Is it worth buying a Toyota Camry? What is its handling like?

Is it worth buying a Toyota Camry? What is its handling like?

The Toyota Camry is one of the best-selling business sedans, and is bought by ordinary owners, government fleets and taxi drivers in major cities. The ninth generation of the sedan is now available in Europe.

Took the Toyota Camry for a test, I tell you whether it is worth buying. Equipment, handling, engines, safety. Review.

Ninth-generation sedan body is modern and expressive, if you compare it with the fiftieth body, Camry no longer can be blamed for simplicity and old-fashionedness, the car in the stream looks fresh and modern.

Metal in Camry is of sufficient quality and well resists corrosion, the body is galvanized according to technology of galvanizing.

Took the Toyota Camry for a test, I tell you whether it's worth buying? Equipment, handling, engines, safety. Review.

Is it worth buying a Toyota Camry? What is its handling like?

At the moment of writing this article, the cheapest sedan costs 1,827 million roubles, and the most expensive - 2,823 million roubles; I had a sedan with the maximum configuration Executive Safety on the test.

When you get into Toyota Camry saloon, you understand that you are in a good and high-quality car; the steering wheel is pleasant to the touch, has leather trimming and heating; the top version of the steering wheel has electric adjustment and gearshift paddles. The driver's seat has a pleasant profile, eight-way electric adjustment, ventilation, position memory and heating. The multimedia system with eight-inch screen has good sound, acoustics in the top configuration has eight speakers and a subwoofer. The seats are finished in leather.

Took the Toyota Camry for a test, tell me if it's worth buying. Equipment, handling, engines, safety. Review.

Is it worth buying a Toyota Camry? What is its handling like?

Camry provides comfort for both driver and passengers, in the top configuration, the sedan is equipped with three-zone climate control, the front passenger seat is electrically operated and adjustable in four planes, the rear passenger seats are electrically operated, with adjustment in two planes. Rear seats are heated and have a central armrest, I drove a Camry, on the back row about 1 thousand km. and I can say with confidence, the car is made for people and for their comfort, for 1 thousand miles, we stopped only twice, my back was almost never tired. The second row is roomy with plenty of room in front of the knees. Noise isolation, I would like it to be better, for nearly three million, but I have to admit, it is quiet enough and at 120-140 km/h one can have a half-speech. The sedan's boot is large, with a capacity of 493 litres.

I took Toyota Camry for a test, I say is it worth buying? Equipment, handling, engines, safety. Review.

Is it worth buying a Toyota Camry? What is its handling like?

Length of Camry is almost five meters, yards and car parks of our cities, loaded at 100%, at times coming home to park, you have to look for a free space for a long time. Unfortunately the Camry does not yet have an active parking system, but it does have front and rear parking sensors as well as roundabout cameras, thanks to which you can park comfortably even in limited space.

Took Toyota Camry for a test, tell me if it's worth buying. Equipment, handling, engines, safety. Review.

Toyota Camry of the ninth generation can safely be called a safe sedan; its basic configuration already includes front and side airbags, safety curtains, ABS, EBD, TRC, VSC, HAC systems. The more expensive Camry will have knee airbags, blind spot monitoring, traffic sign detection, lane control, driver fatigue control, front collision warning system, auto high beams to low beam, and active cruise control.

Is it worth buying a Toyota Camry? What is its handling like?

McPherson suspension in the front, multilever in the rear, 155 mm ground clearance. The chassis is comfortable and energy-conscious, the joints on the asphalt are practically not honored, while Toyota Camry is well controlled and goes into turns, if we compare the sedan with the fiftieth body, the handling has improved for the better and the sedan can no longer be blamed for wobbling.

Took the Toyota Camry for a test, tell me if it's worth buying. Equipment, handling, engines, safety. Review.

Is it worth buying a Toyota Camry? What is its handling like?

In our test we had Camry with top motor 3,5 liters, 249 hp, the motor works with eight-speed automatic. Link motor and box perfectly inscribed, the dynamics enough for fast overtaking, automatic works adequately and when you press the pedal to the floor, switch to 2-3 gears down, acceleration to 100 km / h sedan weighing 1.7 tons in 7.7 seconds.

In more budgetary options for sedan available motor 2.0 liters. and 2.5 liters, motors are paired with a six-speed automatic, Camry with a junior motor is not as dynamic and is not as rich in equipment, but the annual tax will be much less, for example in the Chelyabinsk region for Camry with 249 strong motor have to give about 240 USD and for a sedan with 150 strong, only 10 USD

Is it worth buying? Toyota Camry is a comfortable sedan, with good handling and dynamics, maybe in terms of equipment Camry loses to Koreans, but in terms of reliability and liquidity for resale Camry is in the lead, so in my opinion in the budget of 20 USD Toyota Camry is not a bad option.

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