2012 Toyota Camry and Camry Hybrid

With each day bringing new advancements to the way we live and work, shouldn’t your car be advanced too? Meet the reinvented 2012 Toyota Camry, the car designed to fit you and your 21st century lifestyle. You’re no doubt familiar with Camry; it’s America’s best-selling car. And over the past 25 years, it’s become the standard for quality. In fact, 90% of all Camrys sold in the last 15 years are still on the road. With such remarkable acclaim, you might expect us to rest on our laurels. We didn’t. Toyota Camry is more luxurious, with a redesigned interior. It’s now available with new multimedia systems. And the Toyota Camry Hybrid LE now offers an estimated 43 city mpg. Quite simply, the 2012 Camry is what you’ve come to expect from this legendary sedan. The reinvented Toyota Camry is ready.


In creating the reinvented 2012 Toyota Camry , we pored over every facet of the previous model’s interior in search of even the subtlest ways to enhance what was already a remarkable driving experience. We incorporated high-quality upholstery materials and married the elements with refined stitching. We crafted the dashboard with an artistry normally found in high-priced sedans. On the Toyota Camry XLE, we adorned key touch points throughout the cabin with rich woodgrain style accents. This unwavering search for ways to improve on a car of such legendary quality may seem like overkill to some, but it’s precisely this approach that has made Camry America’s best-selling car.

Available with a wide array of innovative technologies, the 2012 Camry is taking transportation in a bold direction. In addition to available navigation, its multimedia systems offer such highlights as standard Bluetooth hands-free phone capability, available advanced voice-recognition and Entune, a new feature integrated with select Toyota models that allows drivers to access popular mobile phone apps and data services. With all this, you won’t just drive Camry, you’ll connect with it. Boasting a sharp 7-in. high-resolution VGA touch-screen display, this available multimedia system offers advanced features like hard-drive navigation with SiriusXM Satellite Radio capability, NavTraffic, NavWeather, Bluetooth wireless technology, advanced voice recognition, split-screen functionality, embedded points of interest, CD, DVD and MP3/WMA capability, an auxiliary audio jack, a USB5 port, JBL GreenEdge audio system and Toyota’s new mobile application system, Entune.

Combining a variety of new eco-conscious technologies, the JBL GreenEdge audio system achieves dramatic energy efficiency while delivering superb audio performance. With reduced power consumption, increased audio performance and lower system weight, the JBL GreenEdge system is a substantial upgrade over conventional audio systems. Combining a variety of new eco-conscious technologies, the JBLGreenEdge audio system achieves dramatic energy efficiency while delivering superb audio performance. With reduced power consumption, increased audio performance and lower system weight, the JBL GreenEdge system is a substantial upgrade over conventional audio systems.


Whether you’re talking about interior space or noise levels, volume has a lot to do with driving comfort. In crafting the reinvented 2012 Toyota Camry, our engineers found a variety of ingenious ways to add interior volume where it matters most, without increasing the external dimensions of the vehicle. They also reduced the volume of exterior noise entering the cabin. In these ways and more, our engineers were able to improve on what was already a remarkably comfortable vehicle. And that speaks volumes. To help create Camry’s roomy environment, we sculpted the lower door panels to allow for more lateral knee room and reshaped the headlining for greater head room. The general sense of spaciousness, too, was enhanced by opening up the outside view. We engineered pillars that were more streamlined. Upper door surfaces and the top of the instrument panel were reshaped. Even the sun visors were repositioned to further open the forward view.


Employing sound-imaging instruments, extensive tests were conducted to pinpoint areas where road and engine noise was entering the cabin. Additional sound-absorbing measures were then taken in those areas to help create Camry’s whisper-quiet ride. To help you transport longer items, such as snow skis or that towering new floor lamp, Camry’s 60/40 split fold-down rear seat drops to create a handy pass-through to the voluminous trunk. Camry’s accommodating interior is designed to help you manage your liquid assets, providing four cup holders and six bottle holders.


The bumps we’re referring to are not the ones you encounter on the road surface. Those are deftly handled by Camry’s tuned suspension. The bumps we’re talking about are small, specially shaped projections called vortex generators that we positioned on Camry’s undercarriage and at key points on the body. It may sound counterintuitive, but vortex generators help stabilize performance by dictating airflow behavior around the vehicle. As air flows over the surfaces of a moving vehicle, friction can cause that air to tumble over and under itself, increasing drag and creating erratic air pressure forces around the vehicle. Vortex generators alter the airflow before it becomes turbulent, creating a series of controlled spins, or vortices, and helping to equalize air pressure forces, reduce drag and improve vehicle stability.

Get behind the wheel of Toyota Camry SE and there will be no doubt that this is one forwardlooking sedan. Thanks to Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i), Camry offers not just assertive power, but sensible mileage too a good quality to have in this age of high fuel prices. Factor in SE’s sport-tuned suspension, and you have an impressive blend of performance and efficiency. This winning combination clearly puts Camry ahead of the curve. Right feet rejoice. The available 3.5-liter V6 DOHC 24-valve Dual VVT-i engine produces an impressive 268 horsepower and 248 lb.-ft. of torque, while still achieving an EPA estimated 30 highway mpg rating. Paired with the 6-speed automatic transmission with sequential shift and paddle shifters, this powerplant delivers a driving experience that’s nothing short of exhilarating.


Let your fingers do the shifting. Camry SE’s race inspired paddle shifters deliver real hands-on performance. Not only do the paddles on the 2012 Toyota Camry upshift and downshift almost twice as fast as the previous generation Camry, the system automatically matches revs during downshifting. To shift, simply pull the right paddle to upshift and the left one to downshift. Improving handling dynamics typically involves suspension components. But Camry’s impressive agility was also augmented by making the steering more responsive. To accomplish this, we not only increased the steering gear ratio, but also optimized the Electric Power Steering (EPS) system for more sensitivity. Clearly, Camry turns more than just heads. Style your ride. Standard on the Camry SE V6, these sharp 18-in. alloy wheels offer sporty performance, not to mention sporty looks. Things are looking up. Camry’s remarkable driving experience is made even more uplifting with an available power tilt/slide moonroof, complete with sliding sunshade.

Over the past 25 years, Camry has won the loyalty of millions with its unique blend of efficiency, features, value and reliability. Now, with the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid LE  delivering an estimated 43 city/39 highway/41 combined mpg,2 it’s more than just economical, it’s one of the most fuel-efficient sedans in its class. Plus, it achieves all that while producing 200 hp. Time to add even more Americans to its legion of enthusiasts though gas station owners may be less than thrilled. For more than a decade, Toyota has been a world leader in the development of eco-sensitive technology with our advanced Hybrid Synergy Drive system. And with each passing year, this tried and tested system continues to get more efficient, more powerful, more reliable and more popular.


Camry’s new hybrid engine features a variety of modifications designed to enhance performance and fuel economy. For starters, the engine employs the Atkinson Cycle, which optimizes the durations of the engine’s four strokes to help maximize fuel efficiency. The expansion ratio was increased as well, further boosting gas mileage. A long-port plastic intake manifold, together with a long-branch exhaust manifold, also enhances performance, saves weight and reduces engine noise. The gear-driven balance shaft was even coated with a low-friction resin for low vibration and additional efficiency. High gas mileage and low emissions are not the only measures of how far our hybrids have come. Camry’s reengineered hybrid engine also delivers an astonishing 200 horsepower. In fact, Camry Hybrid boasts a 0-60 time of a mere 7.6 seconds.1 What’s more, this performance is accomplished while producing less vibration and noise, further enhancing the refined driving experience for which this legendary sedan is known.

Posted in: Toyota