Even with the V8, the GS is not much of a sport sedan in its stock form compared to, perhaps a 5-Series. Still, most people here continue to mod their cars. That specific Camry posted isn't the run of the mill every mom drives, but something a bit nicer. A Camry CE base model on the other hand would be a bad starting place. IMO, the new Camry SE V6 is pretty powerful and sporty looking and I prefer its looks over the Altima or 6 any day.

 

Fair enough

 

I like the way the USDM Camry SE looks, but the ones overseas looks way better even without the kits

 

Looks nice
I still have distant relatives in Asia, and it would take most of their savings to buy a camry there.

 

The Camry has never been as sporty as it is today. It has never handled better in stock form, the brakes are better than ever and it has never been this fast before. Back in the days when my Camry (a 1995 model) was new, the V6 did 0-60 in lower to mid 8's. Not fast, but it wasn't the slowest sedan back then by any means. Those were the days when you couldn't tell a Camry SE from a Camry LE on the outside, minus the badge. The current Camry is a far cry from the Camry's of the past. As time goes on, you will see the Camry appeal more than ever to those who otherwise may not consider a Camry. I think the new Camry favors well compared to the competition. Performance figures are similar to the Altima, give or a take a little bit here and there. If we're going by styling, then I think all family sedans under $30k look plain except for (IMO) the Maxima and Mazda 6. The American family sedans have also come along way, especially the Fusion from other sedans that Ford has sold in the US market.

 

Nice JDM Camry > USDM Camry in my book

 

It's an Aurion, not a Camry.

Looks pretty hot though... pity it's FWD.

 

The Aurion is also the ASEAN market Camry.

Toyota Style Australia designer, Nick Hogios (Ex-Ford Australia.) and other members of the Aussie design team collaborated to develop the styling of the ASEAN/ Taiwan/ China Camry/ Aussie Aurion together with the Japanese & Thailand/ Taiwanese design team.

The Aurion Sportivo range (Sportivo SX6 & Sportivo ZR6) was totally designed in house by Toyota Style Australia.


Now, I wished that Toyota badged the Aurion as a Vienta & redeveloped the current US-spec Avalon for Australia.

Thai-spec Camry 3.5Q V6-> http://www.e-toyotaclub.com/th/Tccpi...Y/pdf/CARY.pdf
Thai-spec Camry 2.0/ 2.4-> http://www.toyota.co.th/red/th/model...y_brochure.pdf
ASEAN Camry link in English-> http://www.toyota.com.my/hid_6.html
Aussie Aurion-> http://www.toyota.com.au/aurion/
Aussie Aurion Presara-> http://www.toyota.com.au/aurion-presara/

 

If one is modding a car for other peoples approval than I see your point. I like modding my cars for the experience more so than the end product. The result is just icing on the cake. Whether you are modding a Ferrari or a Camry, if you are having fun doing it that is all that matters. I keep telling this story to friend's of mine. I remember my dad telling me it is a waste of time and money to mod my car the way I used to right out of HS, all the time while he was telling me that he was helping me do the mods What I came away with from that experience after looking back is I don't remember so much what my dad used to complain about (The exact words) but I do remember spending time with my dad working on my car. Heck, I mod my moped, I mod my LS400, I even mod my NSX. It doesn't matter because I just enjoy the journey, especially now that my 3 year old son is getting old enough to actually want to help me and does help me. He doesn't do much really, but I remember him telling his grandpa that he helped his daddy install the TV monitors in the car. Now how cool is that

The problem is we live in a class system. The guy's modding Ferrari's think modding a Lexus is a waste of time and money. The guy's modding a Lexus think modding a Camry is a waste of time and money. The guy's modding a Camry think it is a waste of time modding a Kia.

By the way, I think that Camry is hot. Looks great. If I bought a Camry you can bet I'd be modding it. Maybe not performance wise, but modding it in some form.

 

Again, this has nothing to do with class. Guys that mod Ferraris understand that the vast majority of people modding Lexuses can't afford Ferraris (and if somebody put Ferrari-level money into modding their Lex then they are most likely wasting their time). What I'm saying is that there are (at least to me and everybody I know) thousands of other cars for equal or lesser money that would make a much better starting point. That's just my opinion though

 

Wow thats like the first indo modded car that is now slammed "indo low". Very nice ride though.
By the way, that car probably cost as much as a Benz S-Class over here. So I guess you can say thats more than a Lexus.

 

That is one good looking camry
Very simple and clean.

More reasons to mod the camry since you see like 50,000 of them in one parking lot. I sure want to know which one is mine

New and fairly loaded camrys are pretty expensive. I can see why I wouldn't mod this camry if it approaches the $30k mark. I'd rather get a nice used lexus instead

 

Looks good.

 

That Camry looks nice The 50th Anniversary Camry Hybrid costs $32,300 and Im sure there are mark-ups as well. Thats $2045 more than the IS250 manual($875 more than the IS250 auto) and only $1170 cheaper than the ES350! The XLE V6 is not much cheaper either.. the top end Camrys have definitely moved in to Lexus price levels.

 

That's best looking Camry I've ever seen.