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.