brit: i prefer older cars myself; but also wanting to enjoy these new age transmissions with more gears and better use of the car's power...plus, where i am in life, i need a quick car that also starts in the mornings...the aurion is a v6, very light and with a few choice bolt on modifications, looks good, goes even faster and handles pretty well...sorry, i'm getting it and will give it the same colour scheme as my camry and will park them next to each other and will take cheesy pics of them with the wheels turned in the sunlight and will wax them for hours and hours and there's nothing you can do about it lol :-)