Toyota Camry

I have not owned a Camry, but as a racing car owner/driver spanning 44 years, I think I know just a tad about cars. Over the past year or two I have had numerous trips in Camry Hybrid taxis, and I have been mightily impressed by even the high mileage examples. (And by "high" I am talking 600,000 Km plus) They have impressive torque (acceleration)… Read more

from any speed and yet, are light on fuel consumption while doing it. The other thing that really impresses me is their suspension, which remains "tight", as opposed to "bouncy", even at advanced mileage. Apparently a replacement battery would cost around $3000, as opposed to the battery of a fully electric Tesla which costs $30,000 to replace... and you don't have to plug the Camry into charge everynight! When I get over my obsession with sportscars, I will definitely be buying a Camry.

Synthesis of Style, Performance, and Innovation – Under the hood, the Camry delivers a spirited performance, offering a dynamic driving experience with responsive handling and efficient fuel economy. Whether navigating city streets or cruising on the highway, the Camry's performance is reliable and enjoyable. Show details

DAB radio has started glitching on commercial digital radio stations – Approximately a month ago the digital audio radio stations started glitching or getting bad signal to the point where I can't use the DAB radio function on the car. Has anyone else experienced these issues as both of my camry's are experiencing the same problem? This problem fixed itself on both my cars and is no longer a problem. Show details

Excellent family sedan – What I love most about this car is how great it is to drive. It's smooth, quiet, has plenty of power and handles well in city traffic or cruising at 110 on the highway. Other notable features are the comfortable seats , fuel economy and overall fantastic build quality. Show details

Thirsty – Nearly $80 to fill this car up and gives at most 550kms and that's driving it like a turtle. Digital display constantly reads 11.3 liters per 100kms. To top it off, the engine is gutless. Beautiful car to drive but the suspension is too low to the ground and the interior roof height is also very low. The car is very comfy, but I just don't rate it Show details

Very disappointed - weeks out of warranty - $3,700 battery replacement – Purchased brand new in 2013, sold on a 8 year battery warranty. 77 days out of warranty battery fails with a bill of $3,700 to replace. Dealer contacted head office on my behalf which was declined. I contact head office regards warranty as was only just out, to be told no, they not coming to the party regarding this. Been in contact with the ACCC who state ACL states 77 days passed warranty is not acceptable. Show details

Hate my car – I think this car chews fuel and the body is to large for the interior size. I would not recommend this car to any of my friends or family. Always having issues with engine Show details

Legendary Reliable, they didn't lie about this – Best car I've ever had since was a student. I bought it as a pre-owned with 67,000 on clock. Now it's 170,000 but super smooth. Credits on you TOYOTA good job!

Totally reliable – While still working my last cars were all fancy Europeans - Saab, BMW & Audi. But I had serious problems with all of them, including breakdowns requiring towing, not to mention the high servicing costs. So on retiring I bought a 2013 (last year made in Australia?) Camry, as I had heard they were reliable. After 9 years the Camry still drives like… Read more

new – not one problem, not even a squeak or rattle, and just an annual service. For its price range I would score it good/excellent at everything. It’s unlikely I will ever need another car, but based on my experience if I do it would only ever be a Toyota, & probably a Camry.

Greater than the sum of its parts – I wrote a review of a HiAce which would be quite the same for a Camry and going by those experiences I wouldnt hesitate to claim the following review is applicable to any Toyota in that it/they are very economical, efficient, reliable vehicles. The parts are readily available and cheap but dont let the word cheap fool you in terms of quality. They… Read more

are quality parts. The thing is that they are so common so that everyone knows where to get parts and arnt hard to find like some other brands. But getting back to the whole vehicle the Camrys I have had experience with were mid 90s models and for their time and age they were comfortable and handle very well. Great size both small enough outside for traffic and parking and big enough inside for cargo and passengers and I drove a lot. With the right tire pressure and weather conditions I could get just shy of 700km on a single tank. That is pushing every corner and crevice of efficiency, wind direction or none at all, temperature... like I said I drove a lot.. even the gear you are in and the rpms and throwing into neutral down hills etc. But 700km on 1 tank in a Camry is very doable. Arigato Nippon.

Still magnificent – See my previous review and accolade (Dave) This car has now exceeded 860,000 kilometres (yes, again you read that correctly) The downside is its negative cachet and snob value though personally I consider it a plus. Another positive is its anti-theft system, the very best. Simply leave the keys in the ignition with the window open and no… Read more

self-respecting car thief would want to steal it let alone find it has a manual transmission which they couldn't even drive.

Thoroughly Decent Car – We purchased our Camry new in 2019. As of March 2022 it has travelled 45,000km. So far we have not had a single issue. It does what we expect without hassle. The fuel economy is excellent. Even on interstate trips it does around 5 litres per 100km at the speed limit with the A/C on. The hybrid system and the Atkinson cycle petrol engine combine… Read more

well. We drive it in economy mode all the time which is fine for normal use. Fuel consumption around town is similar. Unlike normal cars, heavy traffic doesn't trash the fuel economy. We use E10 petrol because it needs this or 95RON. The hybrid system has other advantages. When sitting in the car waiting for the school pickup, the air conditioning can be left running with the engine only starting now and then to charge the battery. The car is quite low. You have to keep an eye on ground clearance. The suspension as a result is taught. With the car loaded it's easy to push suspension to its comfort limits. In normal situations it's fine. The steering is nice. The seating could be better. The drivers seat in typical Japanese fashion lacks the adjustability I have in my Falcon. The for-aft movement is electric which is a pain. My wife is shorter than me. I have to stand there in the rain waiting for the seat to motor back before I can get in. A quick bar adjuster would be preferable. I'm 184cm tall. Thankfully the seat goes back far enough. The Sat Nav is unwanted and unnecessarily difficult to use. You can't turn it off or remove it from the main screen. Toyota's method of keeping tabs on the vehicle and how it's driven I'm guessing. Like most people, I navigate with my phone. My other car is a 2013 Falcon XR6 ECOLPI. Also a great car, but the list of gripes, faults and technical issues would be far longer than the Camry. I'm a mechanic, the attention to detail under the bonnet is impressive. Overall, the Camry is an excellent vehicle. I'd recommend it without hesitation.

Awesome every day car – Bought my Camry Hybrid in 2012, new, built in Australia. It is now 10 years old and it is an awesome car, especially while petrol prices are skyrocketing. I fill up every month to 6 weeks, saved the $4000 extra that hybrid costs before the car was even paid off. It's been 10 years and it's only needed usual general maintenance, and yes, the… Read more

battery is fine. The CVT is excellent, can't imagine going back to a traditional transmission, and the torque at the get go takes out any petrol road car. If you can beat me from a flat start then it was driver error, not the car. Going up hills at 110, may as well be flat road, it doesn't even acknowledge hills. Awesome everyday use car.

Great car – l bought a new toyota camry in 2003, l still have it and its done 320,000 and still drives very well, l have never had any serious problems with it and its never broken down once on the road, but l get it serviced regularly with a good mechanic, who knows it might last anther ten years and go to 500,000 km. l recommend if you want a reliable car, but l can only speak for the 2003 model l hope the other years are as good

Surprisingly nice to drive, but Toyota should take a leaf out of Tesla's book – I had to wait until the 2020 model was released to get Apple CarPlay support, which largely papers over the otherwise anaemic built in nav / computer. The 2019 model was missing this feature, which made it a hard-pass. Tesla has figured out that customers don't like to make a >$30K purchase and have its software go out-of-date within a couple of… Read more

years and never get updates. At least with CarPlay, the software will update when my phone updates.

The hybrid model had a non-optional electric sunroof, which made the interior so low that my head touched the headliner even with the seat at the bottom position! I'm only 180cm high, so this seemed to be a very strange design choice by Toyota, making the hybrid variant a hard pass as well. Another issue is that Toyota hybrids notoriously have very aggressive regenerative braking that is not non-adjustable. For comparison, Tesla allows the level to be adjusted. Again, this is just software, where Tesla is lightyears ahead, and Toyota lags very badly.

I got the 2.5 L petrol variant, which is "efficient enough" for my needs. Factoring in the lower price and the relatively good reliability of the Toyota, it was a no-brainer. This is where Tesla is just far too expensive and will never win out, even if electricity is free!

Fundamentally, the Camry has been a very nice car overall, and fantastic relative to its cost. It's smooth to drive, quiet, surprisingly powerful, and has almost every nice-to-have feature I want, but doesn't waste my money on features that are just gimmicks. Radar cruise control has been very useful on long trips, and the mirrors are set up "just right" so that I can drive confidently and safely. I've test-driven many cars, and rented many more, and it's these little things that are often done badly even in very expensive top-end models. Toyota generally gets everything "just right". I can rest my arm on the door panel comfortably, I can drive with one finger if I choose, and the indicators/controls are on the "correct" side for Australia. Not like Mercedes Benz -- they'll charge you twice as much, but sell you a car with the controls mirrored because their primary markets are right-hand drive.

The one thing -- the only thing -- that annoys me about my purchase is that the built-in warnings about excessive speed or upcoming speed cameras uses voice recordings. That go on. And on... for like... a minute. I miss the "ding-ding" sound from my old Mitsubishi, which doesn't interrupt the conversation in the car, or talk over my phone call.

Seriously, Toyota representatives, if you're reading this: It would cost nothing in real dollar terms to add a software feature to allow warnings to be simple "ding" noises instead of some woman reading a paragraph of text. Nothing.

Good car but a few things to keep in mind – Purchased used Toyota Camry Atara SX with 125,000km. Purchased with some reluctance as I had heard and read about the 2012-2014 models having some issues with the torque converter causing shuttering at speeds around 70-75kms. Pros; The 2.5 4 Cylinder engine is great, fun Cons; I have encountered the shuttering issue, at around speed 70km the… Read more

car is a little shuddery and shaky and doesn’t feel smooth. No recall for this issue in Australia, change transmission fluid very regularly and try to prolong transmission and converter

Best economical car – Very happy with my car, cheaper than other similar models and cheap running, costs very little to maintain. Fuel consumption is better than other similar models. I have been driving Toyota for past 20 years and Camery comes on top.

This is without a doubt the best car that I have owned – Being retired I use the car for local and city driving, as well as long distance for holidays. I use the car , on average 5 times per week. I get the car serviced on a regular basis as per the log book. Show details

Economical Running – Drive week days to work 162km, mostly freeway only 5 traffic lights to negotiate each way. Uses 7.2L/100km on freeways, about 9L/100km city driving. Service personnel report vehicle is in good condition. Very good suspension really solid even when gone into big potholes, tyre service personnel reports not having to do alignment. Interior is doing well after 10 years. Seats have not sagged after 144,000 km of driving. Show details

The most reliable car – I have owned many cars when i was in middle east my first car was lancer which was good on fuel but less spacious and weak body, then I bought nissan altima which was a pleasure to drive but still not the best in terms of room and space, I even bought Mitsubishi Challenger. I use to have concerns with Camry over its price and shape. But when I… Read more

drove Camry for the first time, it was like magic The leg space the boot, the driving pleasure ofeven a 2005 model was awsome, further the body is tough and it doesnt require that maintenance, drives smooth and am in love with my Camry 2005

2020 Hybrid Sport Camry – Bought this Camry hybrid from a local dealer. It was a demo with only 12k klm on the clock. Picked the Sport version over the base model as it has a few more little extras that I wanted. This is basically a get around town and occasional tourer for my wife and I. We are both retired. The car has heaps of room in the cabin and the boot is enormous.… Read more

Didn't particularly want a hybrid but at the time it was the only choice. Having now had the car for a couple of months I've become a convert. Over all this has been a great choice. My wife and I drove a lot of other cars to compare and found the Toyota the most comfortable and solid feeling of the lot. All the Camry's are fully imported from Japan so the build quality and reliability is great. Both my sons also have Camry's of various ilk and are also very happy with the cars. They are basically bullet proof. Cheap to run and cheap to service. The other good point is their resale value is also good. I think for the price Toyota could have included auto dimming rear view mirrors for this model. Other tan that no complaints.

23 yo and still going – This my daily ride since 2009, I got it second hand at a car yard. It had a lot of genuine extras, mag wheels, tow bar, window shields. It hasn't been an expensive car to run, the 2.2 Lt motor has been reliable and lean. Over the years I've replaced the timing belt twice, head gaskets, front and back suspension, oil pump, water pump, radiator and… Read more

a few other small things. I like it's level of comfort, speed, reliability and handling. It's 138 Hp is more than enough for highway use, it tows 500 Kg without problems. It's name is 'Zippy' because of it's quick response from stop. I've got a feeling we are going to be a team until I'm forced to buy an electric car, he'll last another 20 years.

Great car! But has more wear and rear specially around tires and brakes compared to Mazda – I use the car for day to day commuting... Use it regularly for both domestic and long drives. It gives good mileage around 6-10 ltrs per 100kms mileage is excellent on high ways. This car requires very low maintenance only 1 service per year. Show details

Stylish, economical and great to drive – I use my car for everyday driving like school, shopping and going to work. It's very reliable and great to drive short and long distances. The seats are comfortable and I love the extras including the electric blind on the back window which helps keep the sun off my daughter's car seat. It's the best car I've owned and will be keeping it for as long as possible. Show details