BY BRUCE NEWTON | 12th Nov 2002


FIGHTING for oxygen in the hype surrounding the launch of the new BA Falcon and VY Commodore, Toyota's fifth-generation Camry has appeared. The result of a $350 million investment by Toyota Australia in engineering and plant, the new Camry is bigger, has more local content including locally-developed underpinnings and an all-new look - the latter something neither the Falcon or Commodore can claim. The range has been pared back from 16 models to 11 with the end of the wagon, but there's also more emphasis on sport with a full-blown Sportivo sporting range launched for the first time. Here, however, we are testing the baseline entry-level 3.0-litre V6 model now called Altise, rather than CSi. For all the changes we found a lot still familiar, and when it comes to Camry that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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