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Guangzhou Auto Toyota's ninth-generation Camry officially launched a pre-sale on January 1, with a total of nine models, including four gasoline versions and four electric hybrid engines, with a pre-price of 17.38-199900 yuan for the gasoline version and 18.18-208800 yuan for the hybrid version. As a reference, the price range of 2023 Camry gasoline version 2.0L is 17.98-205800 yuan. It is understood that the new Camry is based on the TNGA-K platform and provides 2.0L gasoline / gas-electric hybrid in terms of power.

In terms of appearance, the ninth generation Camry carries out local design adjustments on the basis of overseas models, providing three appearance shapes for consumers to choose from, of which two sets of design styles are very similar. The main differentiated design lies in the front enclosure and fog lamp decoration, the overall change is not obvious. From the front face, the differences between different versions of the model are mainly concentrated in the front grille of the "big mouth". One is designed for the honeycomb grid and blackened, while the air intakes on both sides are also blackened to highlight the sense of movement. The other is a diamond grid gradient design, which is integrated with the white body, and the structure on both sides is similar to the air intake hole, compared with a weak sense of visual impact. this design style is unique to the Chinese market and is not used with overseas models.

In addition, the upper end of the narrow C-shaped headlight group is connected to the ribs and lines of the machine cover, which can better reflect the sense of science and technology than the old model. At the same time, the inside of the lamp group on both sides is connected by black decoration to form a penetrating design, which further enriches the sense of hierarchy.

The side of the body, the side of the ninth-generation Camry has little change compared with the cash, it still offers monochrome and two-color body options, the sports version is equipped with a chic sports style rim, and the XSE version uses a roof design that is different from the body to create a suspended visual effect. In the rear part, there is not much difference in the three kinds of appearance of the new Camry. Similar to the headlights, they all use a narrow and long C shape, and the sports style appearance uses black strips to combine the two taillights at the rear, with a black ducktail and a lower diffuser. The sense of movement is more obvious.

In terms of size, the length, width and height of 2.0L naturally aspirated engine are 4915/1840/1450mm, the wheelbase is 2825mm, the length, width and height of 2.0L oil-electric hybrid vehicle is 4915 (4950) / 1840 (1850) / 1450mm, and the wheelbase is 2825mm. For reference, the Camry on sale has a body length, width and height of 4885 / 1840/1455mm and a wheelbase of 2825mm.

In terms of interior decoration, compared with the previous generation of models, the new Camry's design style appears to be younger and more technological, equipped with embedded dashboards and suspended central control screens, and touch-type operation buttons are also designed at the bottom of the central control screen. compared with the eighth generation Camry, the car-machine system has a certain improvement and has more functions. It is understood that the new Camry will provide three LE/SE/XSE models with a standard 8-inch central control screen and a high 12.3-inch screen. It is worth mentioning that the ninth generation Camry has jointly created a new car engine system for the Chinese market with Huawei, and is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chips. the operation fluency of the car machine system has been significantly improved compared with the eighth generation model, in addition, 10-inch HUD head display, wireless CarPlay, Huawei HiCar and so on are also fully equipped.

In terms of power, according to the information declared by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the maximum power of the 2.0L fuel version is 127kW and the maximum output power of the 2.0L hybrid engine is 112kW.

The Camry, a classic Toyota model, was born in 1982 and has been updated eight times. In 1982, Toyota launched the front-drive model, the Camry, to replace the sixth-generation Toyota Corona and marked the official independence of the Camry line. At the 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show, GAC Toyota made its global debut at the ninth generation Camry, and made localization adjustments on the basis of overseas models. Compared with the total elimination of pure fuel models in the North American market, the fuel version of Camry still has a huge consumer group in China, but it cancels the 2.5L gasoline version, thus reducing the support for fuel versions.

In November 2023, the Camry became the top seller of medium-sized cars with sales of 202800 vehicles, followed by Volkswagen Passat and Volkswagen Maiteng, with sales of 166400 and 161500 respectively, compared with 151800 for Honda Accord, according to retail data. As for the ninth generation of Camry domestic, can it continue to continue the best-selling market performance, or as a new Accord as a short-term market crisis? We will wait and see.

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