Another one bites the dust.

The last Toyota Aurion has rolled off the production line in Melbourne after 11 years, bringing the end of the Australian car manufacturing industry one step closer to its conclusion.

The Aurion was launched at the 2006 Melbourne motor show to replace the Avalon large sedan. It was designed by Toyota’s Australian office in Melbourne by the current Toyota Australia design chief, Nick Hogios. While still based on the V6-powered Camry, the Aurion's body panels were changed significantly to separate the two cars and give Toyota a rival to the once popular Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore large sedans.

Over the course of the 11-year run, Toyota Australia produced 180,000 examples of the Aurion, with 70,000 of those exported.

The final Aurion was a Presara grade model finished in white. It was collected from the Altona plant by a Melbourne-based dealer who will sell the car.

Toyota will phase out production of the Camry with the Hybrid model finishing in September and the petrol-powered models the last to go, in October.

The Aurion won't be directly replaced. Instead the next generation Camry, which goes on sale in November, will offer both four-cylinder and V6 petrol engines.

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