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In creating the reinvented 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid, 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 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 Hybrid 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 USB 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. The available Entune system is a collection of popular mobile applications and data services integrated with select Toyota vehicles. Entune includes three years of complimentary access to apps and services delivered via most smartphones and some feature phones. (After three years, access charges will apply; excluding Pandora.) Once the phone is connected to the vehicle using Bluetooth wireless technology or a USB cable, the features of Entune are operated using the vehicle’s controls or, for some services, by voice recognition. Entune is scheduled to have mobile apps for Bing, iHeartRadio, MovieTickets.com, OpenTable and Pandora.
In 2012 Camry Hybrid, rear-seat comfort doesn’t take a back seat to front-seat comfort. To help improve rear-seat leg room, we redesigned the shape of the front seats, allowing for additional knee space. Adjustable a total of eight ways, the reinvented Camry’s available power driver’s seat gives you plush and fully customizable comfort.
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 Hybrid, 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.
To enhance Camry’s overall ride quality, we optimized the shock absorber tuning to achieve a high-end dampening feel. We improved Camry’s handling and stability by recalculating the rear suspension geometry. Camry SE V6 comes standard with sporty 18-in. wheels and tires. To better handle this larger setup, we made the knuckle and lower arm assembly stronger and lighter. Airflow under a vehicle is crucial to performance. On the reinvented Camry we added a series of broad plates that feature aerodynamic fins front and rear to help manage air turbulence beneath the vehicle, improving stability and handling.
Get behind the wheel of 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.1 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 Camry Hybrid 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 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 gauges provide current fuel economy information on the fly and are specially illuminated for quick and easy reading in most light conditions.
As somebody once said, there is safety in numbers. That’s why every 2012 Camry Hybrid comes with a comprehensive airbag system that offers an impressive ten airbags.2 The system includes both driver and front passenger airbags, front and rear side curtain airbags, front and rear seat-mounted side airbags, and both driver and front passenger knee airbags all standard equipment. At Toyota, safety is one of our top priorities. That’s why we equipped Camry with an array of both active safety systems, to help keep you out of harm’s way, and passive safety systems, to help protect you should a collision occur. At speeds greater than five miles per hour, when the accelerator is depressed first and the brakes are then applied firmly for longer than one-half second, Smart Stop Technology is designed to help the driver bring the vehicle to a complete stop.
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