Used 2018 Toyota Camry Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Sexy car
Keena, 08/28/2017
2018 Toyota Camry SE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
11 of 13 people found this review helpful
You have several choices and packages for the 2018 Camry. I had a 06 previously. After seeing the re-designed 2018's. I knew I had to have one. The Rav 4 was up for the running. But my SE is soo sleek and sexy, I got it off the show room floor. I wanted a sunroof but didn't want the price. But this one works good for my needs. It sits low kinda between a sedan and a sports car. Acceleration is great it has S for the sports mode gearshift. Audio is great, also lane assist, auto high beam lights. I love my new car.
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Toyota Left Out Some Key Features Competitors Have
ROMIL, 08/29/2018
2018 Toyota Camry XSE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
11 of 13 people found this review helpful
I was comparison shopping between this car and a 2018 Honda Accord. I test drove the Camry SE and XSE (both 2.5Ls) and an Accord Touring (1.5T). I ended up choosing the Accord, the reasoning to follow. I slightly prefer the exterior of the Camry to the Accord, especially the rear, but up front the Accord looks better. Toyota's gaping maw of a grill is a bit off-putting. The Accord drives better. I have only driven the Accord with the 1.5T/CVT combo, but even with a CVT, the transmission is much better than the ZF 8-speed in the Camry which is incredibly jerky, especially at low speed. You'll notice a lot of other reviewers also hate on the 8-speed. The Accord's CVT is probably the best CVT on the market and is very smooth with good acceleration. The Accord also has adaptive dampers (in Touring trims), which the Camry does not. When you push the Sport mode button in the Accord it actually signficantly changes the driving dynamics. You can feel the car tighten the suspension and steering and the transmission changes its character to be more aggressive. I also prefer the design of the Accord's interior. It isn't quite as flashy as the Camry's but it is significantly more ergonomic and user-friendly (other than terrible cupholders). The Accord is one of the few Honda vehicles to feature Honda's redesigned infotainment system, which is quite good and a million times better than the joke Entune system in the Camry. The Accord also has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which the Camry doesn't. The Accord has a couple other features the Camry doesn't have (at any price point, even though the Camry costs almost $2K more that the Accord at the top end): memory seats, ventilated seats, and over-the-air software updates via Wi-Fi. The omission of the first two is absolutely unbelievable to me. Almost every competitor has ventilated/memory seats in the top trim levels and for less money than the Camry. I have heard Toyota wants to "reserve" those features for the Avalon, which is super-lame, because, like I said, competitors have them. In its defense, the Camry does have a 360 degree camera system and a panoramic sunroof, which the Accord does not have, but for me personnally, the memory/ventilated seats are far more important than those features. The visibility out of both cars is great, so the 360 degree camera is a bit unnecessary. The pano sunroof seems nice, but I never use my sunroof. If you read any direct comparisons between these two cars by professional auto reviewers, every last one of them has given the Accord the victory over the Camry. Also, looking at owner reviews on this website, the Accord is crushing the Camry in owner satisfaction. Toyota did a nice job with this revamp, but the Accord is still a better overall vehicle and has been for decades. Some will argue that Toyota sells more Camrys than Honda does Accords every year. True, however, a significant portion of Camry sales are fleet sales to rental car companies. Removing that from the equation, they are fairly equal in sales each year. One last point: I see a lot more old Accords on the road than I do old Camrys. They are both reliable, but the Accord being a better-driving car all these years is more likely to remain with an owner for a long time.
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Camrys downfall
Robert M, 10/23/2018
2018 Toyota Camry SE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
13 of 16 people found this review helpful
I’ve had this car for a week, driving it 80 miles a day round trip for work, since my 2017 Camry SE required to have the sunroof repaired. This 2018 model Camry is tiny exterior wise, my 2017 Camry is so much more larger and comfortable, it’s unbelievable it’s an upgrade from the 2017 model. Passengers in the back seat literally have no space for their legs, so forget about buying this vehicle to be a family vehicle, unless your only traveling with a new born or very very small children. Unfortunately Toyota didn’t aim this Camry to be a family vehicle and more for single buyers any age. I will be keeping my 2017 Camry until Toyota brings back the larger comfortable Camry, most of us are use to buying a larger more refined Camry, if Toyota doesn’t produce a similar Camry to the previous generations, I’ll be forced to move on to a different vehicle brand. They can keep their new Camry which I call “ the Corolla wanna be Camry” due to its small cabin space.
Toyota engineers should be fired
John, 07/04/2018
2018 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
13 of 16 people found this review helpful
Don’t buy this 2018 Camry ...the 8speed transmissions is garbage from the factory..don’t make the mistake and buy this lemon...this review is not about the dealer....this problem is Toyota engineers......get the Honda Accord.....the gears on this lemon shift hard slams the gears and shutters ....poor quality......
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Abnormal Throttle Response
B Madison, 06/27/2018
2018 Toyota Camry LE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
The 4-cylinder in the 2018 Camry accelerates adequately, but there is a noticeable irregularity to the throttle response. To me the accelerator feel is very non-linear. If you need to accelerate lightly and press the right pedal down a minimal amount (maybe 20 percent) there is almost no engine response. However if you are not careful to continue pressing gently once you reach a certain throttle position the engine over responds and either revs too much and/or inadvertently downshifts a gear or two when you don't want it to. This is disappointing because drive-by-wire technology has been used in many mainstream vehicles for 15+ years now. Perhaps a software update could address this. Interestingly I drove a 2016 Camry rental a couple years back and did not notice this issue. I am hoping this is corrected for the 2019 model year or this may be a deal breaker for me.
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