Allion was released for sale in December 2001 as a replacement of Toyota Carina. For Toyota fans from the old days, it was a sad moment to lose Toyoto Carina from its car selection; however, Allion was introduced without inheriting the name of Carina because Toyota planned to introduce Allion as an advanced medium sedan that leads 21st century.
  In terms of design, Allion has a dramatic design which is similar to recent Toyota's aggressive designs. Indeed, Toyota showed how good they are on building automobile by introducing Allion, developed with the keyword of “Upscaled and luxurious”.