Vellum Venom Vignette: 2015 Camry Regression Analysis (Part II)
I was wrong about the 2015 Camry: it’s a handsome family sedan. But not for us, for the Russians.
This.
This is how you mildly refresh an existing model.
Yes, Toyota made a uniquely ugly 2015 Camry for us Yankees. They styled to the lowest common denominator (i.e. every frickin’ cliche in a modern designer’s toolkit) while the “Global” 2015 Camry has an upmarket presense. It apes the price point where Less is More, the place where Audi survives and thrives.
Sure, the Global 2015 Camry is no Audi. But it’s an object of desire relative to our imminent future of seeing the US-spec model on every highway, clogging our pores with mindless amounts of DLO FAIL for no good reason. Even the fascias are quite fetching, forgoing our Camry’s fake-Audi-Lexus schnoz.
Peep this video:
Now compare to what we get:
Is the grass greener on the other side? Off to you, Best and Brightest.
[Image: Toyota]
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I don't think any Camry anywhere looks good. Perceived quality only goes so far. They all look like junk.
Maybe the Camry is just rubbish. Off hand I can't think of anything it does better the the 200. It certainly doesn't handle better. Why can't America start hating the Camry like the rest of the world. The European know crap when the see it! What a f**king disgrace!.............
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Sajeev, you nailed it. Since the first shots of this, er, car, came out, I've been ranting about how ugly it is - my wife told me to calm down: maybe you'll like it better when you see one on the street, she said. Well, I did. Didn't change a thing. Just hope that other makers don't think imitating it would be a good idea. Hyundai, are you listening? The best thing about it is that so far, in Chicagoland anyway, the '15 Sonata outnumbers it greatly, even though it, and the Subaru Legacy, mimic the Fusion shamelessly ..