Posted on 11/16/2023 7:55:27 AM PST by Red Badger
If you like the Prius's new face, you'll probably dig the Camry's, and the interior also receives a comprehensive update.
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The 2025 Toyota Camry marks the mid-size sedan's ninth generation.
For the first time, the Camry will be offered only in hybrid guise.
A revamped cabin borrows much of its new look from the Crown sedan.
While SUVs dominate the automotive landscape like some sort of fender-cladded solar eclipse, mid-size sedans soldier on as family-friendly alternatives that are a little more down to earth (literally). The Hyundai Sonata has been given a recent refresh, and Honda released a new generation of Accord last year. Now, it's time for the Toyota Camry to strut its stuff, and it's leapfrogging both of its major competitors by going hybrid-only.
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All Hybrid All the Time
If you're familiar with any of Toyota's other new hybrids like the Crown Signia, the 2025 Camry's powertrain will seem quite familiar. This latest iteration of Toyota's hybrid system combines a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four-cylinder gas engine with either two or three electric motors. The first two motors live up front and help provide front-driven power, while optional all-wheel drive—a first for hybrid Camrys, and available on all four trims—throws a third motor out back for extra traction. FWD hybrids will make 225 horsepower, while AWD bumps that up by a whopping seven horses, to 232 hp. A continuously variable automatic transmission is standard on both setups.
New Look Inside and Out
A few C/D editors have wondered aloud whether the Camry's new look qualifies above a mid-cycle refresh, but there's something to be said about sticking with what works. Of course, the ninth-gen Camry does look fairly different from the front, where new headlights pick up the same running-light style we've seen on the Prius and the Crown. Its beaky front bumper keeps that comparison going. From the side, it's more traditional Camry, and the rear end's new taillights look fresh but also familiar.
Meanwhile, the cabin features a bit more new stuff. A whole bunch of Crown influence has made its way into the Camry, including the same steering wheel as well as the medium-high center console and the console trim piece that rises and wraps around the passenger. (Thankfully, the Camry does not borrow the Crown's limited headroom.) It comes standard with a wireless phone charger and five USB ports across both rows. An 8.0-inch infotainment touchscreen and an 8.0-inch partially digital gauge cluster are standard on the LE and sportier SE trims, but both screens grow to 12.3 inches on XLE and XSE models.
Trim Levels and Pricing
Of the four trims on offer, they are bundled into two distinct halves. The LE and XLE reside on the cushier side, with the latter picking up front-side acoustic glass, larger wheels, fancier headlights, leather seating, a heated steering wheel, keyless entry, and ambient lighting. The SE and XSE are the sportier pair, carrying their own unique (and, obviously, stiffer) suspension tuning, in addition to black trim and different wheel designs. The XSE also picks up a giant black trim piece that spans the gap between the taillights, in addition to a body-colored rear diffuser and dual exhaust tips.
The 2025 Toyota Camry will make its way to the general public in 2024. Pricing is still a ways away, but for some context, the current Camry hybrid ranges from a hair under $30,000 to a bit over $35,000. Given the flashy kit crammed into the new one, we'd expect prices to rise a smidge but stay affordable overall.
The resale value of used ICE Toyota cars just went up.
That’s a surprise.
Plus added costs for impairment detection mandated for all. I thought it was originally 2025 but hearing 2026 now for forced implementation
At least it still has an ice motor it could be far worse
“more expensive”
No surprise since you are hauling around so much more machinery - conventional ICE engine, batteries, motors, highly customized system to blend the power of the two prime movers. Lots more machinery, lots more complexity, lots more weight, lots more to fail, lots more repair bills...
Car companies by necessity have to plan out years in advance. This decision was probably made at least 2-3 years ago. At that time the EV wave seemed unstoppable and it still may be. It is only recently that some of the real problems have become known with EV’s and they are big problems. Toyota was/is hedging their bets.
I’m surprised people still buy sedans. They aren’t useful for much more than hauling a few people and some groceries around.
Meh. Not really. Toyota is trying to thread a needle here with some green cred. They know EVs are a bust so they haven’t been wasting time on them. But hybrid is proven and acceptable to a lot of folks. And Toyota was on the front lines of that technology. So from a lot of angles this makes sense.
It’s not for me but a lot of people like them.
Not everybody needs a SUV, minivan or pickup truck................
Can’t stand CVT’s.
A couple of years back we rented a Camry to drive to Las Vegas from Northern California. The fuel mileage was great ( we drove big vehicles for our fair business,) but we couldn’t stand the seat design in the camry. We decided that a hybrid might even be a better deal and ended up purchasing a 2018 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid sedan with all the bells and whistles one could want. Averages out to 40 mpg and we are happy.
Frankly, I believe in hybrids over EV —yes there are drawbacks—but for fuel efficency its great.
The consumer should have the choice, not the government—otherwise we would all be driving those shoebox smart-cars.
I need, want, crave and enjoy my Jeep GC HEMI V8:
No more HEMIs after next year.
FULL ELECTRIC...........................
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That’s a real shame.
Just like the highly successful Prius.
Mpg ?
Its really being forced on them by US Federal Government bureaucrats.
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