After production started in February 2012, April 2012 saw the release of the second generation Aurion in Australia and New Zealand. The same model designations applied in Australia in tie with the first generation model, those being: AT-X, Sportivo SX6, Sportivo ZR6, Prodigy, and Presara. In New Zealand, the model designations are: AT-X, Touring, and Sportivo SX6. This nameplate is again based on the Camry. The all new model has been available for some Asian and European markets as a Camry since 2011. The same, separate model designations of the Camry and Aurion are on sale in Australia and New Zealand. For the first time, with the XV50 model, the Japanese market Camry is now based on the same design as the "prestige" Camry or Aurion, rather than the "regular" Camry. The "prestige" Camry was designed in Japan by Hirofumi Fukui, Kazumi Kowaki and Keisuke Matsuno in 2009 and unveiled in Ukraine on 25 August 2011. File:2012-2015 Toyota Aurion (GSV50R) AT-X sedan (2017-11-18) 01.jpg|Aurion AT-X (pre-facelift) File:2014 Toyota Aurion (GSV50R) Presara sedan (2015-12-06).jpg|Aurion Presara (pre-facelift) File:2014 Toyota Aurion (GSV50R) Sportivo ZR6 sedan (2016-07-18).jpg|Aurion Sportivo ZR6 (pre-facelift)
Facelift The Aurion-based Camry, sold in Japan and other Asian markets, received a large facelift in 2014. It was discontinued in Japan in July 2017 and in Southeast Asia in late 2018, and it was replaced by the
TNGA-based
XV70 Camry. In Australia, however, the Aurion itself received a much smaller facelift, with little exterior changes. The Prodigy trim was deleted from the range, and the Sportivo SX6 and ZR6 were merged to form a single Sportivo trim. The revised trim for the Australian market were: AT-X, Sportivo and Presara. File:2015-2018 Toyota Aurion (GSV50R) AT-X sedan (2018-08-27) 01.jpg|Aurion AT-X (facelift) File:2015-2018 Toyota Aurion (GSV50R) AT-X sedan (2018-08-27) 02.jpg|Aurion AT-X (facelift) File:2016 Toyota Aurion (GSV50R) Presara sedan (2018-04-24) 01.jpg|Aurion Presara (facelift)
Special Editions In 2012, the Aurion in Australia released the Touring SE variant. Only 1500 were built, all of which were based on the AT-X. It added a rear spoiler, front fog lamps, as well as a sports grille on the exterior. The interior features contained a similar interior as the AT-X, except it included steering wheel with audio controls and sport pedals.
Safety Replacement/Successor Production of the second generation Aurion in Australia ended in August 2017, ending Aurion production after almost 11 years. With this, Toyota reintroduced, for the first time since 2006, the V6 Camry. Like the Aurion, the Camry also ceased production at the
Altona factory, with an imported model from Japan coming to replace it. == See also ==