{"id":19683,"date":"2016-12-02T17:39:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=19683"},"modified":"2016-12-02T17:39:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T21:39:36","slug":"toyota-to-reveal-new-camry-at-detroit-auto-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/toyota-to-reveal-new-camry-at-detroit-auto-show","title":{"rendered":"Toyota to reveal new Camry at Detroit auto show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/4019b8fc5c51b2aed0bbd40966439f50da1ad4aa\/c=96-0-1185-817&amp;r=x404&amp;c=534x401\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/12\/01\/DetroitNews\/B99471059Z.1_20161201150617_000_GOU18J92I.1-0.jpg\" alt=\"CamryTeaser\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><p><i>Detroit \u2013 <\/i>The North American International Auto Show is still a month away, but Toyota is already teasing news of one of the show\u2019s most anticipated products: the all-new, 2018 Toyota Camry sedan.<\/p>\n<p>The midsize Camry has been the best-selling car in the U.S. market for 14 years running and is on course to be No. 1 in 2016 as well. But with sedan sales under assault from crossovers \u2013 including Toyota\u2019s own RAV4 and Highlander \u2013 the eighth-generation Camry will be particularly important as one of the Japanese company\u2019s franchise cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis car has had a dominant image of quality, dependability, and reliability, but our styling has been conservative \u2013 some would call it boring,\u201d said Toyota North America Chief Bob Carter in announcing the new Camry Thursday in Detroit. \u201cSo we\u2019ve really been focusing on passionate emotional design and making it more fun-to-drive. This will car will be the most significant vehicle we have brought out in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toyota put out a teaser image of the new Camry\u2019s rear quarter-panel. Sharper body lines and a long, thin vertical taillight graphic suggest the car continues styling cues from the newly released Toyota Prius and Prius Hybrid. The sharp body lines also echo Toyota\u2019s Lexus luxury brand which has forged a more polarizing design direction in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota announced no further details on powertrain or interior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat segment is under pressure from changing consumer taste, so this car really needs to make an emotional statement,\u201d said IHS Automotive senior auto analyst Stephanie Brinley. \u201cIt\u2019s unlikely it will change current trends, but does need to make sure the segment is solid. Exterior and interior design \u2013 and technology \u2013 are the keys to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Camry is made in Georgetown, Kentucky, alongside the Avalon and Lexus ES where it is manufactured for domestic consumption and export. The plant produces over 550,000 units a year total.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis car is very significant for us in North America so we want to use Detroit as the platform to announce that we\u2019re bringing to market,\u201d said Carter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit \u2013 The North American International Auto Show is still a month away, but Toyota is already teasing news of one of the show\u2019s most anticipated products: the all-new, 2018 Toyota Camry sedan. The midsize Camry has been the best-selling car in the U.S. market for 14 years running and is on course to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19684,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19683\/revisions\/19684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}