What made you buy a Camry?

[ZZT86]

Personally I'm not a fan of Hyundai engineering or quality, yet.

[campbeam]

Following URL demonstrates my thoughts about car design and safety. 

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-much-difference-between-a-truck-bought-in-Mexico-and-a-truck-bought-in-the-United-States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=89&v=85OysZ_4lp0

 

[campbeam]

I bought Toyota because of proven reliability. Following URL outlines Toyota's long standing commitment to Total Quality Management.

https://www.quora.com/Is-Lexus-better-than-Toyota/answer/Stanley-Hutchinson

TQM is Toyota's phylosophical advantage for survival in the Auto industry.

[Aurion fi]

I actually bought my camry as i also owned an aurion. I thought geez they are good things (after owning many commodore/falcons). So i bought another.

I never once considered a camry as opposed to my commodore or falcon but im a convert.

Toyota make a simple car, keep it simple and reliable. Its so difficult to develop the reputation of toyota reliability but many car makers shoot themselves in the foot by releasing a dud model somewhere along the line. They never claw back the reputation.

I think the ford falcon AU model from 98-2002 was the most ugly car ever built, in my opinion single handedly destroyed car manufacturing in australia. They just never clawed bacl from that attrocity.

Edited September 13, 2018 by Aurion fi

[Novicebutnice]

A bit of a long story

I was originally in the market for a Corolla SX  Manual Sedan, but the value proposition compared to it's rivals wasn't there.

Especially since it was no longer made in Japan...

And when I went in to the dealer they had no SX Manual's, and none left on the MY17 plate clearance (and neither did Toyota apparently), and when I sat in the back of a base model I couldn't sit upright (I'm 1.75m)

But since the salesman was good at his job he suggested a Camry since they had a 0% finance offer due to run out.

I was a bit skeptical given some of the reviews on the Camry (which must have been the base model), but after a test drive I was pretty happy.


To sum up why I bought a Camry (2017 RZ):

- 0% finance was a big seller, enabling me to get a nicer, more spacious car for less money (when factoring interest on a loan).

- Nice non-smelly interior (try getting into a Hyundai on a hot day.... mmmm plastic smell.....).

- Nice calm driving dynamics, but not too boring.

- Nice appearance.

- Reliability.

- Capped price servicing.

- I could sit upright in the back seat.

- Interior is  a nice simple layout.




Why I'm happy I bought a Camry:

- Comfortable and spacious.

- Using 98 fuel I achieve better fuel consumption than the label for the city, and if I travel at 100 km/h (by the speedo) I believe I could achieve the country driving fuel consumption.

- No offensive over powering smells when getting in the car on a nice hot Australian summers day.

- I enjoy driving it.

- Doesn't use any extra fuel than my previous car (MY05 Corolla sedan, manual, base model).

- Driving it is a no nonsense affair with all the controls laid out in a simple way so that I can concentrate on the road.

- Insurance is the same as my last car



Why I didn't consider it's rivals:

- 0% finance.

- Running costs.

- Interior odors on some.


Would I buy another Camry... you bet I would :-)




 

Edited October 21, 2018 by Novicebutnice

[MrMeToo]

Cheap to own and maintain, reliable and the V6 is pretty decent for what it is!