2022 Toyota Camry Hybrid review - Smooth Operator | First Drive | Autocar India

The Toyota Camry has been updated for 2022 with subtle changes on the outside and modern changes to the interior. Saumil Shah tells you more.

Cameraperson: Shreyans Chordia
Editor: Pankaj Singh

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[pratikc]

The only problem with this underrated sedan is that, the moment you know you can afford Camry you start looking for Audi, BMW or Mercedes..

[MrDeepakvasudev]

Having owned Toyota Corolla I can tell that after sales service, product engineering, reliability and ownership experience is excellent.

[nandandeshpande]

The problem with this car is the price. In USA, it starts at 28000 dollars which is about 21 Lakh rupees, here it starts at 42 due to import duties. Hence it really lacks the premiumness of the other German Sedans within the same price range.

[gauravingale]

Driving Camry for a year I can tell its one of the best Sedan ever specially when it comes to handling, reliability it always makes you drive more.

[GADGETMIX]

I own a Camry Hybrid and it is so much better than BMW, Audi, Merc. The best part is you can actually drive it everyday - without breaking down. The only thing that beats Camry is Lexus LS300 which is luxury version of Camry.

Edit - to those saying Camry is used as Taxi in Dubai, Mercedes E/C class are used as Taxi all over Europe. Also, all Mercs / Audi / BMWs cost 2x and in some cases, 3x of what they cost in Europe - same as Camry.

[manojputhran]

Toyota is reliable and can easily run for 5 lac km with minimum maintance and nothing breaks like the germans

[kevinfernandez]

Toyota sets the industry standards for reliability and quality, so you can never go wrong with a Toyota

[diyguy]

Toyota is very reliable, super smooth vehicle. Hybrid part of the package makes sense compared to Merc or a BMW. Comparing hybrid with non hybrid is not a fair comparison. Long term usage of this car pays off in terms of savings on fuel and maintenance. It is worth the money one pays for. Indians are more badge conscious than westerners.

[saurabhpatelortho]

One suggestion: Kindly mention road and location of the shooting of your every car test drives please 🙏

[DamienRasheed]

Wow... that's true luxury in...A CAMRY!! This is littetally just above basic transportation in thy US. No reclining rear seats(!!) in the US. This is crazy to see.

[sharmanihal]

This car is true luxury. So much spacious from inside. Being in Camry is better experience than Audi A4, BMW 3 series, Mercedes A-class. Every car in this segment feels overpriced. A-class is super overpriced, once you are inside and compare with the Camry cabin you'd realise. Audi A4 drives really well, cruises super easy but the cabin is not as good as Camry. Camry is a much better package than all these cars. Period.

[ameyakabra]

Finally, thanks for reviewing this car Autocar India. I have been waiting forever. Love this car.

[Aloneam]

Paying 7 lakhs extra for camry is surely not a problem because once you pay for the car all you do is service refuel and drive. But german? No they are maintenance high and running fuel cost high aswell.

[_patidar]

Most underrated luxury Sedan in India.

[tg]

finally some good looking alloys on a car!

[adityanarayansreejith]

Toyota should’ve released the Avalon in India instead of the Camry especially considering that this is a car to be chauffeur driver and the premium class which globally is the Toyota Avalon and the Camry which is globally a taxi

[amargshukla]

I always wondered when Prius hit the markets it seemed like a logical step forward before we went complete EV, as to why no other manufacturers offered hybrids. It makes sense until we weane off IC gradually. Sadly this car won't sell as much as it should particularly in India where the price point is above many Eurepean offerings. But those who do spend on this will surely like it. I ha e owned an IC Camry and loved every bit of it in the last decade.

[saifrehmankhan]

Toyota's hybrid is really one of the best... This year's WRC is definitely an accolade for it

[ASIAN_LION]

My friend has a Camry that has clocked 5 lakh plus in GCC and it still runs. 😀😀😀

[kasturrajgor]

I wonder why our auto journalists don't promote this above similarly priced German cars
with addition of hybrid tech Camry outweighs every one of them being cleaner in emission and efficient