The 2007 Toyota Camry good to go
May 23, 2006 by Alborz Fallah
There are a few cars that are synonymous with that boring, bland, fridge on wheels feel to them, but the Toyota Camry leads the race when it comes to being the most boring car in Australia. Fortunately, Toyota Australia is aware of this and have done a fair bit to tackle the dull styling and boring brand image that is the Camry. After all that work, it seems like Toyota Australia have finally released the date for the All new 2007 Toyota Camry on 22nd of July 2006:
“We’ll be doing the first deliveries in early August. Aurion will be later, about three months,”
John Conomos, executive chairman of Toyota Australia
I have to admit that it looks a LOT better than the old Camry which was about as Interesting as a piece of banana cake. However, it is still front wheel drive. Although it is smaller than Mitsubishi’s failing 380 which is also front wheel drive, it does have that stigma of being a Camry still attached to it. Toyota has always been a brand of excellent reputation when it comes to quality and resell value, and I guess if you are interested in buying a car as a tool, and have absolutely no interest in enjoying your drive, then the camry might just be for you!
Toyota has dropped the MR2, Celica from further production, and they did with the Toyota Supra, instead they have tried to push their Toyota Racing & Development (TRD) brand into the new Aurion. Unlike the Toyota Corolla Sportivo which tries so hard to be a sports car. The TRD tuned Aurion (and maybe Camry) is promised to come with a Supercharger. Again, spending money on a front wheel drive super charged car is not the smartest idea in the world.
“We now have a product, with Aurion, where we can produce a TRD-based product, the opportunity presented itself with that car. We have the platform to do it, as opposed to a product that people were not happy to accept.” John Conomos
I tell you what Mr Conomos, most sport car lovers will laugh in the face of a front wheel drive supercharged car, I know Honda have been continuing with the Integra as a front wheel drive car, but the Integra is light, agile and not supercharged!
Print it: 
IF you want RWD buy a Lexus.
This review looks like it was written by a Commodore a holic. Obviously not comfortable around a quality vehicle??
This model Camry is worth 10 holdens or falcons. A totally different class of car.
J. Jones:
The Camry is a quality vehicle? I’ll grant that they are reliable, and hence hold resale value fairly well. However, by any other metric, they stink.
The 07 model is horribly underpowered, the transmission is permanently set to ‘grandma’, unless you tramp it, in which case the tacho jumps from 1500 to 6000, the engine whines, and the car starts to slowly accelerate. If you ease your foot off even slightly, it’s back down to 1500RPM. Unless you’re cruising at 80km/h and never change speed, it’s awful!
The suspension feels like it was designed by a mattress manufacturer. It has an interior that only a Japanese salaryman (or perhaps Phillip Ruddock) could like.
The car is designed not to scare people who can’t drive; no communication through the steering wheel or pedals, crap suspension, soft brakes, and no power.
All in all, the car is bland, awful to drive (good luck overtaking on a highway, but that’s OK, because the target market don’t know how to overtake anyway), and ugly.
I’ll agree that the Camry is a different class to the Commodore or Falcon; you can get V8s in those, and they’re rear-wheel drive. The Camry is in the ‘I want the most boring car ever so that it will match my grey polyester tie’ class.
All in all, a car designed by people who don’t care about cars, for people who don’t care about cars.
The comment above feels like it was written by a V8 ute enthusiast who’s only skill is doing do-nuts in the local shopping centre..!!
Being considerably older than that poster and also having more motoring experience I can say after owning 2 Camrys that Ford and Holden just do not compare.
As for “fast driving ability” the Camry does it well.
Well, Stormy, you and I must have been driving different Camrys. Also, you must be psychic, as you could somehow tell that you\’re considerably older than me. Tell me Stormy, how old am I? Here\’s a hint: I have more than 1 child, so I must be at least 15.
As for being a V8 ute enthusiast… I drive a VW Golf, and can\’t stand sport. For what it\’s worth, I\’m the opposite of the \’beer drinking, V8 ute lovin\’, footy bloke\’ image that you have in mind.
Looks like your psychic skills aren\’t very good. Just like your driving skills, I suspect, Camry boy.