2024 Toyota Camry & Camry Hybrid Review

The Camry cabin has received another upgrade for the new model year. There’s a bigger emphasis on style, bringing new materials into play. The large front greenhouse remains, providing the driver and front passenger with expansive views.

Across the trim levels, there are new high quality accents including wood inlays and cleverly patterned metal. An exquisite stitching is used on both rows of seats, demonstrating the craftsmanship that has gone into this handsome, yet affordable ride.

Soft-touch materials have a more premium look and feel. A new textured herringbone pattern dresses the seats in the 2024 Camry XLE.

The new TRD model wears a black Sport SofTex on the front seats. Red accents and stitching on the seats and other soft surfaces help set this cabin apart. Stitched TRD embroidered headrests and red seatbelts complete the transformation.

Helping the Camry achieve its above-class ride quality, Toyota applies luxury-level countermeasures to prevent noise, vibration and harshness. There’s a thicker dash silencer mat behind the dash and more noise-proofing material under the headliner.

Throughout the structure, engineers apply additional foam and other dampening materials to seal out sound. Underfoot, a special coating screens out vibrations that come up through the floor.

To create the cockpit feel in the new Camry, designers started with the dash design. The instrument cluster is tied to the center console waterfall by a sweeping character line. A floating display has easily recognizable screen icons. This makes using the touchscreen as familiar as using your own smartphone.

Android Auto and Apple CarPlay provide a convenient interface for your smartphone type. With this connectivity, the phone can send map apps to the screen where drivers can utilize the features.

The 7-inch color touchscreen can be updated to a 9-inch screen with a 3-year trial of Dynamic Navigation. A 7-inch information display can be added to the instrument cluster in place of the smaller 4.2-inch screen. A 9-speaker, 800-watt JBL system provides premium sound.

2024 Camry XSE and XLE offer some of the most sought-after features. This includes ventilated seats, a favorite for Arizona drivers when the desert sun is strong. A 10-inch head-up display puts the car’s speed and the navigation directions in easy view on the windshield.

Audio-visual alerts are used to let the driver know about lane departures, blind spot intrusions, and rear cross traffic. A rear seat reminder may chime when the sedan is turned off to remind caregivers to check for sleeping children on the back row.

Adding more choices, the many different Camrys provide a range of interior color choices. Fabric comes in black, ash or macadamia. SE SportTex seats are offered in black or ash. The SE Nightshade wears a premium black SofTex.

Perforated leather covers the seats of the XSE and XLE trim levels in black or ash. However, the XSE offers a distinctive Cockpit Red leather color scheme. XLE models offer a refined macadamia leather color scheme.

Camry exterior colors start with eight choices. This includes more conservative tones of Ice Cap, Midnight Black Metallic, Predawn Gray Mica, and Wind Chill Pearl. You can go for personality with Calvary Blue, Celestial Silver Metallic, Supersonic Red or Reservoir Blue.

SE Nightshade models provide contrast with black-trimmed headlights, a black rear spoiler, and other blacked-out accents. The bronze-finish wheels add to the upscale vibe.

If you like a two-tone look, you’ve got some fun choices .A Midnight Black Metallic roof is paired with Supersonic Red on certain XSE models. The roof can be paired with Celestial Silver if you prefer a sleek look for your XSE. The XSE trim levels also offer to pair the black roof with Wind Chill Pearl.

Although the standard engine is a four-cylinder unit, there’s a reason it is called Dynamic Force.

For the LE, XLE, SE and SE Nightshade FWD trim levels, it generates 203 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque.

An 8-speed Direct-Shift automatic transmission and front-wheel drive are standard. The suspension is a specially tuned MacPherson front and multi-link rear combination. This helps the Camry provide a luxury-level ride quality.

SE and XSE models have sport-tuned shocks and springs. These trims focus on the driver’s experience. Edging up the fun, XSE FWD powertrains produce 206 horsepower and 186 lb-ft of torque.

All Dynamic Force trims are available with Dynamic Torque Control all-wheel drive. This system was designed to accomplish a 50/50 torque split as needed for road conditions. With AWD, the engine output is 202 horsepower. However, the super-sporty XSE AWD model claims 205 horses.

Camry Hybrids produce 208 horsepower, edging ahead of the Dynamic Force models. These models have a lower center of gravity, compared to the gas models, and that contributes to sporty handling.

Drivers can use an EV or ECO mode to save power or switch to Sport mode when they have a chance to let loose. Camry Hybrid batteries maintain their charge through use just like traditional car batteries. Regenerative braking captures kinetic energy and channels it back to the hybrid batteries.

In ECO mode, the vehicle can utilize Auto Glide Control. This Toyota exclusive hybrid system helps save power. It allows for longer coasting. Essentially it harnesses the car’s velocity to reduce power use. A light appears on the dash to remind drivers that this reduced-brakeforce function is engaged.

Providing a range of price points and packages, 2024 Toyota Camry Hybrid trims include LE, SE, SE Nightshade, XSE and XLE. You’ll find a variety at Earnhardt Toyota dealer Phoenix Az.

The Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid have excellent reputations for safety. You can check their crash scores at the Insurance Institute for Public Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Year after year, these midsize sedans prove they are made to protect passengers.

Standard safety features include ten airbags, a rearview camera, traction and stability controls, and Toyota’s Smart Stop technology.

Adding value to any Camry purchase, Toyota provides a one-year subscription to Safety Connect. This provides for automatic collision notification. It has an emergency assistance button and an enhanced roadside assistance feature. For security, this includes a stolen vehicle locator.

2024 Camrys offer the most advanced Toyota pre-collision system. This can trigger automatic braking or an emergency steering assist when warnings aren’t enough. Forward collision dangers, pedestrians and cyclists may trigger a response.

The most advanced features include the ability to detect pedestrians in low light and the ability to detect an oncoming car when making a left turn. If a driver performs an emergency maneuver, the system can stabilize steering to help prevent a secondary danger.

Lane departure alerts and lane tracing assist help the driver keep the Camry on a safe trajectory. Road Sign Assist uses a camera to identify signs and send the information to the driver’s display. Automatic High Beams and Dynamic Radar Cruise Control reduce the driver’s burden.

A blind spot monitor and rear cross traffic alert are standard on Camry XLE and XSE trims and available on other trims.

The 2024 Toyota Camry Hybrid and gas-powered Camry are part of a long line of best-sellers. Toyota has maintained their popularity by ensuring that they are reliable and durable as well as beautiful and well-equipped.

New Camry prices start at $26,420 MSRP. 2024 Camry Hybrid prices start at $28,855 MSRP. The entire lineup has kept prices in check, keeping this popular midsize sedan available to more buyers.

Factory-scheduled maintenance is covered for up to two years after purchase. Likewise, roadside assistance follows your purchase for two years . Camry Hybrid system components are covered for up to 8 years, and the hybrid battery is covered for up to ten years or 150,000 miles.

Upper trims offer a one-year trial subscription to Remote Connect. It lets you check on the sedan, turn it on or off, and lock or unlock the doors. Plus you can use the system to monitor a valet or your teenager.

For more information, schedule a test drive at your Earnhardt Toyota dealer Phoenix AZ.