Next-Generation Camry Set for Debut Next Year

BMWDave · June 23, 2005, 09:23:35 PM

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Next-Generation Camry Set for Debut Next Year
Date Posted 06-23-2005

Toyota goes to great lengths to keep its upcoming models under wraps, but we've got the latest photos of the 2007 Toyota Camry that will go on sale early next year. Unlike the 2007 Honda Accord that's getting a minor face-lift, the next-generation Camry will be all-new from the ground up.

As our spy photos show, this Camry will have a more distinctive shape than the slab-sided design of the current model. With Toyota's newfound emphasis on more dramatic designs, expect to see a more stylish interior as well. Already one of the bigger sedans in its segment, the 2007 Camry prototype in the spy pictures looks as though it may be even longer than the current model.

In addition to the usual four- and six-cylinder power plants, this will be the first generation of the Camry to offer a hybrid drivetrain. Like the RX 400h, the Camry Hybrid will most likely combine electric motors with a gas V6 to deliver even better performance than the standard six-cylinder. The Camry Hybrid will be built in Georgetown, Kentucky, making it the first Toyota hybrid to be built in the United States.

Non-hybrid models will most likely get slightly improved versions of the current engines, so expect a base four-cylinder with roughly 170 to 180 horsepower. Higher-line V6 models should fall in the 250-260-hp range, enough to keep it competitive without pushing too close to the 280-hp Avalon.

Look for a possible debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in October, with sales beginning in the U.S. next year.

TBR · June 23, 2005, 09:25:07 PM

Sounds great, but they need to inject some emotion before I will consider the Camry to be best in class.

SargeMonkey · June 23, 2005, 10:09:48 PM

Looks like a nother winner, lots of duct tape on that model, I wonder what option package that is?

ifcar · June 24, 2005, 06:00:37 AM

Looks horridly bloated, more so than the current version. It should, at least, sport a more-attractive interior.

BMWDave · June 24, 2005, 06:11:38 AM

It looks to sport a more nicely, cleanly designed exterior as well.

ifcar · June 24, 2005, 06:17:02 AM

QuoteIt looks to sport a more nicely, cleanly designed exterior as well.

Not if these pics are any indication. <_<

Fire It Up · June 24, 2005, 07:30:48 AM

It has tiny wheels.

BMWDave · June 24, 2005, 08:06:43 AM

I think you can tell from that picture.

ifcar · June 24, 2005, 08:10:27 AM

You can tell what? :blink:

BMWDave · June 24, 2005, 08:15:09 AM

QuoteYou can tell what? :blink:

That it has a nice clean design.

ifcar · June 24, 2005, 08:16:48 AM

You think so? It just looks like the current Camry, but fatter, to me.

BMWDave · June 24, 2005, 08:17:23 AM

QuoteYou think so? It just looks like the current Camry, but fatter, to me.

It looks less floaty, and lower to the ground.

Fire It Up · June 24, 2005, 08:23:37 AM

I agree that the shape is clean....but look at the friggin rear wheel!

BMWDave · June 24, 2005, 08:26:01 AM

QuoteI agree that the shape is clean....but look at the friggin rear wheel!

These are just mules....the production ones will probably have different wheels.

ifcar · June 24, 2005, 08:26:09 AM

I think the lower to the ground aspect is an illusion, thanks to the black car over the shadow.

BMWDave · June 24, 2005, 08:29:38 AM

I dont think its an allusion...the current camry's butt looks like its headed toward outer space.

Fire It Up · June 24, 2005, 08:32:53 AM

Are those Avalon tails I see?

ifcar · June 24, 2005, 08:39:18 AM

QuoteI dont think its an allusion...the current camry's butt looks like its headed toward outer space.

That's just because the back bumper is mounted high:

Raza · June 24, 2005, 11:57:56 AM

Still looks slab sided to me.

Hope they re-engineered the suspension.

thewizard16 · June 26, 2005, 01:28:27 PM

I'm interested to see what they'll come up with. I was worried back in 2002, (we'd bought our newer camry not too long before that) thinking they'd mess up a winner, and when they brought out a new model, I was very wrong. They made it much better than the previous one, which I'd thought was the best at the time. I'm sure they won't risk doing anything stupid with the new Camry, they like/need that best seller, but I hope that it looks a little more angular and a little less rounded. From the spy shots, however, that doesn't appear to be the case.

CaseyNPham · July 01, 2005, 07:11:28 PM

QuoteLooks like a nother winner, lots of duct tape on that model, I wonder what option package that is?

Well, I guess their secret to making sure their cars never fall apart is to make sure all the piece stay together!

BMWDave · July 02, 2005, 08:34:25 PM

QuoteI'm interested to see what they'll come up with. I was worried back in 2002, (we'd bought our newer camry not too long before that) thinking they'd mess up a winner, and when they brought out a new model, I was very wrong. They made it much better than the previous one, which I'd thought was the best at the time. I'm sure they won't risk doing anything stupid with the new Camry, they like/need that best seller, but I hope that it looks a little more angular and a little less rounded. From the spy shots, however, that doesn't appear to be the case.

It certainly isnt less rounded, but the looks is more cohesive and pleasing to the eye, IMO.