Textual content by Tom Appel
2025 Toyota Camry XLE AWD
Specs
Class: Midsize Sedan
Colour: Ocean Gem
Seating Capability: 5
Miles pushed: 143
Actual-world gas financial system: 33.2 mpg
| CG Report Card | |
|---|---|
| Room and Consolation | B+ |
| Energy and Efficiency | B |
| Match and End | A- |
| Gasoline Economic system | B+ |
| Worth | B |
| Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different automobiles in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim degree evaluated, and will not replicate Shopper Information’s impressions of your complete mannequin lineup. | |
| Huge & Tall Consolation | |
| Huge Man | A |
| Tall Man | A |
| Huge & Tall consolation scores are for entrance seats solely. “Huge” score based mostly on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” score based mostly on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine Specs | 232-hp 2.5-liter |
| Engine Sort | Hybrid 4-cylinder |
| Transmission | CVT-automatic |
| Drive Wheels | AWD |
Driving combine: 60% metropolis, 40% freeway
EPA-estimated gas financial system: 46/46/46 (metropolis, freeway, mixed)
Gasoline sort: Premium gasoline
Base value: $34,925 (not together with $1095 vacation spot cost)
Choices on take a look at car: Premium Plus Bundle ($4760), Linked Companies trial subscription ($325), trunk LED bulb ($25), sprint cam ($375), mud guards ($150), door sill enhancement ($199), rear-bumper applique ($69), mat package deal $309
Worth as examined: $42,232
Execs and Cons
The nice: Refined driving expertise, inexpensive AWD possibility
The nice: Hybrid gas financial system, loads of passenger area
The not so good: Engine sounds crude when pushed
Assessment
Enterprise writers masking the auto business have made a giant deal of the latest spike in demand for hybrid-powered automobiles within the U.S. And, certainly, sure hybrid fashions are considerably troublesome to come back by together with compact crossovers from Hyundai and Toyota.
Although elevated curiosity in hybrids is just not pushed by commensurate enhance is gasoline costs, the shopping for public now not appears to see hybrids as unusual and dangerous expertise. That worry has been shifted to pure electrical automobiles.
However, it isn’t simply public demand for hybrids driving the surge in adoption, it’s the large enhance within the variety of automobiles obtainable with hybrid powertrains. Or, in Toyota’s case, the variety of fashions obtainable ONLY as hybrids. Toyota’s glorious Sienna minivan, for instance, can’t be had with out a hybrid powertrain. Nor may the maker’s now-discontinued Venza small crossover.
And whereas these automobiles bought in some quantity, there’s about to be a seismic shift within the hybrid take fee for 2025, as Toyota—as a part of an replace to the mannequin—has added the Camry to its hybrid-only ranks. We’re speaking critical quantity right here.
Toyota bought greater than 290,000 Camrys in 2024, and—even with declining sedan demand and a value enhance—ought to promote at the very least 250,000 examples this yr. That’s lots of hybrids. And, so far as we’re involved, that fairly excellent news. We’ll get again to the powertrain information in a second…
Concerning the 2025 refresh: Camry returns for the brand new mannequin yr sporting new exterior styling, up to date cabin appointments, and a single, more-powerful, hybrid drivetrain. Additionally new: For the primary time, Camry is obtainable with each hybrid energy and AWD.
Maybe anticipating barely decrease gross sales quantity, Toyota has pared the variety of 2025 trim ranges down from 9 4: entry-level LE ($29,495), mid-level SE ($31,795), luxurious oriented XLE ($34,495), and sporty XSE ($35,695). All-wheel drive is obtainable on all trim ranges for a discount $1525.
Accessible for the XLE ($4760) and XSE ($4075) is the Premium Plus Bundle, which features a panoramic glass sunroof, premium audio system, and quite a few fascinating driver-assistance options. Whereas we recognize all of the gear within the package deal, the extra value does drive the worth of a Camry near the entry level of decidedly luxurious Lexus ES ($43,190).
Observe that the whereas the bottom value of a Camry rises $1925 for 2025 (2024 LE versus 2025 LE), the 2025 Camry LE is definitely priced $500 under the 2024 LE Hybrid ($29,495 versus $29,950).
As mentioned earlier, the 2025 Camry is obtainable solely with a hybrid powertrain for 2025. Gone is the bottom 202-horsepower 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine, and the exquisitely refined 301-horse 3.5-liter V6. The gasoline/electrical hybrid system mates a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine pairs two electrical motor (or three motors within the case of AWD fashions) for 225 or 232 horsepower respectively. That’s up from the 208 horsepower the hybrid setup was rated for final yr.
Shopper Information lately spent per week behind the wheel of an AWD 2025 Toyota Camry XLE in Ocean Gem. Together with vacation spot cost, our take a look at automobile got here to $42,232.
Whereas we usually don’t touch upon design, we do discover the Camry’s new look an enchancment over the out-going mannequin, and we’re all large followers of this coloration. And, so long as we’re on the subject of design, we had been slightly perplexed by the upholstered floor of the dashboard. It appeared good, nevertheless it additionally looks as if an odd affectation. Crossing our fingers that this doesn’t turn out to be a development.
And talking of the Camry’s inside, Toyota’s midsize sedan is as roomy and cozy as ever. Giant door openings assist make getting into and exiting the automobile simple, and there’s all types of area in each seating rows for grownup drivers and passengers. And, in XLE trim, inside supplies high quality is excessive, as is obvious construct high quality. Every part within the Camry cabin appears to be like and feels properly screwed collectively.
As for connectivity, Camry comes commonplace with wi-fi Carplay and Android Auto. Topline XLE and XLS fashions are fitted with a 12.3-inch touchscreen, whereas the LE and SE make do with an 8.0-inch interface. We discovered the system to work properly, incorporating easy-to-identify icons, and responding instantly to the touch inputs. As for the JBL-brand audio system which comes as a part of the Premium Plus Bundle—it’s OK, however not a compelling purpose by itself to go for the package deal.
On the highway the Camry Shines. The cabin is quiet, the experience snug, and outward visibility glorious. It’s for these causes that the Camry is America’s favourite sedan, and for 2025 Camry continues to impress.
Camry additionally handles properly. Although not truly sporty, Camry takes corners with a way of management and affordable precision, although this editor discovered the steering too mild and slightly over-boosted. And for the report, this similar criticism applies to many new crossovers as properly. Midsize sedan customers searching for a more-spirited experience could need to think about Honda’s glorious Accord, which can be supplied with hybrid powertrain.
The hybrid powertrain will get the job finished, and with a number of additional horsepower on faucet helps Camry really feel sprightly sufficient shifting away from a cease, or when powering up an onramp. The gasoline engine, when referred to as on for additional energy—as when hitting the gasoline popping out of a nook—sounds surprisingly coarse. Fortunately, the powerplant settles down properly when cruising and at freeway velocity, which is in line with the XLE mannequin’s luxurious pretense.
For no matter purpose, we noticed solely 33 mpg throughout our week with the brand new Camry. Whereas that’s glorious gas financial system for a roomy and refined sedan, our numbers fall properly under the EPA-estimated 46 mpg the Camry ought to be approximating in routine driving. Observe that in our expertise, Toyota hybrid mileage—irrespective of mode mannequin—usually exceed their respective EPA estimates.
With sedan gross sales persevering with to fall within the U.S., it’s considerably shocking that Toyota has put this a lot effort and time into updating the Camry. That mentioned, the 2025 Camry is a greater car than the one it replaces, even permitting for the demise of V6 energy. We surprise if prime Camry trim ranges play slightly too shut in value to the wonderful Lexus ES, however that’s as much as customers to determine.
We advise that critical midsize sedan customers take a look at drive each the Camry and Honda Accord, and determine if sportiness (Honda) or refinement (Toyota) fits their wants finest. That mentioned, we are able to’t assume any good purpose to go on the Camry, particularly if you happen to’d quite not be a part of the crossover membership.
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2025 Toyota Camry XLE Footage
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