Originally Posted By: GenSan
Congrats on the new Camry hope it serves your needs well.
If you bought it for excitement than you bought the wrong segment but if you bought it for proven reliability in a family sedan and more than enough power for when you want some spice here and there than it was the right choice.
Here's what Car and Driver had to say:
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Keep us updated on how you like it compared to the Altima.
Im not necessarily a camry fan... Id personaly buy an accord MT if shopping this segment (experiences mentioned above). But Im happy for the OP. I do think that some of the discussion is funny. C&D said this:
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Our test car was an SE model, nominally sportier than the rest of the lineup, but the suspension tuning is still skewed strongly toward the comfort side of the chart. There’s considerable body roll in hard cornering, obstinate understeer progresses to absolute, and as is common nowadays, a new electric-assist power-steering system substitutes weight for tactile information. This string of criticisms would add up to “fuhgedaboudit” if the Camry had sports-sedan pretensions. But it doesn’t, and its dynamic virtues are on target for its family-sedan mission.
OK, but I have to wonder if one compared it to a "muscle" car from 1960-1990, just how much better/worse it would be. I imagine the camry would still outperform in both acceleration and handling, and of course MPGs and safety! Perhaps its not an E-class AMG, but its pretty darned capable, especially compared to some vehicles we consider powerful and fast from back in the day.