Official 8th Generation (2018+) 010B Camry Discussion

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F1 Silver Arrows said:
But they're selling the Crown Crossover and the Crown Sedan?

This makes no sense.
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The widebody Camry has much less historical significance in Japan compared to the Crown. The Crown is a flagship car that cannot be cancelled. The current XV70 Camry was never successful because it's a widebody and has a 2.5L engine (higher displacement tax).

To put it simply, Toyota didn't have an appropriate narrowbody mid-size sedan for Japan after the Avensis platform was cancelled. Previously their best seller mid-size were the SAI and Premio based on Avensis. What likely would happen is a new Premio/Allion based on the Corolla LWB platform with 1.8L and 2.0L hybrid engines.
 
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Premio/allion were cancelled in 2021 which was confounding as they had better sales than the corolla camry combined and even now they have a very strong resale value in japan so a return of the nameplate would make sense as their would be a void in the japanese market in toyota lineup as the crown is too upmarket and now previously the segment that had 3 sedans from Toyota (premio/allion, camry and mark x) would have none. So a long wheelbase corolla like the chinese market which is called the allion in china might make sense
 
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F1 Silver Arrows said:
But they're selling the Crown Crossover and the Crown Sedan?

This makes no sense.
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I answered too early. With the new Crown Crossover close in size to the Camry, there is probably not enough demand for such a large car in Japan, so the weaker Camry name loses (nothing can beat the Crown name).
Tragic Bronson said:
Was Japan building the ones bound for the Australian and ASEAN markets?
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Australian Camrys are now imported from Japan. ASEAN Camrys are exported from Thailand.
 
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Toyota Kills The Camry In Japan After 43 Years To Focus On SUVs And Crossovers | Carscoops

With just 6,000 units sold in Toyota's home market last year, it's no wonder the Camry is meeting its maker
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The Camry now sells very few in Japan, hence its cancellation.
Toyota has decided to call it quits on the Camry nameplate in its home market of Japan. After 43 years, the four-door sedan has managed to shift over 21 million units worldwide, with 1.3 million of those in Japan. But it would seem that domestic consumers just aren’t interested in the midsize sedan anymore, with just 6,000 cars leaving Japanese dealership forecourts in 2022.
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Camry was never a seller in Japan... last version they wanted to invest it and start doing something with it in Japan.

It is Crown that is pinnacle of their large/premium sales in JDM. Camry is not a cheap family car anywhere but in US. It is premium vehicle in rest of the world.
 
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If you zoom into the front and look around the wheel arches there seem to be plastic cladding like the prius and also looks like claw style daytime leds
 
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Being all-new in 2018, I was honestly expecting more of a heavy refresh of the current platform more than another major redesign. Revised exterior design with a new interior would probably be alright for the state of the sedan market right now.

Nobody internal is referring to this as a refresh, for what’s that worth. It’s all “new Camry.”
 
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Yea pretty much. Same platform but, revised chassis/platform, new exterior/interior, new powertrains (T24, Prime possibly?)
 
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