AURION, Avalon, Vienta. Whatever Toyota names it, we’re still talking about a Camry with a V6.

The extra kilowatts delivered from the strong 3.5-litre powerplant make this seventh-generation breed of family car quite quick and, backed up by improved interior space, comfort, features and refinement, the latest iteration is even touted as a pseudo Lexus.

To separate fiction from fact, we placed the base Aurion AT-X under our microscope.