Ladies And Gentlemen, Your 2012 Toyota Camry

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: August 23rd, 2011

ladies and gentlemen your 2012 toyota camry

The launch of a new Camry is something of a big deal in this industry, and TTAC’s global resources are standing by to provide more coverage than you could possibly hope for. Both Michael Karesh and Steve Lang will be sharing their impressions of the US launch, and Bertel is off to Tokyo tonight to cover the Japanese launch as well. I’m about to catch a plane myself for an entirely different assignment, so I’ll leave the commentary to TTAC’s Best and Brightest for now. What say you B&B? Based on these earliest impressions, will the Camry continue its dominant legacy, or is this another step in the slide from greatness that so many have been predicting for Toyota? Discuss…

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Wagen on Aug 24, 2011

I wonder how well the relatively low-looking lip on the front bumper is going to go over with appliance buyers when they scrape it on parking lot kerbs.

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- Texan01 on Aug 24, 2011
  
  it'll also have the ubiquitous Camry Dent in the rear bumper cover as well.
  
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Mandalorian on Aug 24, 2011

I miss the old 4-spoke steering wheel.

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