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2011 Toyota Camry Reviews

The 2011 Toyota Camry ranks 17 out of 21 Affordable Midsize Cars. The best-selling car in America for eight straight years, the Toyota Camry saw its reputation damaged by Toyota’s highly-publicized recalls for unintended acceleration (see our Toyota Recall page for details). Buyers still interested in a Camry will find a softly-tuned, comfortable commuter car, but we’ve seen reports of quality problems with the 2011 Toyota Camry.

Americans have known exactly what to expect from the Toyota Camry for years. The "2011 Toyota Camry" has a long list of virtues, but they’re virtues that don’t necessarily impress auto reviewers. For Toyota loyalists, the 2011 Toyota Camry may represent a great buying opportunity, especially since Toyota has been discounting the Camry with heavy incentives in recent months.

Midsize car shoppers today will find many excellent family cars that might meet their needs.
The Camry was last redesigned for the 2008 model year. The 2011 Toyota Camry Hybrid, a close variant of the gas-only Camry, is reviewed separately.

Toyota Camry 2011 model is introduced with two different sizes of engine and four different levels of trim and is driven b the front wheel. A 2011 Hybrid model of Toyota Camry has also been introduced

Security features include antilock brakes, stability and footing control, airbags, for driver as well as passenger seated in the front, knee airbag for the driver, front side and side curtain airbags and running lights in daytime.
Toyota Camry 2011 includes an aerodynamic styling. Fog lamps, heated side mirrors, power moonroof and upgraded wheels are some of the optional features.
The interior features of the 2011 Toyota Camry may vary according to chosen trim level. The 2011 Toyota Camry is very spacious. The 2.5 liter engine offers six-speed manual as well as automatic transmission whereas the 3.5 liter engine offers only six-speed automatic transmission.
The "Toyota Camry 2011" is reliable and has a low ownership cost.

Los Angeles Auto Show-Toyota to bring a RAV4 electric vehicle to the market

Not a long time ago we’ve been presenting the partnership between Tesla and Toyota to bring a RAV4 electric vehicle to the market. Tesla-Toyota RAV4 promises more than Nissan’s Leaf – a true, clean 100 miles of pure electric driving no matter what the weather’s like or the temperature outside. s Toyota showcased a prototype of its highly anticipated new RAV4 EV at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week, on the other side of the ocean, executives made a series of intriguing new announcements about the company's electric-drive vehicles.
The company currently sells eight hybrids in the United States-split between the Toyota and Lexus nameplates-and in September repeated its commitment to releasing six new models by 2012.

- Pricing for the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid will be in the 3 million yen ($36,000) range when that car is released in Japan in 2012. - Toyota still plans to release a fuel cell hybrid in Japan sometime around 2015.

Fourteen years after it launched its very first RAV4 crossover at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota returned to Los Angeles to launch an all-electric version of its latest RAV4.

Japan’s largest automaker has worked with Silicon Valley electric-car maker Tesla since the May announcement that Toyota would buy a stake in Tesla and the companies would develop electric cars together.

The partnership will build 35 “Phase Zero” test versions of the latest RAV4 EV next year, with production launch expected in 2012.

Few technical details were released, and Toyota USA president and CEO Jim Lentz stressed that many details remained to be resolved. Styling changes to the all-white RAV4 EV unveiled at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show include a new grille front bumper, fog lamps and headlights up front. No cargo area was lost in the conversion; with the rear seats folded down, the RAV4 EV offers 73 cubic feet of storage, just as the current gasoline model does.

Performance Toyota is excited about the collaboration of Toyota and Tesla to create the all-new electric Toyota RAV4-EV, expected to hit Nebraska showrooms in 2012.

The all-electric Toyota RAV4-EV will combine the Toyota RAV4 model with a Tesla electric powertrain to give drivers maximum performance and versatility. A prototype of the Toyota RAV4-EV has already been created by Tesla and is currently being tested by Toyota. A first all-electric Toyota RAV4 was developed in 1997 and sold until 2003. The new Toyota RAV4-EV is expected to perform at higher speeds and have an even greater range.

Toyota and Tesla have not set a starting cost for the Toyota RAV4-EV, but it is expected to be lower than other all-electric vehicles from Tesla. Tesla hopes to drive down the cost of electric vehicles so they are within reach of mainstream buyers.