The new 2019 Toyota Camry will be heading to the
Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show (KLIMS) next week, as revealed through a
Toyota Malaysia Instagram post. Specifications and pricing have already been
announced for the eighth-gen Camry, which will be sold here in a single 2.5V
variant form at its point of introduction. The Camry is priced at
RM 189,900 on-the-road excluding insurance, although this is still classified as
“estimated,” so the final figure may yet be revised.
The Malaysian-spec XV70 – which sits on the
automaker’s Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform – is equipped with
the 2AR-FE 2.5 litre four-cylinder engine from the outgoing Camry, though it
now has four PS more at 184 PS and 235 Nm. The six-speed auto has also been
retained.
Exterior kit includes automatic bi-LED projector
headlamps and LED turn signals, daytime running lights, fog lamps and rear
lights as well as 18-inch wheels (wrapped with 235/45 series rubbers), auto
wipers and dual exhaust tips. Six colours are available for the car – Red Mica,
Platinum White Pearl Mica, Silver Metallic, Graphite Metallic and Burning Black
CS GF.
The interior, meanwhile, is dressed with “smooth
leather” upholstery and eight-way powered front seats as well as memory power
adjustable steering, an eight-inch capacitive touchscreen display with
navigation, a 10-inch colour head-up display (HUD) and a seven-inch colour
multi-info display housed between two Optitron dials.
The kit list also includes a nine-speaker JBL audio
system, an electrochromic rear view mirror, keyless entry and push start,
electronic parking brake (with auto brake hold), dual-zone auto air con with
rear vents, wireless smartphone charger and a digital video recorder (dashcam).
Safety equipment includes seven airbags, front/rear
parking sensors, hill start assist, blind spot monitor with rear cross traffic
alert and a raft of systems grouped under the Safety Sense suite, among them
pre-collision system, lane departure alert with steering assist, dynamic radar
cruise control and automatic high beam.
