Whereas the RAV4 stands out because the best-selling Toyota in the USA, the Japanese model is not forgetting about its number-two best-seller: the Camry. The perennially standard sedan will quickly enter a brand new technology, and a preview picture offers us an early have a look at the mannequin.
Toyota’s preview picture retains a lot of the new Camry’s design beneath wraps. It merely reveals what seems like a part of a trunk lid with a horizontal piece of trim that presumably wears “CAMRY” lettering and lights that look thinner than those fitted to the current-generation mannequin’s. We thought {that a} sketch leaked in September 2023 revealed the brand new sedan’s entrance finish, however that turned out to be a false alarm.
One factor is for positive: the “AWD” and “HEV” emblems affirm that the next-generation Camry might be out there with all-wheel-drive and a hybrid drivetrain. Each choices seem on the present Camry’s record of accessible options, however they cannot be ordered collectively. The hybrid system is at the moment solely appropriate with front-wheel-drive, and the all-wheel-drive system is just appropriate with the two.5-liter four-cylinder engine.
Toyota will unveil the next-generation Camry on November 14 at 10:00 p.m. Japanese time, which is 7:00 p.m. in California. Extra particulars concerning the sedan may emerge within the coming days, and we would see the brand new Camry within the metallic for the primary time on the Los Angeles Auto Present.
In the event you’re questioning why Toyota spent cash on a brand new Camry when patrons gravitate towards crossovers, a look at 2022’s gross sales figures will reply your query. In the USA, the RAV4 topped the model’s gross sales chart with 399,941 models bought. Second place went to the Camry with 295,201 gross sales. That is a giant drop in comparison with 2021, when 313,795 new models of the Camry discovered a house, however the sedan stays comparatively standard. It outsold the Corolla (222,216 models), the Tacoma (237,323 models), and the whole Lexus division (258,704 models).
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