It is now the turn of Thailand to receive the ninth-generation Toyota Camry, following the model’s ASEAN debut in Singapore in August this year. While the city-state across the causeway receives the D-segment sedan in a sole variant, the XV80 goes to market in Thailand with three variants – Premium Luxury, Premium and the base Smart, where pricing starts from 1,450,000 baht. As with other markets where the latest Camry has gone on sale, namely Australia and the United States, powertrain for Toyota’s D-segment sedan in Thailand debuts solely with a 2.5 litre hybrid petrol powertrain, which is the A25A-FXS 2,487 cc inline-four cylinder Atkinson-cycle petrol engine that outputs 186 PS at 6,000 rpm and 221 Nm from 3,600 rpm to 5,200 rpm. Being for the Thailand market, the XV80 Camry is E20 fuel-compatible. Drive goes to the front wheels via an e-CVT. Electric drive comes from a permanent magnet synchronous motor producing 100 kW and 208 Nm, coming together to make a combined system output of 227 PS, according to Toyota Thailand.
For external dimensions, the XV80 Camry
measures 4,920 mm long, 1,840 mm wide and 1,445 mm tall with a wheelbase of
2,825 mm, with the same dimensions shared across all three variants. Front and
rear wheel track widths are 1,580 mm and 1,590 mm for the Premium Luxury and
Premium variants, with the base Smart variant gaining 10 mm on both measures.
Suspension for the XV80 Camry is by MacPherson struts in front and double
wishbones at the rear; tyre sizes for the Premium Luxury and Premium variants
are 235/45R18 on two-tone alloy wheels, while those of the base Smart variant
are slightly downsized at 215/55R17 on silver-finish alloy wheels. All three
variants get electric power steering.
The exterior equipment list sees all three
variants for Thailand get automatic LED projector headlamps with LED daytime
running lights and full-LED tail lamps. Exterior door handles and side mirrors
are in the body colour, the latter with LED indicators, electric adjustment and
auto-fold on the Smart and Premium variants; the Premium Luxury adds a memory
function and reverse link. Also standard across the board are automatic wipers
and front acoustic windscreen, while the Premium and Premium Luxury variants
gain a panoramic roof with power-adjustable sunshades.
Inside, upholstery for the Thai-spec XV80
Camry brings a blend of synthetic and genuine leather, and all three get an
eight-way adjustable driver’s seat; the top Premium Luxury variant adds
ventilation, a two-position memory function and automatic rearwards movement
when the driver is entering or exiting the vehicle. The Premium and Premium
Luxury gain shift paddles. The front passenger seat also gets electric
adjustment, with the Smart and Premium variants getting four-way adjustment
while the top Premium Luxury gets ventilation and eight-way adjustment with
adjustment buttons on the seat back to be accessible by the rear seat
passenger, who will also benefit from a power-reclining function (standard,
non-reclining seats remain for the Premium and Smart variants).
For the driver, steering column adjustment
applies for reach and height across all three variants, while the Premium
Luxury adds electric adjustment with a memory function. All three get
leather-trimmed steering wheels, as well as a synthetic leather-trimmed centre
console storage compartment. Driver instrumentation starts with a seven-inch
TFT colour display in the base Smart variant, while the Premium steps up to a
12.3-inch TFT colour display unit, and to that the Premium Luxury adds a
head-up display unit. Infotainment is accessed through a 12.3-inch touchscreen
for all three variants, with audio by a six-speaker setup for the Smart and
Premium; the Premium Luxury gains a nine-speaker JBL setup. All three provide
wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, with three USB outlets and a wireless
device charger for the front occupants, two USB outlets for the rear occupants
and one 12-volt power supply outlet. Air-conditioning is an automatic two-zone
setup in the Smart and Premium, with the Premium Luxury getting a three-zone
configuration for the left, right and rear zones.
For convenience, all three get a remote
key, automatic cabin lighting, and rear door and rear windscreen sunshades. In
terms of cameras, the Smart variant gets a reversing camera, while the Premium
and Premium Luxury variants bring a panoramic view camera setup and a dashcam.
Driver assistance systems in the Thai-spec XV80 Camry bring blind spot
monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert with safe exit assist, pre-collision
safety, lane departure alert with steering assist and lane tracing assist, and
dynamic radar cruise control with curve speed reduction.
Active safety systems include VSC,
traction control, hill start assist, ABS with brake assist and EBD and
emergency stop signal, while passive safety kit brings front, side, curtain and
driver’s knee airbags across all three variants. Finally, colours. The 2024
XV80-generation Toyota Camry in Thailand is offered in four exterior shades –
Precious Metal, Cement Grey Metallic, Platinum White Pearl and Attitude Black
Mica. Pricing in Thailand starts from 1,450,000 baht for the Smart,
through 1,639,000 baht for the Premium, to 1,789,000 baht for the Premium Luxury.