Business Fleet, January/February 2018
WWW BUSINESSFLEET COM 22 BUSINESS FLEET January February 2018 DRIVERS WOULD RARELY USE the S word when describing Americas top selling sedan And while the 2018 Toyota Camry may not be sporty it would not be inaccurate to describe its new styling as sportier For fleet buyers this may not register as highly as the more efficient trio of engines and the more cavernous cargo space in the trunk of a mid size sedan thats hoping to better compete with crossovers and compact SUVs Approaching the Camry XSE you can feel a Lexus deja vu the L LE and XLE have been fitted with a different fascia The screen style lower grille just below the nose of the car isnt far off from the IS sedans hexagonal grille The new Camry has been lowered widened and lengthened The headline of this heavy refresh is the more fuel efficient powertrains which include a 25 liter four cylinder 206 hp 35 liter V 6 301 hp and Camry Hybrid for even better fuel economy The gasoline sedans pair an eight speed transmission with the new power plants The fuel economy numbers reflect the updates The 25L car gets an EPArated 29 mpg in the city 41 mpg on the highway and 34 mpg combined The combined mpg is a 26 improvement over the previous model The 35L car provides an EPA rated 22 33 26 mpg in city highway combined driving The combined mpg is 8 better than the outgoing car Inside the cabin the Camry reveals perhaps the biggest change with its curving pleasing dashboard that nicely integrates a 7 inch screen Rather than adopting Apple CarPlay or Googles Android Auto Toyota has elected to stay with its quirky Entune multimedia system The 2018 Camry retails for at least 23495 for L grade models while the Premium XSE V 6 sells for 34950 Our test car added the Audio package Driver Assist package and a special color which brought it to 38230 2018 TOYOTA CAMRY XSE V 6 DRIVING NOTES
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