In the 70s of the 20th century, the global oil crisis broke out, and energy conservation and emission reduction became an important issue in the automotive industry. In response to this challenge, Toyota Motor Corporation decided to launch a new midsize sedan to meet market demand. In 1980, the development of the original Camry began. Toyota Motor Corporation's engineers considered aerodynamics and fuel economy during the design process to create a model that is one of Toyota's most important vehicles. In 1982, the original Camry was officially put on sale. This model has been a huge success worldwide, becoming one of Toyota Motor Corporation's best-selling models, and in the 40 years of the century, the Camry has become a hit in the global market, with cumulative global sales exceeding 23 million units.
Now, the all-new ninth-generation Camry has been officially unveiled, and the new interior and exterior design further strengthens the Camry's product strength, and the new car is expected to be officially launched in March 2024.
The new car is based on Toyota's TNGA-K platform, using Toyota's new design style, with distinctive "C" headlights, but retaining the "X" shaped front face and "big mouth" grille of the previous generation, and as before, the ninth generation Camry still provides luxury and sports two different exterior styles for consumers to choose from. Among them, the front face of the luxury version adopts a frameless gradient diamond-shaped mesh design, which makes the overall feeling more concise and has a stronger sense of technologyThe front face of the sports version is designed with a blackened honeycomb grille, which makes it more sporty. In addition, the ninth-generation Camry is also available in an XSE version with an aerodynamic package, which is more aggressive than the regular sports version. In terms of body colors, the 9th generation Camry has added Ocean Sapphire Blue and Heavy Metal, and is also available in Glacier White, Pearl, Skyline Silver, Midnight Black, Supersonic Red and Ocean Blue.
The side of the nineth-generation Camry looks very slender, with two distinct waistlines on the doors for a more muscular look, and the hybrid model has special logos on the fenders on both sides. The sports version is equipped with exclusive two-tone sporty wheels, which improve the sensory effect. It is worth mentioning that the XSE version has a two-tone design with a different roof than the body, with a black roof that creates the visual effect of a floating roof, and the XSE version also offers 19-inch wheels to further enhance the aggressive sporty look.
At the rear, the C-pillar and side waistline are combined and slightly upturned, giving it a powerful look. The taillights echo the headlight shape, which is still a C-shaped shape, which complements the tail line.
The interior of the all-new ninth-generation Camry has changed a lot, and it is more stylish and simple than before. The center console has rich lines, and the hidden touch air conditioning panel under the center control screen displays the buttons after starting the vehicle, which has both a sense of technology and practicality. The high configuration adopts 12The 3-inch screen and built-in in-vehicle system are the products of cooperation between GAC Toyota and Huawei, which have been significantly improved in terms of intelligent voice AI, and can easily cope with continuous dialogue, dialect recognition, and multi-instruction recognition. In addition, 10-inch HUD head-up display, wireless CarPlay, Huawei HICAR and other functions are also equipped. In terms of safety features, the all-new Camry will come standard with Toyota Safety Sense 30 Intelligent Mobility Safety Package, which includes vehicle and pedestrian monitoring pre-collision system, adaptive cruise control, lane departure assist, automatic high beam, blind spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic warning. The overall improvement of the interior cockpit is more, in order to facilitate the understanding of the value of friends, a total of the following points have been sorted out:
Intelligent voice recognition that understands you better: The response speed of command recognition is increased by more than 60%, and the voice recognition function is more user-friendly, providing a convenient and fast intelligent vehicle experience in a natural interactive way.
12.3-inch intelligent central control screen + AR style HUD: In line with the trend of China's intelligence, the three-screen linkage has evolved, the size of the central control screen has been expanded, the resolution has been improved, the HUD display style is more cool, and the visual effect is clearer and more comfortable.
Quietness is upgraded and comfort is increased: the whole car has increased the area and density of soundproof cotton, increased the area and density of soundproof cotton, increased vibration materials, plugged holes and seams, and soundproof glass to reduce wind noise, tire noise, and road noise.
tss 3.0 enhanced version, more complete functions, higher prediction perception: The original 5 functions (PCS, DRCC, LDA, LTA, AHB) have been optimized, and 6 new functions (RSA, EDSS, PDA, LCA, FCTA, DMS) have been added, making the all-round prediction and perception function more powerful.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 car machine mainstream chip + 12G memory + storage memory increased to 128GB: equipped with the industry-leading 8155 chip, more than 4 times the computing power;The operating memory is increased to 12GB, and the storage memory is increased to 128GBThe intelligent hardware has achieved a qualitative leap compared with the current model, and the response speed of various functions of the vehicle machine system has been improved.
6 kinds of intelligent fragrance systems, switch at will: Camry is equipped for the first time, six fragrance flavors are optional, the concentration is adjustable, and the corresponding interface and ** are intelligently switched to increase the sense of intelligence and exclusive luxury.
64-color adjustable wing atmosphere light, more dynamic style: Toyota's global model is equipped with 64-color atmosphere light for the first time, and the linkage ** realizes dynamic rhythm;The unique three-dimensional lighting texture of the wings shows more style and personality.
Electrostatic Touch + Pattern Transmitted" New Light Touch Sensing Button: Toyota is the first in the world to adopt a new light touch sensing button with the style "Electrostatic Touch + Pattern Transmitted", and the physical buttons are greatly reducedThe center console is covered with a softer PVC skinThe sense of technology and texture of the interior has been greatly improved.
Three mobile phone systems (Apple, Huawei) "interconnection: support Carlife, Apple Carplay, Huawei Hicar, three mobile phone interconnection systems, no choice of mobile phone model, no choice of operating system, richer mobile phone interactive experience.
Equipped with EDSS and PDA intelligent driving functions: Equipped with EDSS (Emergency Driving Stop System) and PDA (Active Driving Assistance) intelligent driving functions, it has added brake assistance functions compared with competing products, making travel more secure.
In terms of powertrain, the ninth-generation Camry offers a 20L fuel version of the model and 20l and 2The two HEV models of the 5L use Toyota's fifth-generation THS intelligent hybrid system, and the previous 2 has been cancelledThe 5-liter gasoline version is available.
It can be seen that the new ninth-generation Camry has taken a step forward in younger, technological and fashionable, and Toyota is still making unremitting efforts to improve the driving experience, but in the context of full electrification, it is indeed rare to see a veteran model like Camry with a profound sense of historical precipitation and loudness, Camry brings consumers not only a rich driving experience, but also a kind of Toyota veteran's unique calm and heavy.
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