Monthly Motor - December 2014

easonable aplomb and was pleasurable enough to
weave through the corners, while still maintaining a
comfortable, quiet, and refined ride.
It all adds up to a pleasant driving experience
that’s made better knowing that, barring anything
unusual, your car should offer the sort of appliancelike
dependability for which Toyota is celebrated.
Even better is that the latest Camry really is a
very nice car, especially when decked out in topof-the-line
XLE trim. The Camry may not have the
Mazda6’s zoom-zoom, the Hyundai Sonata’s rear
seat heaters, the Volkswagen Passat’s chic European
heritage, but it does have a really good balance of
likeable characteristics.
Styling-wise the current Camry is somewhat
sharper and more angular than previous-generation
versions, though it’s still by no means a showylooking
car, even with my test car’s chrome trim and
alloy wheels. Pressed for an opinion, I’d describe it as
“elegantly conservative” or perhaps “accomplished
looking.”
Inside, this Camry is leaps and bounds ahead of
previous generations even in base LE trim, and my
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