My 2022 Toyota Camry: Pros, cons & highlights after a 437 km road trip

The sedan returns a fuel efficiency of 24 km/l when cruising at 80 km/h.

BHPian anvay recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

I have driven the car for ~ 400km in 4 days. Listing down my observations:

Pros

• It's super silent. Absorbs bad roads like a boss. While driving I have to focus hard to listen to if the engine has turned on.
• The hold function is a gem for traffic. I can relax both feet while having the car in D mode.
• Heads-up Display is super useful. Especially in a big car, getting alerts on HUD helped me manage this huge car in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
• Ground Clearance is adequate for Bangalore's worst road. The super-high-speed breakers of HSR, under construction road near Cessna business park, the car will not scrape with a full load (5 folks ~90 kgs) plus luggage if driven slowly over bumps. Because of soft suspensions, if you cross speed breakers before suspension oscillations end, the car might scrape (>10kmph). BTW, the car is soo silent that scrapes sound super hard.

Cons

• 5th passenger will not be comfortable. It's a 4 seater car.
• AC on eco mode is best for Bangalore. For the strong cooling move to normal mode.
• No mute button on the steering wheel is a sore point for me.
• Cruise control's acceleration and deceleration are not very linear. Plus it starts at 30 km/h compared to polo's 20.
• I also have to activate Cruise control every time car is turned on. No physical on the button like VW.
• Navigation using HUD is super fun and easy. However, it works only with native maps. Native maps have all the latest addresses and routes, however, the UI is just bad.
• Do not even think of taking the car to places with a small parking. Manipal Hospital's (Sarjapur Road) parking was a nightmare. The car barely fits in the VR mall. Thank god we have 2 cars.

Fuel Efficiency

Joy ride to airport road gives a mileage of 23-24 km/l at 80 km/h cruise control. End-to-end mileage of 21.4km/l. I was once stuck in Harlur / Sarjapur Road for 45 minutes with the car always in D mode and got a mileage of 15 km/l. So super happy with the numbers. My friend was test-driving an Octavia behind us in the traffic and got an average of 6 km/l.

Update: Just finished a 437 KM Bangalore to Puducherry. Given that the first service is still due, I drove at a max of 101kmph (The car did not go above 3000 rpm).

A few highlights:

• Mileage 22.1 km/l from home to resort.
• There were some bad patches but the bottom did not scrape nor did I have any issues with suspension.
• The car was running in normal mode and reaching 100 km/h is really smooth and linear with ~20 throttles.
• While breaking you can feel when physical breaks are used on top of regen for strong breaks.
• The hybrid battery assists at 100kmph during sedated driving. I saw EV mode engaging as high as 80 km/h.
• CVT gearbox keeps engine RPM around 1200-1400 at 100kmph.

PS: Sorry for no pics, will try to click on the return journey.

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