https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ngs/101502702/
http://jalopnik.com/toyota-please-st...ing-1795100473
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...o-crisis-mode/
I probably won't be buying a new Camry for [at least] a few more years, but, (if I were buying right now), there's no way I would buy the 2018 Camry. (I currently own a 1994 Camry with 202,000 miles. It's the best car I have ever owned. It beats the hell out of my previous car - a 1987 Oldsmobile Regency 98 that gave me nothing but problems.) Based on the quality and reliability of my Camry, my plan for my next (probably last) car purchase was to buy a brand new Camry. However, the "new" 2018 Camry sedan gives me pause. The front grille is not visually appealing. It looks like a catfish with its gaping mouth wide open leading into a creepy maw. No man wants to date an ugly woman - or drive a hideous looking car. That's what the "new" Camry resembles - the car equivalent of a catfish - or an ugly woman. (The smallish tires are also a turn off.)
I talked to my friend Donnie who owns a Toyota repair business about the "new look" of the Toyota Camry. I wanted to know if he's hearing displeasure from his customers with this "new" Camry - or if this is more of an "Alan" problem. Donnie was noncommittal as to what his other customers are saying, but he did point out that "all" car manufacturers are moving to large [larger] hideous looking plastic front grilles. I didn't say anything, but I suspect plastic is replacing chrome to reduce weight (and cost) in order to meet Government mandated fuel economy standards.
I'm not going to buy a "boring" car or a car that looks cheap. I'll admit, this is a totally sexist perspective, but next to a woman the most important thing to a man is his car. I suppose there are some folks who look at their car as a piece of machinery that gets them from point A to point B and otherwise they could care less. They don't care whether their car is visually appealing or not. Next to your house and your spouse, your car is a reflection of yourself. Toyota has a longstanding reputation for quality, reliability, and cars that are stylish and visually appealing. That's how they got to be the world's second largest car manufacturer - by making good products that car buyers love. Now they seem to be risking all that in favor of cars that will appeal to younger millennial car buyers.
Well, it's fine if weighed-down-with-college-debt millennials like the "new" Camry. I don't.