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i hate camry
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It's a competition for new models, so for any given year, the winner doesn't compete with winners from previous years. which is a strange way of setting up a competition. it's essentially a 'rookie of the year' award.
I like the C&D 10 best car much better. As far as I can remember, Camry has never won a spot on C&D. Anyway, the Camry isn't a bad car, at least in terms of looks surely beats the current accord. Civic and Ridgeline won the MT awards last year. |
This is sad.....
....... so will Toyota Corolla win next year??? YAWN...........
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Originally Posted by biker
Meh.
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Originally Posted by Landocommando12
The front end of that thing is hideous.
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How could the current gen Camry be the hottest selling car in America if I hardly see them on the road? I still see more Accords than the Camry.
The Camry is boring and overall Toyota of a brand is boring in their car designs and performance compared to Honda and Nissan cars. |
Originally Posted by GreenMonster
:nod: It looks like it's got a big bucktooth for a grille :teef:
http://i18.ebayimg.com/06/i/07/cc/75/46_12.JPG |
Kudos to Toyota. I see the new Camrys all over the place.
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Originally Posted by ostrich
....... so will Toyota Corolla win next year??? YAWN...........
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Originally Posted by phile
Why not? The Civic won last year...and it's not a particularly attractive car, especially the sedan.
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I'm not impressed. When part of the criteria for winning this award is how the winner will market the car, well, it's not really saying much about the award.
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Originally Posted by charliemike
I'm not impressed. When part of the criteria for winning this award is how the winner will market the car, well, it's not really saying much about the award.
The Mercedes G-Class winning the SUV of the year was a significant win - plenty of new models it had to compete with (MDX, RDX, Mazda CX-7, etc), and those were good competition. |
Originally Posted by phile
Besides that, it's sort of a dubious honor...the criteria for competiting requires a car to be either completely new or vastly changed. And this year, there ain't many new sedans the Camry had to compete with to win. About the only cars to give the Camry any competition were the Altima and the S-Class. Kia Rondo? I don't even know what that is LOL. But I still think the Camry is an excellent car for the majority of buyers out there.
The Mercedes G-Class winning the SUV of the year was a significant win - plenty of new models it had to compete with (MDX, RDX, Mazda CX-7, etc), and those were good competition. That is retarded, a 60k+ suv beating out suv's down to 25k is a REAL accomplishment, WOW, "and those were good competition." Dumb/ass, sorry you seem to be IT. |
the camry set the new benchmark for family sedans and is way ahead of all its competition in a major market segment.
so it winning car of the year is very reasonable. |
Originally Posted by phile
Besides that, it's sort of a dubious honor...the criteria for competiting requires a car to be either completely new or vastly changed. And this year, there ain't many new sedans the Camry had to compete with to win. About the only cars to give the Camry any competition were the Altima and the S-Class. Kia Rondo? I don't even know what that is LOL. But I still think the Camry is an excellent car for the majority of buyers out there.
The Mercedes G-Class winning the SUV of the year was a significant win - plenty of new models it had to compete with (MDX, RDX, Mazda CX-7, etc), and those were good competition. |
Originally Posted by jwong77
You forget the BMW 3 Series came out this year.
This year's field of contenders for Car of the Year included: Chevrolet Aveo, Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Caliber, Honda Fit, Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Entourage, Infiniti G35, Jaguar XK, Jeep Compass, Kia Optima, Kia Rondo, Kia Sedona, Lexus ES 350, Lexus LS 460, Mercedes Benz S-Class, Nissan Altima, Nissan Sentra, Nissan Versa, Porsche Cayman, Saturn Aura, Saturn Sky Redline, Suzuki SX4, Toyota Camry, Toyota Yaris, Volvo C70 T5, Volkswagen EOS, and Volkswagen Rabbit. |
Drove my uncles Camry on the weekend for an hour. Reminded me of a sofa....it was rock solid. But nothing to be excited about.
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Could've been two for two, but the Honda Accord amazingly retains its spot on C&D's 10Best list for 2007.
http://www.caranddriver.com/bestcars...da-accord.html |
An interesting take on the future of the Camry:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16774146/ “Camry buyers are on average in their low to mid-50s, and if Toyota doesn’t change the trajectory ... the Camry will become the Oldsmobile or the Buick of 20 years from now,” he said. “Their customers will be the oldest Americans, who are dying out of the market every day. Toyota is adamant that they are not going to let this happen, but they may be powerless to change it.” |
In Europe, cars like the Golf GTI (this previous year), Renault Clio Sport, Honda Civic Type-R, and BMW 3er are named cars of the year.
In America... :D :tomato: |
Originally Posted by biker
Reminds me of the Dudley Moore "Crazy People" movie: Volvo. They're boxy, but they're good. Essentially, that's where Toyota's heading. You really can't say much more than Toyota. They're boring, but they're good. |
Originally Posted by charliemike
Essentially, that's where Toyota's heading. You really can't say much more than Toyota. They're boring, but they're good.
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Originally Posted by biker
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Originally Posted by biker
An interesting take on the future of the Camry:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16774146...to change it.” |
Originally Posted by biker
Toyota wouldn't mind the label as long as the sales keep happening. The point of the article tho was that eventually the demographics will kill (pun intended) the sales. :toocool:
I was agreeing with the premise. |
Interesting...there's a TRD of the Aurion--which is Australia's equivalent of the Camry.
WYHI...? http://www.cycloneinjapan.com/upload...urion_gray.jpg Press release... "TRD unveiled its forthcoming version of the car at the Melbourne show back in March, and this week announced that the performance of the engine it's developed for the TRD Aurion has exceeded the targets set for it. The 3.5L V6 gets force-fed via Eaton's new twin-vortices supercharger, which makes its production vehicle debut in this application. TRD's Australian arm hasn't released hard numbers yet, but indicates that the engine's planned output of 235 kW / 320 HP is among the specs that have been exceeded." |
Considering that the regular 3.5 V6 already makes about 270HP, a 50 HP increase from a supercharger is not very impressive. The looks of the car OTOH....:toocool:
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Is that coming to the USA? That's probably the hottest Camry I've ever seen.
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Make a 4 cylinder LE model and modify it to look plain and the Indians here in Central NJ will go BONKERS over it. :tongue:
Seriously though, :agree: with biker. |
More pics?
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:eek:
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thats pretty hot but japanese camry > aussie > na
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Wonder if it still drives like a boat, though.
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Originally Posted by Infamous425
thats pretty hot but japanese camry > aussie > na
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nm japanese and aussie camry are the same. either way they look better than the camry we get
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Asia spec Toyota Camry
I didn't have time to go through all the pages of this thread so apologies if these pics have been posted earlier.
I'm in Singapore right now, and they have different versions of the Camry. I think the Asian spec Camry looks way better than the US spec. It looks like a true luxury car. Here are some pics: http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/Im...m243-89721.jpg http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/Im...m243-89562.jpg http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/Im...m243-89564.jpg http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/Im...m243-89565.jpg http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/Im...m243-89571.jpg http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/Im...m243-89572.jpg Here's the link: http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/ca...ca/gallery.asp The front and rear of this Camry look beautiful IMO. I especially like the detail in the headlights. You can also check out the Royal Crown on their hope page. It's also a bad ass looking car. Kind of looks like the old LS. |
^ Those are nifty pictures. :nod:
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Originally Posted by Black TL
I didn't have time to go through all the pages of this thread so apologies if these pics have been posted earlier.
I'm in Singapore right now, and they have different versions of the Camry. I think the Asian spec Camry looks way better than the US spec. It looks like a true luxury car.The front and rear of this Camry look beautiful IMO. I especially like the detail in the headlights. You can also check out the Royal Crown on their hope page. It's also a bad ass looking car. Kind of looks like the old LS. :nod: No question about that. Similarly, I posted in another thread how well equipped the JDM Honda Inspire is versus the USDM Honda Accord (though the exterior does not vary much between both). The Camry in those pics is more of a looker than our version. |
If they did the US Camry like the asian/japanese version, then what's the point of getting an Avalon and even the ES350?
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Originally Posted by 04EuroAccordTsx
If they did the US Camry like the asian/japanese version, then what's the point of getting an Avalon and even the ES350?
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I actually think the US version Camry SE is quite the looker, the blacked out mesh grill and body kit look fantastic to me. Light years better then anything we've had from Toyota in years. And leaps and bounds better then any current 7th gen Accord.
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those mufflers that come out of the bumpers are cool.....damn...did i just say a Toyota looked cool???
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
Interesting...there's a TRD of the Aurion--which is Australia's equivalent of the Camry.
WYHI...? http://www.cycloneinjapan.com/upload...urion_gray.jpg Press release... the aussie camry is the same as the american camry...save for a few exterior differences. And from what I can see, the asian market camry is the equivalent to australia's aurion. |
Originally Posted by Black Tire
those mufflers that come out of the bumpers are cool.....damn...did i just say a Toyota looked cool???
If you're talking about this picture, those aren't mufflers...most likely inset reflectors. look at the lower right of the car and you can see the exhaust pipe below the bumper. |
Originally Posted by Black Tire
those mufflers that come out of the bumpers are cool.....damn...did i just say a Toyota looked cool???
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Originally Posted by Black TL
I didn't have time to go through all the pages of this thread so apologies if these pics have been posted earlier.
I'm in Singapore right now, and they have different versions of the Camry. I think the Asian spec Camry looks way better than the US spec. It looks like a true luxury car. Here are some pics: Here's the link: http://www.toyotasingapore.com.sg/ca...ca/gallery.asp The front and rear of this Camry look beautiful IMO. I especially like the detail in the headlights. You can also check out the Royal Crown on their hope page. It's also a bad ass looking car. Kind of looks like the old LS. Second, the Avalon's target market is the Buick crowd. It was again never really much of a luxury car as much as a BIG car (yes, there are distinction between the two). It is designed for the crowd that are used to huge American barges. |
Originally Posted by BUD001
Second, the Avalon's target market is the Buick crowd. It was again never really much of a luxury car as much as a BIG car (yes, there are distinction between the two). It is designed for the crowd that are used to huge American barges.
I think Road and Track addresses the Avalon very well with this quote:
Originally Posted by staff of Road and Track
With options that include the nav system, heated and cooled leather seats, alloy wheels, laser cruise control and a power sunshade, it could be only a matter of time before the Avalon makes the Lexus ES 350 (which shares its amenities) superfluous.
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Originally Posted by MrChad
I actually think the US version Camry SE is quite the looker, the blacked out mesh grill and body kit look fantastic to me. Light years better then anything we've had from Toyota in years. And leaps and bounds better then any current 7th gen Accord.
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Toyota CNG Camry Hybrid Concept Revealed
From WCF...
Hearing any news from Toyota these days inevitably sounds like a taunt to the Big 3. It's not their fault, really. They're getting pummeled in sales too but they're not in jeopardy of imminent collapse and still have plenty of revenue streaming in and cash on hand to weather the storm. So while the US automakers are drowning and begging for cash just to meet their payrolls, Toyota is rolling out its latest in hybrid technology: a natural gas hybrid. The CNG Camry Hybrid is a concept car but it does provide some interesting numbers. With the natural gas equivalent of about 8 gallons of gasoline, the CNG Camry Hybrid gets a range of about 250 miles (or 400 km). That's an impressive pocketbook stat. It also emits lower levels of harmful emissions like NO-x, CO, CO2 gases as well as polluting particle matter. But the car requires natural gas tanks, which must be cylindrical, in the spare-tire well and therefore come with runflat tires. Natural gas is also less dense, hence, less powerful, than gasoline or diesel fuel. It's only a concept and there are no plans for production. The CNG Camry Hybrid goes on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Wednesday. |
ew
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How is that a hybrid? I don't recall anyone calling the CNG Civic a hybrid. Hybrid between what? :rolleyes:
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the front end looks like michael jackson
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^ :spit:
Designer obviously was inspired by voldemort's face. |
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