The new XV50 Toyota Camry may not be officially launched yet (it will be by the end of this week – watch out for our launch report), but it appears that a few showrooms already have them on display to whoever wants to see them.
Two nice readers Puven and Zaim sent in these photos of a white and black Camrys respectively, snapped from the Segambut and USJ showrooms. The white one here is a 2.0 litre model and has an aerokit, while the black car is the 2.5V model.
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Seldom see the new generation of car is damn ugly once compare to its predecessor..
i think only the 9th civic still on par with this XV50…
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0This kind of design Uncle also Dont like lah…
Very disappointed.
0 0This car for uncle like me,
me like the design very much.
The wood trim on the dash makes me stim.
wooooooo, many shiny chromes!
Me got money, me booking New Camry.
You go buy Vios/Preve/Myvi.
3 0im sad with this crap!…look at the stereng, look like “Sony ” playstation console!!!
Shitoyota
0 0I like! ShiToyota! The front design is just HORRIBLE! I really would like to see the faces of people who buys these cars.
F.U.G.L.Y. is one word to describe it.
0 0Such a rip-off. Old engine and transmission but increase price. The look is nothing but a facelift at best.
0 0Hi All,
Even though this car hasn’t been launch yet, I do think that it will be in around 140k price range. I don’t think this is very healthy since, we as customer and citizen need to take 5 or 6 or 7 and even 9-10 years loan to own this car. This is ridiculous, why we need loan for so long to own a good car…
Day in – day out, week in – week out, month in – month out, year in – year out, we talk, discuss, analysis about what should the government do, what should MITI do, now what should MAI do, what should bank do….
Its always about what others should do, to make sure the car price drop to a more reasonable level (don’t need 9 years loan)… but 20 – 30 years of time should be enough to tell us that they wont do anything to our benefit, its always about what manufactures get, what AP king get, what OEM supplier get, so what about us, the customer, the biggest stake holders…
Its us that send the wrong message to gov, car manufacturers, AP kings… when the price increases every facelift, we are the ones that que to book and some do book the car for 9 years loan even before the launch of the car, preve for example…
Let talk about, as consumer and citizen, what should we do? regardless what policy maker, gov agency and companies want to say. Personally, I will maintain my current ride (which is second hand) and refuse to buy any new cars. I will also convince my children, my friends, my family, my boss, my office mates so that they they wont be buying either… and justify it by ridiculous price or cars in Malaysia…. If we do this and play our part, we will gain mass and trust me they will succumb to our knees and price will drop… They can say a lot of thing, but if we aint buying, what the are saying is irrelevant…
So come on guys, let boycott buying any new cars for some time until we see a reasonable priced cars.
Let play our part and dont hope others to do this, we need to do this ourselves…
If we work together, we can win this…
When the buying stop, the killing can too…
0 0very simple answer to your explanation.because of mahathir who rip off the the country for years and invented proton and since proton is a crony company and need assistance form the BN gov to run the show and many middle man involve to produce one crappy proton so the price of other quality car is hicked up and you need more money to buy quality car.
All because of the idiotic mahathir we are all deprived of owning quality cars and afford shorted repayment period.simple.Close proton then MALAYSIA will prosper.
0 0John,
That is a very serious accusation and a huge rude to a former leader …… “who rip off the country for years” and “idiotic”.
Let’s keep it civil and you don’t have to stoop so low.
It just shows your poor sad and tragic upbringing and your lack of intellectual capacity.
Grow up!
Manoq
1 0Manok voted for Apanama and probably is a beneficiary of Apanama’s policies at the expense of 28 million other Malaysians.
Yes Apanama was idiotic, cruel and ripped off Malaysians. This is a fact.
0 1simpler answer is…
while others is grabbing the opportunity… you just whining around hoping miracle to happen…
0 0Whoa…tahnk god…at 1st glimpse i saw you r Nick”Along” then the 1st paragraph sound like why we have to borrow from Bank then i confirm 50% that you are an real “ALONG” until i finish read the whole…
Pheww…wht a long comment but worth reading!
Thumbs UP man!!!!
0 0Price already out
2.0E 149,900.00
2.0G 157,900.00
2.5v 180,900.00
0 0Fully support your proposal, let’s start snowballing this from THIS MOMENT. GUYS PLEASE PASTE THIS ON YOUR FACEBOOK AND LET THEM EAT THIS. Start now and punish those who bully the rakyat !
0 0every paultan post must be accompanied with a broken record saying govt this and govt that. WE GET IT. say your opinion during the elections. i don’t bloody need to read it in EVERY SINGLE POST about a CAR.
Macam la DAP nak mansuhkan AP pon. Entah2…..SAMA je. Padan muka ko
0 0I think u didn’t read the whole post.. if u’re lazy to even understand what he’s trying to convey, then don’t bother to reply. Sigh!
He has a valid point. In economy it goes back to demand-supply chain. When there’s demand, there’s supply.
0 0Some good points there, but … if everyone does what you suggested (not only for cars but maybe for lots of other commodities), the country’s economy will go down and we will have a deep crisis on our hands.
‘When the buying stop, the killing can too’- refers to Sharks Fin soup by Jackie Chan, not cars.
0 0No substantial improvement from previous models only more expensive! Seems a lot of people thinks it looks worse.
The 2.0 model has the same engine from like 10 years ago and 4 speed gear. If I go to the showroom, I will ask the salesman to give feedback to their management that this is a rip off and I am not happy! I think they need to hear the complaints if not they will continue to think they can ‘take us for a ride’.
Cost of ownership of a Camry is approx RM2000-2500/mth which is a lot for average Malaysians. I agree with comments by Along
0 0I,m with you totally,car prices are costing more than we can affort these days & I hv not change my car since 6 years ago.
0 0I dont know how you guys think. But…… I really feel that white color really dont match with the car. Maybe is the front bumper problem. Black seems to be better color for this car.
0 0Walao eh…I must have been mistaken that this year is 2012. I think we are in 1986?
0 0got any more stock left of current camry cos this one looks terrible inside and out. the digital clock on the dash is a classic touch from the 80s.
0 0what fuyoh?nothing to fuyoh here. maybe you “fuyohing” the orange hilux belong Felda perhaps.
0 0For a moment there i though it was the new Vios at the background.
0 0I’m sorry Toyota, with that clumsy, awful looking bodykit on, the front end sure looks like some pirated cars from China! :( Something from say BYD or Geely…
If you want sporty looking, get rid of that big, heavy looking chrome grill. A dropping front kit and chrome grill just doesn’t mix…
And the front kit makes the front chin sticks out so much, there is a real danger of scraping it when you’re coming down from, say a steep car park ramp.
And in typical Toyota’s fashion, they like to install big and loud body kits ONLY to pair them with tiny wheels as shown… LOL :D
Such setup doesnt make the Camry owner looked sporty nor confident. instead of trying to compete with the Koreans and the Europeans for subtle classy look, the body kit makes the already dated looking new Camry looks like a tasteless clown who thinks one can add an ‘extra’ 100hp but using body kits…
sigh….
0 0target market must be 50 years and older….
the bodykit is a comedy…i think ah bengs also have more taste than this….
0 0speechless.. dunno what toyota is thinking..the fact that akio toyoda had promise to make toyota cars sporty looking and fun to drive didn’t materialise.. or is this toyota interpretation of sporty and fun?
0 0good for toyota. they will scare away the uncle drivers. the xv50 bodykit looks a bit too “loud”
0 0btw, are those headlamp washers i spy??? current camry doesn’t have it right?
and DRLs at the bottom of the front bumper?
is the aerokit a local add-on?
0 0How can anyone get a high looking at the mundane design year in year out ,boring car at ridiculous RMMMM
0 0Enlarge version of Altis, design wise is really like 90′ design, no wow at all, only aiyo nand yen wong.
0 0The interior looks more uncleish than the current one. The steering wheel is cluttered and awful. I feel that the current one looks much better insight out. Such a let down.
0 0close my eyes a bit, not bad, i could mistaken it for a lexus, then i scroll down & open my eyes wide open, my gawd, i see najib with his tight fit shirt dancing to k-pop song, it just doesn’t look right
0 0The interior bright wood and the gear knob really cannot make it man. At least the interior is now black instead of beige.
0 0yeap.. black is rocks!. but just for 2.0G oni. 2.5V & 2.0E still in biege (2.0E in fabrics). i’m not this new design fan tho.. but i think 2.0G blackish interior color could be a hit, just like what Accord ’08 did before.
0 0I can see a 35+ yr. old person driving the current version of the Accord. It somehow fits..
That unfortunately is not with the case with this Camry. It’ll be really interesting to see the demographic of owners of this new Camry.
Cheers :)
0 0Doesn’t the bodykit looks like an afterthought? It does not fit with the rest of the car’s aesthetic. Also, the look of the interiors is the worst — I don’t even have to touch it, the fake wood paneling and the panel around the auto-gear look like cheap plastics. And the steering wheel looks like some Toyota designers decided to add a Nintendo gamepad on it.
Fail!
0 0I love my latest Camry design but why did my engineers leave out the safety features like ESP?
0 0looks like sting chinese car makers wd design…or old korean design….i dont know if its the design or the stupid bodykit or jus too much chrome….its ugly…
0 0the ONLY thing that looks nice in this “new” camry is the steering wheel..other than that just plain boring
0 0I just when there yesterday.
already got display. Official launching on this Sunday. Price also confirm is 182,xxx.00 for 2.5v
0 0kasi install high mount rear spoiler, vertex generator, carbon bonnet, wing doors maa…skirting/lips je mana cukup?
0 0The design ain’t that bad. Once you get used to looking at at, things will get better :)
0 0Wow!!! Fooooooyoh!!!!! What can I say… Looks like Toyota hired Chris to Bangle up the butt and the entire car. Well done Toyota. Excellent new design… if you’re blind!!!
0 0disappointed..:-( got a good reason to keep my 2010 Camry. XV50 is cheap looking and mismatched body kit. so ugly that it MAY compete with Mahindra Scorpio…:-)
0 0Fuh!!! vey nice and exciting design. Very attractive la….Inside and outside. Thumbs up!
for
Uncle and Auntie buyers only la….
0 0toyota managed to built a time machine! back to the olden days! new tagline.. toyota.. moving backwards
0 0It’s worse than US’s version which is plain and nice. Malaysia’s Camry is overpriced and ugly design, we pay more but get less…………..
0 0At the end of the day it’ll still sell like hot cakes above and beyond other manufacturers within the price range…
Rather than being dismissive and anti Toyota, try to understand more about why they make cars that sell.
Just my 2 cents as an average motorist (read: the majority).
0 0Oh god Paultan.org, can you guys stop posting any thing related to Camry please? It’s horrible to see any articles related about it on the website.
0 0I strongly disagree. More posts of this rubbish piece of shit of a car will educate people more. More posts on this shitty car please!
We Malaysians (in general, not only car nuts like us) needs to be educated. Hell, please publish articles like these in the major news streams / social media. Then Toyota will really feel the heat.
I feel really sad for Toyota supporters, I was never one but the recent products from Toyota really only deserve to be in the drain. LONGKANG!
0 0Guys there are still some crappy dumb ass fellows clicked “excited” ceh apa punta taste woi..
i prefer to say this guys im sorry…
“PREVE BETTER THAN THIS CAMRY”
:p
0 0wow, so nice, now the tread is retro, steering like joypad, transformer like that
0 0The designer must have lost the actual design plan during the Japan earthquake and replace with this crap! Bye Toyota!!!
0 0DAFUQ i just saw? i dont think you can design a car uglier than that, you could try, and you must try extremely hard to beat how bad this car is looking now… even if toyota pay me 140k to drive this.. i had to think it out .. nope im not doing it.. i had to be gay to drive this…
0 0Pls guys come over have a test drive and look for yourself this car is very nice ! Top quality from Toyota and high resale value for sure. No regrets buying Toyota cars.
0 0Funny that you put it this way.. Honda itself is in equal mess these days too. See how much the Gen9 Civic has degenerated? And how cheap and ugly it looks?
The new CRV ain’t much better either. Severe cost cutting measures is very apparent in the cabin and overall design
0 0first glance i terkejut… wassup with the kitted bumper yo? like going to scoop water. :P
0 0toyota had too many left over stock of the fugly XV30. so they decided to facelift that model and resell to the public! slap in some bodykit, raise the price a bit a voila!!! XV50!!
0 0OMG! whoever buy this junk is really waste of money. Whats more? go for Kia K5!!! u can see the shape very2 different futuristic vs backristic LOL.. So box-ish.. what a lame car and toyota just make their company into shame..
0 0not toyota’s finest hour, japan always does this crap, theyl just ruin 1 gen purposely to make way for the next one, in two years theyl b teasing2 the next camry’s head lights n cup holders
0 0Consumer: UMx T, what’s wrong with you guys with the NEW Camry? And the BK really don’t jived with the car.
UT: We have the purpose for such design. In view with the gen before this NEW Camry, there were a lot of criminal cases reported, i.e. car hijacked, car robbery and break-in house to steal car. The demand were so high in the black market. Therefore, we have engaged the Seafood Sdn Bhd to come out with this BK, and no one will demand for such car, BUT uncles and aunties still buy. When the demand is reduced in the black market, T drivers will no longer worry about their car being hijacked, robbed and house break-in. Therefore, the price increased is relevant and reasonable.
Consumer: Are you this will work?
UT: Sure! You see all the responses from the forums. It works! Everyone is vomiting now.
Consumer: Hmm… I guess that I will buy one as I can drive safely on the road.
UT: Just to add, our products are based market survey and data analysis from the public.
Consumer: Oh! But, I am not in the statistic.
UT: How old are you?
Consumer: 35
UT: You are not OLD enough.
0 0I live in labuan, every see Toyota, Honda only….”boring..” When will Naza bring their kia to labuan ????
0 0anyone noticed that the front bumper spoiler colour tone is noticeably off compared to the bumper? Its one thing to fail the design…they also failed the process control….nice…
0 0You know how Hyundai has their “Hello Impossible” tagline for the Elantra… Toyota, how about “Hello Uncle” for this one eh?
0 0No need to say so much. Just listen to the exhaust sound….Beeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……..
The you listen to others…Accord or even Preve…Judge it your self…
0 0hey this actually looks like previous gen sonata !!! :D
now toyota needs to copy too
0 0I think Toyota has just killed their own market in the Camry segment and give Honda and Hyundai more chance in expanding their sales.
Really ugly! If only they can just bring in the USA version of camry, it would be another big success!
0 0Honestly the first time I ever say the XV50 in pictures I was completely turned off by the design.. But once I went and saw it in front of me, the more I looked at the car, the more luxurious and expensive the car looked! I swear that I was very happy with the design when I saw it up close.. The car is not photogenic at all I can assure you. The pictures this guy took does not do the car any justice. I had the chance to start the car yesterday and with all the lights and buttons on, the car is stunning inside and out! Please give the car a chance and go to the showroom to have a look! The fittings are tight and firm and the layouts are simple and clean but still very luxurious looking once you sit in the cabin. Again, I can’t emphasize more when I say, this car through pictures does not do the car any justice.. Upclose it should be stunning. The interior colour combination is very well done! (but not from this horrible pictures above)
0 0as what Mr. Toyoda says in his youtube video, this will be the best Camry ever. I wonder if he had woken up at the wrong side of the bed before he made that video. Just look at other car makers, or is it just only in Malaysia that we are taken rides time and time again.
0 0http://cdn.assets.toyota.com.my/assets/pdf/camry/1.%20Pen.%20Msia%20(Ind.%20Pte).pdf
0 0Whatever u guys complain bout this junk…still our ah bengs will buy this camry cause of TOYOTA…hehehe..
For me even current accord looks 100 times better than this junk..just imagine how this camry looks without the bodykits..imagine when this camry parked in between optima and sonata…then u can see the REAL CONTRAST!!
0 0You guys know right that toyotas assembled in Thailand is subjected to a very low tax already?! So why the price and spec like this, can sell at that price? Consumer la… That is us. Exercise our consumer rights la… They sell high, we don’t buy la… If no one buys from them in a year, end of the year for surely they will reduce the price. Look at KIA or other makes la. A car is car, if you want security buy a house.
0 0Im sorry but im sure even the ‘Target Audience’ will find this absolutely unacceptable. Shame on you Toyota.
0 0This car is better without the aerokit, front bumper just doent blend with the car plus the rims size are too small, should be at least 18′. To those who are ‘planning’ to buy this, just change the rim
0 0Ehmmm… can anyone help me to cancel my “Toyota Fans Club” membership?
0 0Just thought to say it ugly but too many comments already said that.. poor camry.. hahahaha..
but still dun worry umw.. u still have many T admirer out there no matter how shit is the look..
0 0On any model line-up, the 2.5 spec will always be the looker than its poor 2.0 cousin…but can’t see it here…same chrome trimmings, same grill, etc (maybe the rims are a tad bigger on the 2.5)…Curiously, the fully kitted 2.0 looks like the more premium option…not that I’m going to drop a deposit on either one…
To be fair though, loyal Camry customers probably won’t care too much how it looks…or what people would think. Toyota know they have cornered the ‘uncle market’, and sales of the new Camry is set to rise, and Toyota salesmen will again be laughing all the way to the bank. So all the brickbats will be swiftly forgotten…and everything will be rosy once again. It’s the cycle of life, you can’t fight it, hehe…
0 0Forget it T, might as well get a passat instead ….CBU 180k or cheaper CKD at 170K
0 0I have one of it, Grand 3.5 model, it is so nice, every thing well. Much better than Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Mazda and so on.
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AI-generated Summary ✨
Comments are predominantly negative, criticizing the Toyota Camry XV50's design, bodykit, and interior quality, with many calling it ugly, outdated, or resembling older models. Some appreciate the interior's luxury feel up close, but overall, sentiments focus on disappointment and disdain for the look, with several suggesting alternatives like Hyundai, Kia, or Nissan. A few defend Toyota's market strategy, emphasizing sales despite the criticism, while many express frustration over pricing and design choices.