won’t stop Dingo / Lovin’ It / Supporter of Toyota Motorsport…. going “Toyota yada yada yada….”

In Profile it actually looks more like a Holden Monaro

Wheelnut I reckon it has less in common with its road going counter part,v8 supercars have there original drivetrain lay out and can go around a corner.Peace

I notice they didn’t mention what engine the Non-Aurion uses to get the 1300Kw.. I doubt its a Toyota block..
I’d say its Custom Built by someone like Keith Black or Edelbtrock.. eitherway I hope they’ve bolted the supercharger on properly – ha ha ha

i was wandering that too wheelnut

conrod is longer than 400m though?

but yes 300+kmh is still impressive out of a race car that does more than straight line stuff

Good one Andrew,It seems the only Totoya that can go around a corner is the aussie racing car Aurion shell.

One of your best Wheelnut…. same speed… pity so muc shorter distance.

You did say one intellgient thing, same relationship between road and track that the V8 Supercars have… no similarities. All this is and a V8 supercar is a shell… they dont even use the same shape either for aero.

Is it front wheel drive? It would get its power down more efficiently if it was, with no loss through the propellor shaft.

I suppose it has skinny tyres which improve the dynamics.

Does it use the genuine Aurion Flawpan TP. really LMAO now

Does it also have battery power for back up.

TuRD GOES GREEN !!!!!!!!!!11

What are going to do about the wooden ones on your car bed?

No Name I suspect it uses the Camry Platform like every other vehicle in the range. Ha Ha Ha.

Thanks TP – hey we’re only pulling yer leg dude.

Supporter of Whatever.. As I am not as interested in Drag racing as you obviously are [I mean it must take alot of skill going in a straight line...?] I merely made an enquiry as to how the car creates so much power

However; I do know that the Brays cars use a Blown [KB] V8 therefore I guessed that as this is a similar type of car it would use a similar engine..that is all.

It was a reasonable assumption particularly as the type of engine wasn’t specifically mentioned in the article – just the power output. which as it turns outis very impressive from such a small engine

I think [from memory] that from the exit point at Tyrepower Turn [Forest Elbow] to the entry point at Caltex Chase Conrod straight is about the same length as the main straight at Hidden Valley – approx 1Km

Part of that being due to the fact that Conrod also has coulpe of undulations and kinks init which the cars also have to contend with whereas a drag strip is usually dead flat or with just a slight incline

Actually … probably less then 6 secs !!

If they can do this to a 3.2 L6 Supra engine, imagine what they could do to a Lexus V8 !!

whats the budget for a toyota F1 versus a V8 supercar?

enough said

how long does it take a toyota drag car to negotiate a chicane? or can it?

You gotta admit … that TRD Aurion Drag Car looks the biz !!

A loopy day, is a normal day !!

Realcars : sorry mate – can you say that again, i fella sleep when you started to dribble.

Not much of an effect on Toyota – you sure … WORLD NO.1

Go back to bed

6.5 secs 1/4 mile or 0 – 100km/h in less then 1 sec … yeah, sure – pretend alright !!

FREAK

Holden and Ford race V8 Super Cars called Falcons and Commodores but the only ‘part’ resembalance is the shell/chassis

Gee … i get it now !!

Next the BS artists will claim that Aurion holds dragcar tittles.

Good one Toyota…

Realcars – if the TRD Drag Aurion wins it’s class in the Pro-extreme then ‘YES’ – they ‘can’ and ‘will’ claim title !!

What i find pathetic however is that Holden and Ford claim titles all the time yet they are the only 2 manufactuers competing in the V8 Supercars … mmm !!

Gee – really hard to win when you only have 1 other manufactuer to compete against.

PATHETIC !!

You have to ask your self why are Toyota bothering,I mean they pass the public the worlds most boring cars yet build cars with passion if they want to try and prove something to themselves…why bother if your not going to give the world some excitement or anything that can match the real innovators of the motoring world,will they ever surpass the worlds best manufactures like Audi,Porsche,Merc and BMW ?? And why are we again talking about this car when there no more info given than last years thread on it,can some one tell me what is the fastest in this class in the world cause I cant find any information on it! Its said that this car is the fastest in its class in Australia cool……..but what is going up against it? Dingo your the guru of all motor sport perhaps you could tell us what is the fastest in this class in the world and what manufacturer is it? O and a review on the TRD Rolllux from CA next week……….I imagine it will get a 5 star rating from CA ! More Toyota crap to argue over if you can be bothered!

have toyota ever won anything in F1???? and dont they have a biggest of all F1 teams???

Has toyota ever won bathurst or Le mans???

sorry correction for above – Biggest budget

i wonder if i will be able to rent one of these TRD drag cars next time i visit AVIS???

TP the Aurion has only been around for a couple of years so the engine hasnt had test of time as of yet mate…

yes… but all you need to do is chip – upgrade exhuast and Intake – Hello 240-250Kw NA

yes the Displacement is larger the aurion but still does 0.5L = 60Kw / 175Nm??

Plus the F6 is second quicker atleast then the TRD.

New XR6 vs aurion = a whole 5kws More – but 55Nm less and the ford Torque available a lot earlier!

Plus the F6 is a V8 eater…TRD still cant compete with the big boys….

i say line up G6E turbo againest TRD – same price – same class – Winner – G6E Turbo – this would be even fight

TP, I read it was 240kw with DI, if Holden brings DI to their V6 line up here in Aus, I would expect Toyota to bring that one into latter model Aurions, BUT they need to move to an AWD or RWD platform, and I would expect Ford to eventually.

Also, The rest of the responses on this thread is rubbish Dribble. It was a *real* task just to scroll to the bottom…

Quote [You Know Who]: Even better – how pathetic is it that the only way Holden or Ford can claim wins is keep everybody else out of V8 Supercars … talk about not wanting to play with the big boys because the Blue and Red brigade are scared sh*tless

Dingo Drongo Toyota had the chance to take part in Australias Premier Motorsport Category
Just last month they were asked by AVESCOif they wanted to compete in next years series as they are lookong at changing some of the rules etc but Toyota Said No…

And as I have said on so many occassions [but yet again I find myself having to repeat myself just for you] V8 Supercars like all other major forms of motorsport has a set of criteria which outlines the criteria that the various teams/manufacturers must meet inorder to be elligible to compete.

Besides it’s not the Ford or Holdens fault that Toyota don’t have a RWD family sedan [as required under the regulations]. Why the hell didn’t they make the Aurion RWD when the Camry [which is virtually the same size as the Aurion] is already FWD.. not to mention the fact its predecessor that the Aurion wasn’t that successful.

Oh and MR TOYOTA – If Toyota are that superior in terms of engineering and design etc [as you would like us to believe] then surely they would be able to build a car to break into the RWD Family Sedan market and compete in the V8s..

Because from what you’ve gone on about for the last year or so Toyota would have no problem in building a car; entering a completely new market and beating the other brands that have been established in that market for years

So why isn’t there a RWD Family Sized Sedan in Toyotas Range? Yet there are a number of “Double Ups” where cars that are similar style size etc are competing against eachother like the Yaris/Corolla; Camry/Aurion; the Kluger/RAV4/Prado/Landcruiser – I’m not including Lexus [or Lexii] as that is a seperate stand alone brand

So Before you go off with such dribble in relation to the V8s keeping everybody out.. I suggest that you educate yourself and read the V8 Supercars rules and regulations. Nowhere does it state that the sport is a Ford-Holden only event its just turned out that way as no other marque makes a car which meets the criteria.

Wheelnut … lets talk fact here and not rot.

When Nissan conquered the mountain and squashed the aspirations of Holden and Ford, AVESCO as they are known today set about establishing regulations that will most likely deter other manufacures from competing within the series.

Locally manufactuted RWD V8′s form the basic requirement – am i wrong … NO !!

That was implemented knowing damn well that companies like Toyota or even Mitsubishi (until recently) are not going invest literally millions of dollars to alter thier production just to conform with AVESCO requirements so they can participate in the V8 Supercar Series … how friggen convenient !!

The regulations established were clearly implemented to satisfy the local operations of Holden and Ford without due respect that Toyota and Mitsubishi were / are equal manufactuers themselves but of different platforms.

Basically said – AVESCO could have easily establsihed the sport to satisfy all local manufactuers at the time and not just 2 of them.

Did they ever implement that blown AWD 6 cylinders could compete to better suit the local operations of Toyota or Mitsubishi at the time … NO THEY DID NOT !!

Ford and Holden in the V8 Super Cars are a protected species .. PERIOD !!

And what’s pathetic about it all – weak pricks like yourself hide behind it all.

When Nissan graced the mountain .. all of a sudden Holden and Ford didn’t look so good.

Now that Toyota participates in all three series of NASCAR … well, you guessed it – GM and Ford are not looking so good.

I will never forget how hard you pussies cried when Nissan done us all the honour.

Yes, Toyota had it’s own KIA moments with the first V6 CAMRY,CRESSIDA AND V6 PRADO.

Just ask any mechanic worth his salt!

Wheelnut – Toyota will not invest to make the Aurion RWD because fact is, the economics simply just do not justify such investment.

The biggest challenge today and nodoubt increasingly so into the future will be to justify the added expense of manufactuering ‘everyday’ RWD platforms and most certainly not FWD.

I can guarantee you that global economies will force the Falcon and Commodore to go FWD long before the Aurion to go RWD.

Toyota is about production efficency once all thier stingent QDR (Quality, Dependability & Reliability) regime has been satisfied of-which has help made the company the wealthiest, most profitable and arguably the most stable automotive manufactuer of all which is a damn lot more i can ever suggest of Ford Motor Corporation or General Motors … PERIOD !!

Unlike the yanky owned companies, Toyota is not reducing production (globally anyway), closing factories, retrenching employees, cancelling projects or reporting multi-billion dollar corporate losses.

How Toyota Australia has positioned itself with the Camry / Aurion duo is very smart that will undoubtedly prove it’s economic viability much longer then the current operations of Holden and Ford.

Infact, the Aurion and Camry combination today is selling far more units per month then the Camry (4 cyl & 6) and the Avalon ever did.

The operation regime at Altona has been established so that the production of the Camry and Aurion can simply be adjusted to suit the demand of each vehicle at the push of a button.

Better still … Toyota Australia remains (todate) the only local operation that has yet retrenched workers and personally – that speaks for itself without further justification.

This is nothing special in the NHRA they are Toyota drag cars competing already.

Wheelnut – your brain must uncontrollably bash about in your tiny skull because believe me … you speak utter pure sh*t

You pass comment about double ups … are you sure !!

Last time i checked, the Yaris and Corolla satisfy different segments of the market not to mention are the biggest sellers of all within thier categories.

As for the RAV4 / Kluger / Prado / Cruiser crap … you have truely got the most twisted mind of all.

Each and every one of those vehicles are completely satisfing different markets as the Yaris and Corolla do and correct me if i am wrong but each and every one of them are also amoung the highest volume moving vehicles in each of their intended markets.

With such ‘HUGE’ success of each model … why would Toyota be so dumb and listen to a brainless twit like yourself because FACT IS … they are all VERY POPULAR VEHICLES !!

Fairdinkum … you certainly have a loose wheelnut banging about inside that head of yours which has obviously done alot of damage.

Infact – i feel sorry for you … i really do !!

Seriuosly dude – you are completely f*cked these days … you really are.

ps. I’ll give you a double up … Viva and Astra

See what happens when they deviate from whitegood manufacture!Ha Ha Ha.

Toyleta love is like no other love!Ha Ha Ha.

The funny thing is that Toyleta wouldn’t piss on u if u were on fire Dingo!

Fact that they produce a car like the Landcruiser and Yaris in the same breath PROVES IT. Road going TANK versus coke can with air bags.

“Supporter Of Toyota MotorSport”, lol all u have did in ur comment against realcars, is prove that ur a total moron, FIRST, all u did is curse, swear, and insult him, and then u showed no fact to back up that TOYLETA isn’t running GM/FORD gear. (LOL NOW who’s the d*ickhead being F*cked up the A*se).

And another thing for ur be-hated TOYLETA (or GAYOTA’s as i like to call them), Does this drag car resemble any thing with the On road TRD Aurion. Not one bit, at least wen some ppl do up a Holden, sedan or ute with 2500 HP, 1) IT still has the original body shell, 2) it still has the ORIGINAL DRIVE TYPE i.e RWD, and 3) it still has the SAME number of Cylinders as the Road versions i.e V8.

LOL and what part of this DRAG Aurion resembles its Road car version, is it FWD (NO), is it V6 (NO), AND DOES IT HAVE A CAMRY BODY SHELL (NO), all it is, is a Roll cage, with a metal bottom, and a PLASTIC COVER, with stickers.

Admirable post, Jimbo but this guy is some sort of half witted headcase. If he has set the curve for Toyota Motorsport enthusiasts,then they make even the most bogan Ford and Holden supporters look like MENSA.

Toyota treat the Australian motoring enthusiast with contempt,they give aussies fwd driving school cars,and give there good RWD models to other markets.Toyotas hottest aussie sold car in 15years is probobly the 141kw FWD celica(good for your nana)if you want a decent performance toyota buy a gray import its the only way to get RWD.Toyota want to change the game to suit themselfs, instead of playing the game we play RWD.Then they enter Drag racing and try to link it to TRD road cars,WHAT AN UTTER JOKE

Could you imagine Ford getting a boss v8,supercharging it and putting it in a focus and entering the FWD ctatigory at the drags.Then clam its complementes the new FG Falcon XR8 perfectly.Todd i dont know if you heard of this,but check out this Unique car racing series in oz called V8Supercars

I read Toyota make a pushrod V8 crete motor in the U.S(dont know the displacment)but could be eazly resleeved to 5 litre

I agree Wheelnut Sponsors would be lining up,at the moment Toyota spend$400mil+ a year to be an also ran in F1.How much would the initial cost to develope a RWD Aurion V8 supercar be,5mil,2mil?????It would be money well spent.

Wheelnut – i would not like to see Toyota enter the V8 Supercars because personally, i believe it will not be money well spent.

Lets have alook at the facts … despite Holden and Ford’s long term participation in motorsport in Australia of which continues today particularly in the V8 Supercars – judging by the continuing decline of sales of not only the Falcon and Commodore but Ford and Holden in general … why even bother with such investments.

It is obviuosly overing very little assitance in improving thier mistunes.

Without such advertising most weekends that Holden and Ford enjoy with thier duopoly of V8 Supercars, Toyota still manages outsell Holden and Ford combined regardless.

People like yourself should be thankful that companies like Toyota are simply not interested in challenging AVESCO at the present time.

Toyota has participation in much greater and globally renouned motorsporting events such as F1 and NASCAR.

I completely agree Toyota has alot of work ahead of them to improve thier results in F1 but that said, thier participation in all 3 tiers of NASCAR – Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series & Craftsman Trucks – is certainly going very strongly for them and yielding strong, pleasing and competitve results.

As it stands, they currently lead the manufactuers title in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series while trialing Chevrolet by negliable difference in the Craftsman Trucks giving them a second postion in that particular event.

Australia is a small market globally and considering Toyota currently has considerable motorsport investment elsewhere, i believe they will be comfortable and somewhat satisfied with their current participation in the variuos forms of Australian Motorsport as is … ARC, Drifting, Drag Racing and of course variuos road going events such as Targa Tasmania, Targa West, 12 Production car racing and so forth with the modified TRD Aurion Road Racers.

Toyota could just aswell spend considerably less in Australia yet achieve similar recognition in due time.

No-doubt they have done thier sums.

Infact, take Ford Austrlia’s public comment several months ago … passed statement that if the Falcon does not improve in sales then eventually they will have to seriuosly consider continued participation in the V8 Supercars not to mention it remains unclear if the next generation Falcon after the FG wil even come with a V8.

If that possibility does eventuate – what’s gonna happen then … mmm !!

Phil – no manufactuer more so then Holden is treating our local market with contempt considering Holden is now the local supplier of Korean Daewoo Motor vehicles and a 2 star death trap.

Holden has always been amoung the poorest suppliers of quality motor vehicles and have sold amoung the most awful cars to have ever graced Australian roads and remains no different.

So what exactly were you saying about contempt …

Put it this way, you speak alot of rot but the good part about it all … has little or no connection with the real world.

I guess clowns live in la, la, land were all the flowers and roses are pretty colours much unlike Holden in the real world.

Ya think ? They run similar stories and seems unlike Toyota threads on CA……..no arguments that turn into abuse , plus they watch the site as I said within 2 min of Dingo being on there he was deleted ! Watch him rant on this tonight and nothing will happen.

Jimbo – Toyota’s success not just in Australia but globally is the product from establishing a strong, competitive, reputatble fleet right across it’s entire range which is much more then i can suggest for Holden or Ford.

Take Holden for instance – while thier HSV fleet is strong and the Commodore OK (and nothing more then OK), the rest of it’s range is ordinary to utterly poor … PERIOD !!

Toyota however have engineered consistancy right across it’s entire range of motor vehicles not to mention the prestiage reputation of Lexus.

One point i agree on and that is Toyota has certainly lacked passion within thier performance cars in recent years but on the other hand – thier concentration elsewhere is what has made them the strongest, wealthiest, most profitable and arguably the most influential automotive manufactuer today.

However, Toyota has equally recognised thier mistake in losing connection with performance cars and motorsport which is why they have been investing considerable resources in the past few years to re-establish thier presance in the markets they ignored for some years.

F1, NASCAR, various Rally Series (eg ARC) including Tarmac Events (eg Targa Tasmania, Targa West, Nurburgring and so forth) will form the back bone of thier motorsport challenges while many production cars from Toyota, TRD and Lexus will increase thier presance in the coming years.

Currently Toyota has the next generation Supra (FT-HS) and AE86 under development (not to mention thier joint adventure with Subaru) while TRD will enhance otherwise standard production Toyota’s as they have done Australia with the Aurion and Hilux.

That said, Lexus will elevate development to rival the very best that can be found anywhere in the world today with the IS-F now available in most larger markets around the world while Australia will come online in October.

The LF-A continues development while Lexus has certainly highlighted other ‘F’ series will make it to the market in the coming years.

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) through mainstram Toyota, TRD and Lexus will produce some good sports and performance cars not to mention tuff trucks which no-doubt will prove many of thier critics WRONG !!

In Australia alone … TRD will nestle comfortably between mainstream Toyota and it’s prestiage market satisfied by Lexus and i reserve little doubt it will prove a great marketing tool.

Put is this way … no other automotive brand selling in Australia will be as diverse as Toyota satisfying virtually every scope of the market ranging from small cars, 4×4′s to tuff trucks and prestiage motoring.

And the best thing about it all – Toyota / Lexus supply a strong and consistant range of vehicles right across it’s entire coverage despite the diversity … now that’s what i call automotive talent.

Can Holden and Ford do this … NO !!

So – TRD will bring hotted up Toyota’s to the market and participation in various forms of local motorsport, Lexus will supply a whole different league of performance cars all-together.

Now that is what i call flexing muscle

Anyone tell me where Wedlock came out of his category today? Or hasn’t he raced yet?

Here are the 3 teams and that catagory..yup 3 only………

EXHIBITION EX HARVEY ROD
EXHIBITION EX SIGNORELLI JOE
EXHIBITION EX WEDLOCK TONY

Now to the real racers ……

Brett Stevens….what a racer

Congratulations mate.

Stevens clinched yet another one – becoming the first person to win three professional bracket championships.

Stevens only had to make the field to take the title, and his newly found 2007/2008 Top Alcohol championship joins his 2004/2005 Top Bike championship and 2003/2004 Top Doorslammer title.

What conncetion to the real world TRD cars does this drag car have,Dhead??????? And all those new toyotas probobly wont even get sold here no matter what you or anyone says(just toyota hype)And avsco only wanted toyota to support 3 teams(6 cars)also slowly but surly more and more horror storys are coming out about toyotas so called reliabilty.And Why do toyota want to help change our aussie motoring culture,(by not supporting V8 RWD racing)But support U.S V8 racing culture.Hopfully it wont be long before you go the same way as the tassie tiger.

Bavarian – i appreciate a mature conversation with the best of them but fact is … people like yourself simply do not exhibit such capacity. Instaed you have to pass utter rot about Toyota most of the time as your comments with the rest of the ‘runaway circus’ proved on The Motor Report.

I don’t like clowns … simple as that !!

Oh yeah – i just did bait you … easily done !!

Oh yeah … Phil – correct me if i am wrong but wether it be F1, NASCAR, Rally Racing, V8 Supercars or Production Racing – isn’t motorsport about expressing engineering talent … MMM !!

Does Ford sell a pushrod v8 in Australia … NO !!

Infact, Ford probably won’t even have a v8 in Australia in due time.

chopsta – Toyota finished 4th and 6th in the Canadian F1 Prix this weekend which now positions them 5th on the manufactuers list from 10 teams.

For the entire season last year – Toyota only scored 9pts but after 6 (from 18) races this year so far, they have scored 17 with another dozen grandprixs to go.

They have improved … GOOD TO SEE !!

That said – does Ford or GM compete in the pinnacle of all motorsport … NO !!

As for the IS-F, it was released internationally in October last year to most of the more lucrative markets around the world while Australia will be the last of those markets to get it in October this year.

The IS-F is an impressive car which has taken the challenge right up to the M3 ‘top trump for top trump’ and the various reviews around the world have certainly indicated this. While the scales may tip slightly in favour of the M3 for handling, negligable differance seperate the two cars while the IS-F is the favourite for outright biuld quality.

you stated that Toyota only competes in local competition … correct me if i am wrong but F1 is the most international of them all.

As for WRC – the old Team Toyota Europe (TTE) which managed Toyota’s WRC team was folded to make way for what essentially today is Toyota’s F1 team.

Upon folding thier WRC operations, Toyota was infact the leading manufactuer and had won the WRC Manufactuers title for 3 consecative years before hand.

Poor sad Supporter of TRD Australia you should change your name back to Supporter of toyota motorsport becaues there nothing,TRD has in oz to cheer about.F1 is old news for Ford and why dont toyota engineer a V8 aurion supercar so they can show there talent.That right because they do not realiy support aussie motorsport,only reason there in the pro fx drag racing is they can get a car on the cheap from the U.S.If these cars were not already built in the U.S,theres no way toyota would switch a aurion to RWD just for us aussies.There becoming a bit un Australian.And if I am a runnaway circus,you must be the Ultimate gay mardi gra

Dingo – These days motorsport is more a form of entertainmnet than it is product development. The race cars of today bare very little resemblance to thr road going production cars.
Therefore it’s not really possible to attribute a car companies success/failure on the track to their sucess or mis-FOR-tune in the market place.

Its most likely that due a number of factors such as poor management in Detroit and market trends.. that Holden and Ford would have experienced the same problems they are at the moment regardless as to whether or not they had Factory Backed Race Teams.

Sure winning a major race such as bathurst might have some impact on sales but nowhere near as musch as what it used to back in the 70s when the cars were actual production cars not specially built engineered race cars

No; despite what happens on the track these days most [logical] people are going to buy the car that is most suitable to their needs and within their budget

How do you make an Aurion competitive?????Make a body shell and put it on somting else.

Congrats to BMW last night in the Formula 1 for first and second place..now second in the Manufacturers Championship.

Toyota still not good enough to beat the big boys in the worlds most esteemed Motoring event…….hows that World domination going Toyota seems like your failing in a lot of areas.Apparently not too good by,by Toyota out of Formula 1 next year,all together……ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

Toyota thus far Total Points

Australian 16 Mar 2008 0 0
Malaysian 23 Mar 2008 5 5
Bahrain 06 Apr 2008 3 8
Spanish 27 Apr 2008 1 9
Turkish 11 May 2008 0 9
Monaco 25 May 2008 0 9
Canadian 08 Jun 2008 8 17

Oh and don’t start again on the IS-iF against the M3…..
Quote “”IS-F is the favorite for outright build quality.”" your opinion Dingo, everything I have read has the M3 out front where it counts,Lexus are great at coping and making big comfy cars,no soul when it comes to performance! Formula 1 shows you that.

Phil … sorry mate – how many cars did you say Holden and Ford sold last month.

* 2006 – Toyota flogged Holden by 66 000 units … oooch !!

* 2007 – Toyota slaughtered Holden by 90 000 units … OOCH !!

* 2008 – Toyota to commit genocide against Holden by inexcess of 100 000 units … AAARRRGGGHHH !!

* Holden 5.0 V8 … GONE !!

* Holden Jobs …. GOING !!

* Holden Sales … NEW LOWS !!

* Commodore Sales … NEW LOWS !!

* Ford Jobs … GOING !!

* Ford Sales … NEW LOWS !!

* Falcon Sales … NEW LOWS !!

* Fairlane … GONE !!

* Ford L6 … GOING !!

* V8 option … PROBABLY TO GO !!

* 2008 Ford Report … $85 MILLION DOLLAR LOSS !!

Wheelnut – guided by your comment 9th June 09:32am … i guess it would be an accurate assumption that you will never brag about Holden and Ford in motorsport ever again !!

Ford GT – sorry bloke, in future if i want a car engineered for the enthusiast that are amoung the most appealing of all, i will direct myself to Holden to make a hard decision which Daewoo will suit me and my family best.

Of course i will be sure to recommend the 2 star death trap Barina to all the young, inexperinaced ladies on thier ‘P’ plates.

Phil – Australian Rally Championships … yeap, our own local rally event and ofcourse ‘yours truely’ is the dominate team in the series. And unlike V8 Supercars, actually has more then 2 manufactuers – 6 infact !!

TRD Australia currently invests in the following :

1. Australian Rally Championships (ARC) … Neal Bates and Simon Evans

2. Drifting … Beau Yates

3. Drag Racing … Tony Wedlock

4. Road Racing (TRD Aurion) … Neals Bates & Simon Evans

5. Australian Off-Road Racing (buggies) … Peter Kittle

6. Hilux Hereos

7. and … supplies engines (Supercharged 3.5V6 from the TRD Aurion to the Bolwell Nagari operation.

Peter Kittle also utilises the blown Toyota six in his Off-Road Buggy.

So … what exactly were you saying about Toyota Australia is doing nothing for local motorsport.

YOU ARE A DEADSET CLOWN

Oh yeah – how pathetic is it for Holden and Ford to advertise in the V8 Supercar Series most weekends just to have Toyota outsell them combined … OOCH – that would have to be painful.

After all the years of motorsport in Australia how is it helping the Blue and Red brigade now – let me help you … IT AIN’T !!

Seriuosly – why even bother !!

Toyota will no-doubt invest less in motorsport in Australia but still gain similar recognition (in time) not to mention while doubling the sales of Holden and Ford.

Just Curious … can you buy a pushrod V8 from Ford ??

Holden races a 5.0 V8 but sells a 6.0, 6.2 and even a 7.0 but sells no 5.0 … mmm !!

So when the Commodore finally ends production in a few years to come, what are they gonna race then … a Daewoo Viva !!

If Ford ends it’s V8 option in the Falcon in the next generaion model … i suppose Holden will be the only manufactuer remaining to be eligable to compete in V8 Supercars.

Ofcourse AVESCO will dare not change th rules because it must be a locally manufactured RWD V8 and nothing else so i guess Ford will be out of the race – FOREVER !!

You must be confused. I wasn’t talking sales or how people are ‘hood-winked’ in buying crap. All i stated is that they do sell it here and i wouldn’t personally buy it. But by all means you have and obviously like it. I don’t own Ford or Holden I stated that but i just cannot stand Toyota. Just my personal opinion. As you are entitled to yours

Sorry Adam, i was stating some market facts about the Hilux, that’s all.

Don’t be confused, i’m not !!

Dingo has discovered a new category of racing called OFFROAD, GEEEEEZ !!!!!!!! he is going to be so busy with all the racing updates for Grandpa motorsport Toyoda, including latest stats, having so much love for Toyoda spells gay intentions..

OH WHAT A MORON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How’s your Toyoda Fwd skinny wheel Mardi Gras float going Dingo, give us some stats on performance, I want to know if the gimcrack build rises above expectations and does leather become the theme of your act.

Gee I thought I could be funny at times………FORD GT and Adam you are hilarious…..

Yaaaawwwwn … Zzzzzzzz ….

Ooops …. sorry …. the shear bordem of reading these replys put me to sleep.

I woke up and found the rest of the family asleep next to me and asked what happend – they replied … “we were reading the same replys”

Adam – what are all those decal things covering a GT Falcon …. mmm !!

Wheelnut – people trust the Commodore to breakdown and it is completely dependable of doing that … HA, HA, HA !!

OH WHAT A FEELING … TOYOTA – AUSTRALIA’S NO.1

KING OF THE ROAD … LANDCRUISER

FORD … FOUND ON RUBBISH DUMP

HOLDEN … DAEWOO

HOLDEN + FORD = LESS THEN TOYOTA …. OOOCH – THAT IS HEART RIPPER

Toyota – over a million recalls in 3 years OOOCH!

Oh What a faliure… AAAAH!

Golfie -

Holden are going to import the Insignia the New Corsa and the Aglia…. Opel GT would be nice though [MX-5 Rival]

However; they will continue to import Daewoos which; going from what my mates at Holden have told me they will be sold as Daewoos not Holdens. The only exception will be the Captiva/Antara

ATM Daewoo are at the same stage Hyundai were 5-10 yrs ago but having seen some initial designs for upcoming future models that will change within the next 5-10 years.. as it disd with Hyundai

For those who may be interested, visit the official ‘TRD Australia’ website and click onto ‘othersports’ … there is an article and pictures of the new TRD Dragcar that i am sure some of you will find interesting.

Pro-fx? Are they having us on? Who is organising this? where are the rules? where are the records?
I rang ANDRA (drag racing governing body) and they dont want anything to do with it. Its suppose to run in the existing bracket sports compact pro rear wheel drive.Get a life toyota and join the rest of the racing, dont try to creat another.

Wheelnut – motorsport is about expressing / demonstrating engineering expertise no matter what form it comes in.

what is wrong with you guys this site is here simply to show people what a 6 cyl toyota drag car can do it has nothing to do with other types of motor sport if you dont like dragracing you should not be on this site!!some of the material about tony’s car is correct but not all, the car now has a trd aurion front it is powered by a 6cyl 2jz supra motor with standard toyota block head & ignition it has 1800hp and has one hell of a monster turbo hanging off it (single not double)and a 5 speed pro-stock gearbox it has run 6.45sec 1/4 mile! and for the trd aurion knockers out there in the celebrity challange at the winternationals last saturday a standard trd aurion ran 13.6 1/4 mile not bad for a front driver you wont get a hsv gts to do that,the latest wheels magazine has a test between a 6 speed hsv gts 13.7@167kmh and a ford fpv gt 14.4@169kmh the trd aurion beats them both in standard form!

Toyota Rules NOT,
Surely you aren’t silly enough to think that tests done by a magazine on a dusty country tack/airstrip can be compared to times on a gripped up drag strip in the middle of a competition? Then again, given your obvious blinkered vision, maybe you are.

That’s not Dingo!

GO TRD next time you send bob or todd(are they the same person) an email ask him has he heard of V8 Supercars.And how exactly a imported camry dragcar with a stright 6,the drivetrain changed to RWD and topped off with a moulded Aurion body shell relate to the road going Aurion?Oh it must be the 4 wheels

There’s no love like Toyota love!

OUT COME THE FAIRIES

I agree Phil. Just another blatant marketing exercise.

Nothing more.

Toyota trying to give the Aurion some bullshit motorsport credibility.

I say bullshit as u have already mentioned this dragcar has nothing at all in common with an Aurion apart from the name.

Sounds like it wont be competing against anything either.

Imagine spending all of your time researching mind numbingly boring Toy-clone-a motorsport facts and figures just to post on blogs…

I mean really, just try for a second to imagine that..

What sort of psycho does that??

Imagine how humiliated his parents must feel..

Gee DOHCV8 u are on the money with the RWD/FWD argument.

That bread knife is going to give me nightmares.

Well, you are all fools!!!!!

Lets get some things staight on both sides of the fence.

1) The toyota TRD Aurion is the biggest wank of a pr exercise i have ever seen. Wake up fools, this car was most likely a Toyota celica drag car purchased as a rolling chassis or turn key package from a team in NHRA sport compact. Whilst not taking away from Tony Wedlocks ability as a drag racer and engineer the development work for these engines was done along time ago by a company in the states called Titan Motorsport who have been running 6.4 sec passes for quite some time now.

2) A team called GAS motorsport in conjunction with Titan motorsport have been running a toyota camry and toyota celica in the 6 second zone for well over 18 moths in Australia now no factory support or TRD pr crap.

3) To all the seemingly v8 super car fans bagging drag racing i say the following, v8′s have very few links to there road going brothers. No drag car in this world really closely represents its factory body thanks to the need of aero dynamics. After all the g force applied to these cars in such a short space of time requires aero dynamics to take precedent over looks.

4) If you think a drag car goes striaght and is such an easy thing to do, go down to a drag strip and watch from behind the startline, i’m sure you’ll find they dont rreally go too straight. If you still thinks its easy to “drive a straight line” get behind the wheel of say a 9 second car and do it yourself. My only advice would be get your life insurance in order and save your self some embarrasment and wear a napey