If they're trying to market it to teens, I can tell you from personal experience that it hasn't worked =( I'm 18, and I think that thing is fugly. I'd choose less of those weird bumps (lines you've been calling them?) all over the car that makes it look like it was made out of silly putty. Streamline it, maybe with a single line across the doorhandles, like in this pic. I was really excited about that look. Ah well.
Next step is modding it to look like how I want it, I guess. That's a long way to go for me...
I'd get it (I'm 24)... seems to be everything I'm lookin for in a car. I like the design more than the current gen Maxima (which i've always liked until this gen), and i'm hoping it handles just as good as the Mazda 6 (which looks good but the Camry seems to have more goodies).
Keep in mind that I'm comin from a 98 Avalon so maybe anything handles better than that ...FWIW the tC handled nice when I drove it and I've never driven the current-gen Max.
If the 3.3L could do it in 8 sec
8/1.4 = ~5.7sec
it sounds possible because avalon could do it in 6.1 sec with 5speedauto + heavier!
almost as fast as an IS
i think it can out run G35, 330, or TL!
Don't get me wrong, I still want one, but I do think the LE, XLE grill is ugly. it's amazing to me how different the car looks from those ugly slots to the cool SE grill.
I can't uinnderstand how there wasn't more dissent in the design team when they introduced those slots. I bet they will get less sales than they could have gotten from some who think that grill is ugly.
But I think all the other features this will still be a great seller..
It's funny I'm looking to change out the slots on an LE to that sport grill on the front and some others are more interesded in the LED's in the rear which doesn't concern me.
Hopefully we'll all be able to swap out the parts we want.
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On the news they have been promoting the new Dodge Challenger, and Chevy Camaro. Two very nice cars, but neither will be in production anytime soon, if ever.
But the Camry , which WILL be around got no mention. What do you expect from our media? They ushally leave out 50% of every story anyway. We all know that from the war coverage.
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see how a little change can make it look so much better.
now go submit that to toyota. oops. too late. lol. hopefully gen 5.5 will do something with the grille. other cues from this camry that i'm not feeling: the double deck ish styling that bmw has in the 7 series, the bubbled front fender, the slightly raised tailights that stick out a little bit; and lines where they shouldn't be (hard to point out)
it has some L-Finesse shoved into it, which was applied very nicely in the IS and ok in the GS, but the camry didn't swallow the cues like those cars did.
but anywaiz... man, the m.p.g. difference between the 2.4 and the 3.5 is barely there. good move with the soon-to-be-common GR series engine. expect the GR (especially the 2GR) to pop up in many applications (like the VQ engines in so many nissans). the version in the RAV4 helpes it out-accelerate its class to 60 by at least a whole 2 seconds, and is the 3rd fastest vehicle in the U.S. toyota lineup- next to the avalon and the x-runner (according to car and driver). the camry will probably be the fastest U.S. toyota car now, right next to the avalon. with that power you can easily imagine this camry at least keeping up with those VQ cars, lower-class bimmers and benzes, and who knows what...
On the news they have been promoting the new Dodge Challenger, and Chevy Camaro. Two very nice cars, but neither will be in production anytime soon, if ever.
But the Camry , which WILL be around got no mention. What do you expect from our media? They ushally leave out 50% of every story anyway. We all know that from the war coverage.
the camry was never a high-key car. that's what makes it such a wonder. it's so bland in many aspects (including marketing and advertising) and yet sells so much. sure, the camry would sit in the actual showroom floors for a while in some dealerships, but most of the time, they will sit outside in a sea of camrys. you usually see some uber-accecorized suv, truck, solara, or even avalon in the showroom floors.
my point: the camry doesn't need those promotions from the media. the camry is like the boring subject that they know will be the most important. it's like cable tv: you can create all this hype about a new channel on cable that won't last, or would appeal to such a small crowd, and there would be a lot of INITIAL appeal. on the other hand, you won't make so much hype of the major networks on tv, but you know they are the most important because of news, major event coverage, and whatnot.
"you won't make so much hype of the major networks on tv, but you know they are the most important because of news, major event coverage, and whatnot."
No more, do you see how the network news ratings keep droping like stones?
They don't have round the clock coverage.
With all the cable news the networks are scared. Especially with Fox news around.
I love to watch the network news and then watch Brit Hume on Fox for the REAL story!
You notice he always tells you what they left out of the regular news. Some peolple think they are the ones who are biased but their brains have been turned to mush by the networks for so long they can't see the truth when it's presented to them.
This new Camry, especially the 6 IS a great story. I almost bought the 6 cyl Accord because it was so damm quick. But i could not take the hard ride lossening my fillings!
Now I'll get a screamer with a great ride. Sweet.
Anyway your redo of the front end looks cool. Did you see how cool that Challenger and Camaro looked? How come they never produce a car as cool as all the prototypes they display?
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Well the media sure as hell was talking about Honda's Civic and Ridgeline so why not talk about the best selling car in America for 8 of the last 9 years???
And I wonder why Toyota didn't black-out the headlights like Honda did with the Civic. Both have similar headlights but now the SE basically has nothing to differentiate it (externally) from other trim level besides the ground effects kit and that tacky ass spoiler that doesn't even have a stop lamp. Hopefully Toyota will listen to all the negatives and incorporate these either next year or when the mid-grade redesign (6.5) comes out.
Don't get me wrong, I still want one, but I do think the LE, XLE grill is ugly. it's amazing to me how different the car looks from those ugly slots to the cool SE grill.
I can't uinnderstand how there wasn't more dissent in the design team when they introduced those slots. I bet they will get less sales than they could have gotten from some who think that grill is ugly.
But I think all the other features this will still be a great seller..
It's funny I'm looking to change out the slots on an LE to that sport grill on the front and some others are more interesded in the LED's in the rear which doesn't concern me.
Hopefully we'll all be able to swap out the parts we want.
I personally don't find the grille that ugly. I cleaned it up a little bit (I dont have Photoshop so it isn't perfect like on TN members make it) and it looks kinda elegant.
This is how it should have been made. The hood line should have been down near the bottom of the headlights like on the current Gen 5s. Why Toyota didn't do this is beyond me.
I personally don't find the grille that ugly. I cleaned it up a little bit (I dont have Photoshop so it isn't perfect like on TN members make it) and it looks kinda elegant.
This is how it should have been made. The hood line should have been down near the bottom of the headlights like on the current Gen 5s. Why Toyota didn't do this is beyond me.
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I like the design more than the current gen Maxima (which i've always liked until this gen), and i'm hoping it handles just as good as the Mazda 6 (which looks good but the Camry seems to have more goodies).
...FWIW the tC handled nice when I drove it and I've never driven the current-gen Max.
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