The 2025 Camry an extensive update of the excellent model that debuted for the 2018 model year. The main part of the car body is essentially unchanged, retaining the same metal panels. Toyota has grafted new front and rear styling clips onto the old centre section. The new front and rear look contemporary, and the restyling is successful.

The cabin is all-new. The driver faces a seven-inch digital gauge package on the base SE trims, with a larger 12.3 inch screen employed on XLE and XSE. There is an eight-inch infotainment screen on the base trim with a 12.3 inch display featured on fancier versions of the updated Camry. The redesigned seats on the SE are trimmed in vinyl, with the premium trims boasting leather on the seat bolsters and faux suede center cushions. A power driver’s seat is standard across the board. The new interior looks more upscale than previously. Cabin room should be unchanged as cabin dimensions are unaltered.

Combined horsepower is now 225 on front-wheel-drive Camrys and 232 on all-wheel-drive variants. Power reaches the wheels exclusively via a CVT. Toyota has moved away from its stable and durable nickel-metal-hydride battery pack to one based on Lithium-Ion technology. Power should be abundant and Toyota is promising astounding combined fuel economy of 5.1L/100 km.

Toyota has been in the forefront of active safety equipment in mainstream cars and the updated Camry is no exception. Forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking, lane departure, blind spot and rear cross traffic warnings as well as active cruise control are all standard.

Oddly, at a time when Toyota is unable or unwilling to supply hybrid powertrains in sufficient quantity for the Canadian market, it has elected to make the Camry exclusively hybrid here. Many shoppers who had placed orders on the current Camry cancelled them, as their cars never arrived. Unless Toyota seriously improves the availability of the Camry, offering it exclusively as a hybrid may signal the end of the nameplate in Canada.