Gen 7 Camry - list of features that I want

[bluemoose]

I'm waiting for Gen 7 to come out.... Surely the Toyota designers have already
started working on Gen 7 by now.... It's only 5 or 6 years away....

Feature that I want to see on Gen 7:



LED low-beam headlights (like on the new Audi / Lexus)

exterior rearview mirrors with intergrated turn signal lamps

All-Wheel-Drive option (maybe a $2000 option? necessary for some folks)

wagon variant (probably will only sell well in Japan)

a true sport version with supercharged V6 packing at least 300 horses, and maybe manual?

rain-repelling side window glass(come on, Toyota, this has already been standard on Lexus for 7+ years)





I'll check this thread in 2012 or 2013 to see how many of these item become reality!

[icec0ld]

uhhhhhh audi and lexus do NOT have LED for lowbeams... maybe you mean HID which can easily be fixed.

exterior rear view mirrors with integrated turn signal lamps can also be easily fixed as well.

[akira751]

Originally Posted by bluemoose

I'm waiting for Gen 7 to come out.... Surely the Toyota designers have already
started working on Gen 7 by now.... It's only 5 or 6 years away....

Feature that I want to see on Gen 7:



LED low-beam headlights (like on the new Audi / Lexus)

exterior rearview mirrors with intergrated turn signal lamps

All-Wheel-Drive option (maybe a $2000 option? necessary for some folks)

wagon variant (probably will only sell well in Japan)

a true sport version with supercharged V6 packing at least 300 horses, and maybe manual?

rain-repelling side window glass(come on, Toyota, this has already been standard on Lexus for 7+ years)





I'll check this thread in 2012 or 2013 to see how many of these item become reality!

4Runner has had rain- repelling side windows for a few years now

[bluemoose]

Originally Posted by icec0ld

uhhhhhh audi and lexus do NOT have LED for lowbeams... maybe you mean HID which can easily be fixed.

exterior rear view mirrors with integrated turn signal lamps can also be easily fixed as well.

No, I do not mean HID... I've had HID on my last car since 1996... so HID is great, but
a decade-old technology already... (!)

I mean LED (light-emitting diode) low-beam headlights like these two:


2008 Lexus LS600hL with LED low-beam headlights
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t131399.html


LED headlights available on Audi R8 from late 2007
http://www.ledsmagazine.com/news/3/10/23


I'm going to guess that even if LED headlights don't make it to the Gen 7 Camry,
there will definitely be retrofit kits from aftermarket sources!

[bluemoose]

Originally Posted by akira751

4Runner has had rain- repelling side windows for a few years now

Thanks! I didn't know that.... I always loved the rain-repelling side window glass on my mom's Lexus...

I also retrofitted my Gen 6 2007 Camry with rain-repelling glass.

It's called "Rain-X" !!!!!! (but it requires re-application every few months)

[white3ch0c0late]

Originally Posted by bluemoose

I'm going to guess that even if LED headlights don't make it to the Gen 7 Camry,
there will definitely be retrofit kits from aftermarket sources!

I'm not following your logic on this one. The Gen 6 doesn't even come with HIDs... why would they put LED headlights on the Gen 7?

Retrofit kits? They don't have any of the sort for any Camry to date for HIDs even. All retrofits are custom. Why would there be one for this?

Don't you think its a little early to be discussing this? The Gen 7 won't be out until 2012.

[bluemoose]

Originally Posted by white3ch0c0late

Don't you think its a little early to be discussing this? The Gen 7 won't be out until 2012.

Here's hoping that somebody at Toyota monitors ToyotaNation... just to give them some ideas....

Toyota is one of the few automakers that constantly bombard us with commercials that claim their cars/trucks/SUVs/minivans were designed with owner input.....


As for the LEDs, my guess is that there is zero chance that it will be on the Gen 7 Camry.
However, a couple of Lexus models, in additions to the LS, will probably get it.... These new
gadgets always trickle down from the top-end models...

I remember back in 1991 when my sister bought the first 1991 Mercedes W140 S-class. It had a power rear sunshade and I thought that was the coolest feature ever.... I kept playing with it by hitting the power switch, up and down, up and down... That was 16 years ago.... now even a Toyota can be had with a rear sunshade.(power ones on the Avalon, and manual ones on the Camry) I later helped her install xenon headlights in that '91 S-class. Back then, there were no kits and we had to order every little part from Germany. (this was 1995)

[wireless]

Nail hit on head. Top line models. You could buy 3 loaded SE V6 Camry's for what it would cost for a R8 and/or LS600hl

[yeuemhoai]

They worn out and become regular windows after a while like my 7-year young RX300. Around 5th year I start seeing rain drops on the windows

Originally Posted by bluemoose

Thanks! I didn't know that.... I always loved the rain-repelling side window glass on my mom's Lexus...

I also retrofitted my Gen 6 2007 Camry with rain-repelling glass.

It's called "Rain-X" !!!!!! (but it requires re-application every few months)

[bluemoose]

Originally Posted by yeuemhoai

They worn out and become regular windows after a while like my 7-year young RX300. Around 5th year I start seeing rain drops on the windows

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Hmmmm.... that's odd, my mother also has the '01 RX300 and the front side windows
are still repelling rain perfectly. Even in moderate to heavy rain, the windows are practically free of rain drops, as long as the speed is above 35mph. I borrowed it and drove from OH to NH last month and it was raining most of the way...


Come to think of it, I think it's because she rarely washes her RX300.... She only gets it washed/vacuumed/shampooed by the Lexus dealer every 3 to 4 months during the oil changes... Her Lexus extended warranty runs out in just under 1000 miles, perhaps I'll tell the dealer that the rain-repelling glass had "stopped working" and ask them to replace both front door windows, no?

[IPDaily]

Originally Posted by bluemoose

LED low-beam headlights (like on the new Audi / Lexus)

if they're just now putting that into high-end cars like the lexus, it'll be quite a while before the technology trickles down into toyotas

Originally Posted by bluemoose

exterior rearview mirrors with intergrated turn signal lamps

they already have that on the japan camry i believe

Originally Posted by bluemoose

All-Wheel-Drive option (maybe a $2000 option? necessary for some folks)

i doubt they'll do that... that's a feature that's generally exclusive to the higher-end cars

Originally Posted by bluemoose

wagon variant (probably will only sell well in Japan)

that would never sell... soccer moms don't buy wagons anymore, they all buy monster trucks now

Originally Posted by bluemoose

a true sport version with supercharged V6 packing at least 300 horses, and maybe manual?

again if they do that at all, it'll be with the lexus, not with the lower end cars

Originally Posted by bluemoose

rain-repelling side window glass(come on, Toyota, this has already been standard on Lexus for 7+ years)

that'll probably happen sometime soon...

[moky-tron]

the gen 6 camry in japan has a 4WD version
http://toyota.jp/camry/grade/grade/index.html

they alhave have the hid option in the gen 6 camry in japan
http://toyota.jp/camry/safety/active/index.html

[geoff5093]

I have a feeling the Gen7 Camry may have an AWD option, because the Taurus now has an option for AWD, and pretty much all mid/upper end cars offer it now.

[pillpusher84]

Originally Posted by bluemoose

I'm waiting for Gen 7 to come out.... Surely the Toyota designers have already
started working on Gen 7 by now.... It's only 5 or 6 years away....

Feature that I want to see on Gen 7:



LED low-beam headlights (like on the new Audi / Lexus)

exterior rearview mirrors with intergrated turn signal lamps

All-Wheel-Drive option (maybe a $2000 option? necessary for some folks)

wagon variant (probably will only sell well in Japan)

a true sport version with supercharged V6 packing at least 300 horses, and maybe manual?

rain-repelling side window glass(come on, Toyota, this has already been standard on Lexus for 7+ years)





I'll check this thread in 2012 or 2013 to see how many of these item become reality!

You gotta leave something for Lexus, or what's my incentive to spend $15k+ more on a Lexus vs. a Toyota???

Plus 2012 is 4 years away .... why are we discussing this now?!?!

[CharmCityES]

air cooled seats would be nice