8th Gen Toyota Camry (XV70)

[gccp23]

u bought an aussie made camry...

Auz is 17 digit VIN code right? Mine is 14 digits only, I think from Japan

[t0y0ta]

u bought an aussie made camry...

 

There are no more Aus Toyota car assembly since 2017, in fact no more car assembly by any brand since 2017, when all factories closed.

 

Current gen Aus camry is supplied by Japan.

Edited January 27, 2019 by t0y0ta

[gccp23]

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Body-Kit-For-2018-Camry-Upgrade_60798291941.

 

Body kit from China, price is amazing if true.

[Privacy]

There are no more Aus Toyota car assembly since 2017, in fact no more car assembly by any brand since 2017, when all factories closed.

 

Current gen Aus camry is supplied by Japan.

didn't knw that

thanks

[cyee29]

Been driving a 2.5G Camry hybrid for a week, and all I have to say is praises and awe. For reference, I was driving a Toyota Wish 2013 before.

 

Here's what I like about the car:

1. Extremely quiet drive due to the hybrid motor at startup and traffic lights. Vehicle travels with electric if gentle on the paddle.

2. Excellent road insulation and compliant suspension and road noise does not enter the cabin. Hybrid (low noise) feels like some Lexus vehicles.

3. Very strong power pick up - change lanes and accelerate on the highway without hesitation.

4. Mood lights! all round - light stripe in front passenger seat, lights on all four door handles, roof LED above gear lever, roof LED above back passenger seats.

5. Very tidy handling, sharp and precise. Non-linear steering - more turn towards the end of 1.5 turns to give that extra angle when making U-turn

6. Excellent bass and clarity using stock speakers with Pioneer AVH-Z9150BT head unit

7. Wider seats (than Toyota Wish)

8. Fuel economy between 22.0 - 25.5 km/l so far. Half tank travelled 730km so far (first tank).

9. Very comfortable - Cabin is an excellent place to be.

10. Intelligent airconditioning. Respective vents switch off if no passenger is detected (detects passengers through doors opening).

11. Multi-language menu, including English even as the vehicle is parallel imported!

 

Wish list:

1. 360 camera! This car is long and wide. Wish I have more assistance navigating tight car parks.

2. Radar Cruise Control is good but not perfect. Generally works with cars, trucks and full lane vehicles. It missed (did not see) a motorcycle once and as the veh approaches, it suddenly applied brakes when it get too close. Don't rely on it especially when highway is crowded with motorcycles are riding between lanes.

3. Radar cruise control deactivate when speed slows below 40km/h, and tries to stop in the middle of the lane if driver don't intervene!

4. Lane Keep Assist work better waking up dozing drivers and training drivers to use the lane change signals. However, it does not keep the car in the middle of the lane. It simply ping-pong the veh from side to side.

5. If only I can disable the beep for Lane Keep Assist.

Hi, can pm the PI u bought from, thanks

[I_RIDE_DEEP]

Comparison of Camry models

 

Thai made version

- Normal LED headlamps (single 'L' DRL)

- LED front foglamps

- 16" rims (2.0), 18" rims (2.5)

- LED combination tail lamps

- Factory leather seats

- 4.2" gauge cluster display

- Front electric seats

- Driver memory seat (2.5)

- Ambient lighting

- Rear sunshade (2.5)

- 6speed auto (2.0), 8speed auto (2.5)

- Toyota Safety Sense for 2.5 only

- 2.0: $141K, 2.5: $149K

 

JDM version (Hybrid G)

- LED headlamps with triple 'L' DRL and LED turn signals

- LED front foglamps

- Full LED tail lamps

- 17" rims

- Locally fitted leather seats

- Driver electric seat only

- 7" gauge cluster display

- Nanoe ioniser

- Aftermarket locally fitted headunit

- Ambient lighting

- Hybrid engine with E-CVT

- Toyota Safety Sense as standard

- $127K-$130K est.

 

Australian version (Ascent Hybrid and Ascent Sport Hybrid)

- Normal LED headlamps

- LED combination tail lamps

- 17" rims

- Sport bodykit (for Sport model)

- NO foglamps

- Manual folding mirrors (fold with your hand, no electric motor)

- Locally fitted leather seats

- Driver electric seat only (for Sports model)

- 4.2" gauge cluster display (7" display for Sport model)

- 7" factory fitted headunit (8" display for sport)

- NO ambient lighting

- Toyota Safety Sense as standard

- Sport model: Factory front and rear parking sensors

- Price around $120K (Sport: $127K-$130K)

 

Based on observation. May not be 100% accurate

This is very useful for me.. tq

[Didu]

Changed  grill to Lexus LS type. Upgrade rim to 18" and add in rear spoiler and diffuser.

Wah very nice grill.   Can share where can get & what's the damage is like? (You can PM me)

[wheelogist]

Wah very nice grill.   Can share where can get & what's the damage is like? (You can PM me)

 

Hi Didu, I get the package including grill and bodykit from Carquotations at tagore 8.  It was before COE increase, so you can call Ian Chan (81180118) to check latest pricing.

[camrysfe]

THEY say that behind every successful man stands a woman. Not being particularly successful, I can't vouch for that myself, but it sure seems to me that somewhere in the life of every prosperous SME owner is a Toyota Camry.

Perhaps it's when the E is more S than M, but a Camry is the quintessential company car of the low-key towkay: plush, roomy, decidedly unflashy and, if reliability surveys are anything to go by, utterly dependable. You feel you can do business with someone who drives a car like that, because if you can't, then what's this world coming to?

Into those steady shoes steps the new, 8th generation of the Camry, and looking at it brings one thought to mind: what's this world coming to?

It's as if the entire Camry development team at Toyota hit retirement age simultaneously (not hard to imagine, really) and turned the project over to people with full heads of black hair for once.

 

 

 

Camrys have always been staid, but this one flirts with sportiness. Its body is long, lithe and blessed with sinuous curves, and it sits lower to the ground than before.

The front has an aggressively enormous grille and the rear caps things off with a raffishly tapered boot lid. Meanwhile, its wheelarches are filled by big, brash 18-inch wheels.

Much of the car's new proportions are because it's built on the Toyota New Global Architecture, the platform that also supports the excellent new Lexus ES.

That being so, it's no coincidence that the Camry shares that car's efficient non-turbo 2.5-litre engine and eight-speed auto, along with its 5cm stretch in wheelbase.

A base version with a 2.0-litre, six-speed drivetrain carried over from before is available, but as it only costs S$8,000 less than the 2.5, why bother? Especially when the 2.5's acceleration is adequate at best.

But that's not to say it's no good to drive. While its standard touring tyres aren't particularly sticky, the Toyota's handling favours poise and balance over outright grip. Compared to Camrys of yore, when pushed hard around bends, it isn't prone to rocking, let alone rolling. It actually makes it quite fun to find out just how much speed you can carry through corners now.

That's not the only way the Camry recipe has been updated. The pillowy seats have given way to chairs that are firmer, and it even feels more sporty to sit in, thanks to how you sort of fall into a car that's more low-slung than before.

Yet, the towkay's seat (rear passenger side) remains the choice one. You can flip the front passenger chair's headrest out of the way, and use a set of buttons to move it and create an enormous area for yourself back there.

Other updates are less successful. The entertainment system is maddening to pair with an Android phone (and can't team up with an Apple one), and while features like active cruise control and lane-keep assistance are nice to have, a blind spot monitor system would have been more useful.

A wireless charging pad and ventilated front seats are features a car in this segment ought to have, too.

It does come with forward collision warning, however, which is something that has been proven to prevent accidents.

Ultimately, though, the Camry does feel like a nicely updated version of itself. Toyota has managed to preserve its soothing nature while turning it into a better car to drive and to look at.

One puzzling omission is how you could unlock previous Camrys by tugging the front passenger door handle but can't with this one. Why not? It's handy if you're in the habit of opening the door for your better half. To an SME owner, that isn't as trivial as it sounds, especially if you think about what stands behind every successful man.

Toyota Camry 2.5

Engine 2,487cc, 16V, in-line four
Power 206hp at 6,600rpm
Torque 250Nm at 5,000rpm
Gearbox 8-speed auto
Top Speed 210km/h (estimated)
0-100km/h 9.1 seconds (estimated)
Fuel efficiency 6.5L/100km
Price S$149,988 with COE
Agent Borneo Motors
Available now

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/hub/bt-motoring/toyota-camry-review-less-staid-more-sporty

[Daniu82]

Any major differences between the PI and AD version?? Seems like the AD version is priced much higher than PI version.

Edited February 11, 2019 by Daniu82

[DK3410]

Any major differences between the PI and AD version?? Seems like the AD version is priced much higher than PI version.

 

Quite a number of differences:

 

1) PI only bringing in hybrid version liao. AD not even bothering with hybrid anymore.

 

2) The added price you pay is for the Borneo Motors' after-sales support with their wide network of service centres island-wide. Whether it's worth the added premium is up to the individual to decide.

 

3) PI version is either JDM or Australian market version. Both made in Japan. AD bringing in the Thai-made version.

 

4) Other differences like the engine. The JDM supposedly use the new Dynamic Force engine while the Thai-made one is using same engine as the older 2017 Camry.

[Cheefarn]

Any major differences between the PI and AD version?? Seems like the AD version is priced much higher than PI version.

Please read the above carefully la bro

 

Anyway PI Camry cabin materials are of noticeable better quality and feel than BM Camry. Esp if u check out the lower door inserts and the plastic ard the gear shift. 

 

And if hate those local fitted PVC leather, just tell the PI dont install. JDM factory half fabrics are actually very soft and high quality. JDM pple usually dont like leather. They don't like the stuffy feeling. 

THEY say that behind every successful man stands a woman. Not being particularly successful, I can't vouch for that myself, but it sure seems to me that somewhere in the life of every prosperous SME owner is a Toyota Camry.

Perhaps it's when the E is more S than M, but a Camry is the quintessential company car of the low-key towkay: plush, roomy, decidedly unflashy and, if reliability surveys are anything to go by, utterly dependable. You feel you can do business with someone who drives a car like that, because if you can't, then what's this world coming to?

Into those steady shoes steps the new, 8th generation of the Camry, and looking at it brings one thought to mind: what's this world coming to?

It's as if the entire Camry development team at Toyota hit retirement age simultaneously (not hard to imagine, really) and turned the project over to people with full heads of black hair for once.

 

 

 

Camrys have always been staid, but this one flirts with sportiness. Its body is long, lithe and blessed with sinuous curves, and it sits lower to the ground than before.

The front has an aggressively enormous grille and the rear caps things off with a raffishly tapered boot lid. Meanwhile, its wheelarches are filled by big, brash 18-inch wheels.

Much of the car's new proportions are because it's built on the Toyota New Global Architecture, the platform that also supports the excellent new Lexus ES.

That being so, it's no coincidence that the Camry shares that car's efficient non-turbo 2.5-litre engine and eight-speed auto, along with its 5cm stretch in wheelbase.

A base version with a 2.0-litre, six-speed drivetrain carried over from before is available, but as it only costs S$8,000 less than the 2.5, why bother? Especially when the 2.5's acceleration is adequate at best.

But that's not to say it's no good to drive. While its standard touring tyres aren't particularly sticky, the Toyota's handling favours poise and balance over outright grip. Compared to Camrys of yore, when pushed hard around bends, it isn't prone to rocking, let alone rolling. It actually makes it quite fun to find out just how much speed you can carry through corners now.

That's not the only way the Camry recipe has been updated. The pillowy seats have given way to chairs that are firmer, and it even feels more sporty to sit in, thanks to how you sort of fall into a car that's more low-slung than before.

Yet, the towkay's seat (rear passenger side) remains the choice one. You can flip the front passenger chair's headrest out of the way, and use a set of buttons to move it and create an enormous area for yourself back there.

Other updates are less successful. The entertainment system is maddening to pair with an Android phone (and can't team up with an Apple one), and while features like active cruise control and lane-keep assistance are nice to have, a blind spot monitor system would have been more useful.

A wireless charging pad and ventilated front seats are features a car in this segment ought to have, too.

It does come with forward collision warning, however, which is something that has been proven to prevent accidents.

Ultimately, though, the Camry does feel like a nicely updated version of itself. Toyota has managed to preserve its soothing nature while turning it into a better car to drive and to look at.

One puzzling omission is how you could unlock previous Camrys by tugging the front passenger door handle but can't with this one. Why not? It's handy if you're in the habit of opening the door for your better half. To an SME owner, that isn't as trivial as it sounds, especially if you think about what stands behind every successful man.

Toyota Camry 2.5

Engine 2,487cc, 16V, in-line four

Power 206hp at 6,600rpm

Torque 250Nm at 5,000rpm

Gearbox 8-speed auto

Top Speed 210km/h (estimated)

0-100km/h 9.1 seconds (estimated)

Fuel efficiency 6.5L/100km

Price S$149,988 with COE

Agent Borneo Motors

Available now

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/hub/bt-motoring/toyota-camry-review-less-staid-more-sporty

 

All the tech geewhiz and 250NM of torque and 8AT yet the century sprint took 9.1 secs?

 

And a $150k car that doesn't even have a factory fitted HU? That 2DIN nonsense made the car looked so cheap and unfinished. And that parts bin 2DIN HU is a pain to use. 

 

And it doesnt help the fact that it is deployed to almost all Toyota models in SG. You pay $150k only to find the same HU as deployed in the Vios. Thanks alot yo

Quite a number of differences:

 

1) PI only bringing in hybrid version liao. AD not even bothering with hybrid anymore.

 

2) The added price you pay is for the Borneo Motors' after-sales support with their wide network of service centres island-wide. Whether it's worth the added premium is up to the individual to decide.

 

3) PI version is either JDM or Australian market version. Both made in Japan. AD bringing in the Thai-made version.

 

4) Other differences like the engine. The JDM supposedly use the new Dynamic Force engine while the Thai-made one is using same engine as the older 2017 Camry.

 

4. No la bro. BM 2.5L Camry is also a Dynamic force unit. But the tuning is different and it can accept 91 octane gas. 

 

JDM ones are suited for ultra high quality gasoline in Japan. 95 octane min is required. 

[DK3410]

Please read the above carefully la bro

 

Anyway PI Camry cabin materials are of noticeable better quality and feel than BM Camry. Esp if u check out the lower door inserts and the plastic ard the gear shift. 

 

And if hate those local fitted PVC leather, just tell the PI dont install. JDM factory half fabrics are actually very soft and high quality. JDM pple usually dont like leather. They don't like the stuffy feeling. 

 

All the tech geewhiz and 250NM of torque and 8AT yet the century sprint took 9.1 secs?

 

And a $150k car that doesn't even have a factory fitted HU? That 2DIN nonsense made the car looked so cheap and unfinished. And that parts bin 2DIN HU is a pain to use. 

 

And it doesnt help the fact that it is deployed to almost all Toyota models in SG. You pay $150k only to find the same HU as deployed in the Vios. Thanks alot yo

 

4. No la bro. BM 2.5L Camry is also a Dynamic force unit. But the tuning is different and it can accept 91 octane gas. 

 

JDM ones are suited for ultra high quality gasoline in Japan. 95 octane min is required. 

 

Ahh, thanks for clarification.

 

Looks like the only reason one would buy the BM Camry over a PI Camry is for the after-sales support network I guess...

 

As to whether it's worth an additional 20-30k... Is up to individual to decide...

[Mkl22]

 

4. No la bro. BM 2.5L Camry is also a Dynamic force unit. But the tuning is different and it can accept 91 octane gas. 

 

JDM ones are suited for ultra high quality gasoline in Japan. 95 octane min is required. 

 

kekekeke. japanese regular is NOT 95RON.

[Cheefarn]

kekekeke. japanese regular is NOT 95RON.

I know their reg is 92 while premium gas is 100 octane. They do not offer 95 

 

But Dynamic Force engines in JDM requires premium gas to work well. The engine can still run on 95 la. But I am not sure their ECU perimeter can compensate knocking with 92 octane gas. 

 

Anyway the octane number doesnt mean anything in terms of fuel quality. 

 

SG have top tier fuel these days... we finally can rub shoulders with Japs, Korea, Taiwan and most Europe countries. 

[Mkl22]

I know their reg is 92 while premium gas is 100 octane. They do not offer 95 

 

But Dynamic Force engines in JDM requires premium gas to work well. The engine can still run on 95 la. But I am not sure their ECU perimeter can compensate knocking with 92 octane gas. 

 

Anyway the octane number doesnt mean anything in terms of fuel quality. 

 

SG have top tier fuel these days... we finally can rub shoulders with Japs, Korea, Taiwan and most Europe countries. 

 

sorry man. Japan spec sheets says unleaded regular gasoline.

 

使用燃料:

無鉛レギュラーガソリン

 

https://toyota.jp/pages/contents/camry/008_p_001/pdf/spec/camry_spec_201808.pdf

 

 

No where does it mention premium. that is the HUGE misconception with JDM cars. Majority do not need premium gasoline 96RON and up. Most only need 89RON.

 

also your are mistaken on the Japanese Regular(>=89RON) and High Octane(>=96RON)

Edited February 11, 2019 by Mkl22

[inlinesix]

Quite a number of differences:

 

1) PI only bringing in hybrid version liao. AD not even bothering with hybrid anymore.

 

2) The added price you pay is for the Borneo Motors' after-sales support with their wide network of service centres island-wide. Whether it's worth the added premium is up to the individual to decide.

 

3) PI version is either JDM or Australian market version. Both made in Japan. AD bringing in the Thai-made version.

 

4) Other differences like the engine. The JDM supposedly use the new Dynamic Force engine while the Thai-made one is using same engine as the older 2017 Camry.

 

1. JDM only got Hybrid Camry.  That's why PI can only bring in Hybrid version.

4. 2.5L is Dynamic Force.  Before launch of RAV4, there is no 2L Dynamic Force engine.  New engine don't end up in ASEAN market 1st.

[wheelogist]

The FC is amazing! As good as the smaller Prius!

 

Do keep us updated on your first and subsequent full tank. Remember to measure FC from the pump and not totally rely on the onboard gauge. 

into the 4th or fifth tank now and the average is about 870-900 km/tank base on my driving pattern of 40 city and 60 Hwy.