Sakuragi

Very nice...

cM3go

Looks like a TL/Mazda6/GS

Bmerc89

Wow.

I didn't know a Toyota could look so good. Although I think the back looks even more like an ES330 now, the car as a whole is beautiful.

I'm actually looking forward to it now

MSZ

WOW.

I hope the next gen Accord looks nearly as good...

gavriil

Looks like the Avalon.

Teh Jatt

not bad.

1killercls

is it me or are cars just getting more ugly evry year.

biker

Maybe that's why the 06 changes for the Accord seem to be much more than a refresh.

I guess both Honda and Toyota got the word that bland and boring is not good enough anymore.

heyitsme

http://www.toyotanation.com/photos/s...ry.php/cat/771

titan

Logical evolution. The front looks just like the Avalon's baby brother, and the Corolla's older brother. The rear looks like it's been cribbed from the ES330. Looks nicer than what we have now.

subtledreamer

arent they making it look WAY too sporty than it should? i mean, come on, it's a middle-class, 4-door family sedan with kids in the backseat that i see no less than 100 around on any given day...

props on the design, but damn, they are implementing the design on the wrong car imo.

Time For Sleeep

It woudln't be a bad thing if they made the camry look this sporty... then design everything else to be sportier.

mrdeeno

I think toyota knows that even as mediocre as the accord looks, it was always a sportier alternative to the camry so this is its way of making a statemnet.

I'm just afraid what's going to happen on the roads with hundreds of thousand of soccer moms fishtailing, unless it includes a really aggressive VDC or other stability program. Most people don't know which wheels are driving thier accords and camries (I know one guy who swore his accord was rwd), and most don't care...until they start getting stuck in snow and fishtailing.

aaronnn

wayyyy nicer than the current camry. finally toyota decides to step up their bestseller's bland designs

now for honda to do the same for the accord.

heyitsme

Think its very unlikely the camry will be rwd. If that was there plan I think the avalon would have been rwd also. This camry should be interesting to see considering it will most likely be getting that new 3.5 engine.

youngTL

Are they gonna pull a Nissan and use that 3.5L in every damn car?

titan

What's wrong with that? The VQ is one of the best V6s in the world. And that's from winning Ward's 10 best engines year after year. Toyoat's new 3.5L is a good fit for the Avalon; a detuned, 260HP or so version would be a welcome change in the otherwise unexciting Camry.

gavriil

Probably. IT's so much cheaper. I am guessing direct injection will be widely used but only for premium cars.

gavriil

Think about that. 260HP from a Camry. Not many years ago, Z28 Camaros were pulling 275HP. I am talking about 1996-97, etc.

dom

93 was actually when the new Camaro with 275 came out.

gavriil

I dont doubt that but wasnt it selling with 275 still in 96-97? I am pretty sure it did cos that's when I bought my 210HP Eagle Talon TSi AWD and remember comparing.

dom

Misunderstood your post. Yes, I think 98 was when they got the power boost to 285 and then 300 for the SS.

youngTL

What's wrong with that? In and of itself, it's not a problem. But if they have a problem with a redesign of it, it affects more cars. And it's just boring. It doesn't give the cars much distinction. The Maxima drives almost the same as the Altima. Yes the VQ35DE is a good engine, but it seems like it's their ONLY good engine because they only put the research into that. The Altima 4 cylinder (the 2.5S) is a rough, unrefined engine compared to similiar 4 cylinders from competitors.

Belzebutt

Would they dare switch the North American Camry from FWD to RWD? Wouldn't people freak out?

mrdeeno

I guess you dont' know about or driven all of their offerings as Nissan has a lot more than the 3.5L VQ. And of course the maxima is going to drive like the altima, not only are they using the same engine, they are built on the same platform. But you can't say that the 350z drives the same as an altima, which uses the same engine but different platforms can you?. Or for that fact is an fx35 going to drive the same as a 350z?

And also, BMW does the same thing. Their inline 6 is available in the 3-series, x3, x5, z4, and 5-series. does their x3 drive the same as their 5?

MB is doing the same with the 3.5l v6. Is an SLK350 going to drive the same as an e350?

Honda does the same thing, every v6 car has the same engine (except the nsx) but tuned with different displacements. Are you telling me the RL will drive exactly like a ridgeline since they share the same engine?

come to think of it, MOST if not all manufacturers have 1 engine they use in most of their modesl and they don't seem to have a problem with design/development or distinction between their models.

There's a magical thing called "engineering" that makes it all possible.

heyitsme

Hope a new Solara isn't far behind.

Shoofin

"If you build it, they will come"

titan

Mrdeeno echoed alot of my thoughts, as well as Gav. Using the same engine will greatly reduce the costs for the manufactuer. Also, once such an engine's kinks are taken care of, warranty costs goes down. Any engine used in this application (the VQ's a fine example), is very flexible. It can be tuned to different hp's, etc. And When applied to different vehicles and platforms, may very well give different driving impressions. I think that it's a wise move on Toyota's part. Spreading the VQ around as liberally as they did has been a major part of Nissan's saving grace; both because of costs savings and the fact that it's an awesome engine in it's own right. Toyota's shrewd enough to know it's not so perfect it can't learn a few new (or old) tricks from competitors.

AsianRage

That's a good looking camry.

Moog-Type-S

That thing is horrible!
Pure Crap!

ostrich

When is Toyota going to get rid of DERIVATIVE STYLING and start being original?

Infamous425

if they start being original they might end up with something ugly like the tribeca

1killercls

F23A4

...looks better than the current Camry. I'm curious as to how the new ES will look.

titan

Rumor is it'll be based off the next gen rwd Avalon.

AsianRage

Motor Trend or Road & Track said that the current ES will be the last car to use a Toyota Platform. With the current GS and new IS utitlizing newly developed platform(s), that statement seems very true.

titan

You may be right. Like I said, it's a rumor. Who knows.

gavriil

Spy Shots: '07 Toyota Camry - - by Brenda Priddy - - Source: The Car Connection

gavriil

After BMW's refresh on the 7er, now the Camry and 7er look even more alike from the rear.

Moog-Type-S

Needs more black tape!