The ninth-generation Camry has opened pre-sales, focusing on intelligence, and Toyota has finally bowed its head?
At present, new energy vehicles have good achievements in the field of intelligence, which also makes many consumers pay more attention to intelligence when buying cars, so over time, the domestic automobile market, whether it is fuel vehicles or new energy vehicles, are more or less related to intelligence. And when everyone thinks that Japanese models that have almost nothing to do with intelligence are about to go downhill, you will find that a medium-sized car under Toyota still sold 19,783 units in November, ranking first among medium-sized cars, and this medium-sized car is the Toyota Camry, which is known as the "evergreen".
But Toyota also seems to know that this is not a long-term solution, after all, new energy vehicles are changing every day, although Toyota Camry has a large user base and accumulated reputation, but in the face of fierce competition in the market, there are still some shortcomings, so the replacement of the model is also imminent. Therefore, the pre-sale of the ninth-generation Camry officially opened some time ago, and its pre-sale price starts at 173,800 yuan (fuel version model), while the pre-sale price of the electric hybrid dual-engine version model starts at 181,800 yuan. The ninth-generation Camry has changed a lot compared to the old model, especially in terms of intelligence. Next, let's take stock of what are the eye-catching changes in the ninth-generation Camry?
The ninth-generation Camry has a big gap with the old model in terms of exterior design, which provides consumers with three sets of exterior design, these three different exterior design differences are mainly integrated in the front bumper part, especially the electric hybrid version of the model, they give people a strong visual impact in the appearance of the shape, the parametric front grille with the folded line of the lamp group design, in the recognition is indeed a certain improvement, but also highlights a strong sports attributes.
In addition, in terms of body size, the length of the ninth-generation Camry is also 4915 (4950) mm, and the wheelbase is 2825 mm. Therefore, in terms of interior seating space, the ninth-generation Camry is not very different from the old model.
The exterior may be eye-catching, but I think it's the interior that changes the most. Different from the previous Camry's interior design without a sense of science and technology, the ninth-generation Camry uses a new dashboard and multimedia control screen in the car, and the size of the screen is also 12.3 inches, and it is also equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 automotive-grade chip for the first time in the car, so you don't need to worry about the problem of Camry car machine jamming before. In addition, in terms of functional configuration, the ninth-generation Camry is also equipped with Apple CarPlay, Baidu CarLife and Huawei Hicar and other interconnection functions, which has indeed improved the convenience of using the car.
It is worth mentioning that the ninth-generation Camry is also equipped with an intelligent voice interaction system in the car, relying on the blessing of the 8155 chip, it not only supports continuous voice recognition function, but also can distinguish multi-language mixed commands and so on. In terms of intelligent voice interaction function, it is indeed somewhat convenient. But having said that, compared with the old models, the ninth-generation Camry has indeed made good achievements in intelligence, but compared with some of the current mainstream new energy vehicles, it has some unsatisfactory performance in intelligence, in a word, "more than the above".
In terms of power, the ninth-generation Camry has also been upgraded, for example, its electric hybrid dual-engine version of the model adopts the fifth-generation hybrid technology, which is officially called a one-car dual-hybrid, and Toyota's hybrid technology has always had a fuel-efficient reputation in the mainland automobile market. The 2.0HEV version has a maximum output of 145 kW and a fuel consumption of only 4.2 liters per 100 kilometers. It is worth mentioning here that the ninth-generation Camry's electric hybrid dual-engine model currently has a pre-sale package worth more than 20,000 yuan, so it also has a certain discount in terms of price, so the electric hybrid dual-engine model may become a big boost to the sales of the ninth-generation Camry.
Conclusion
For the ninth-generation Camry, I think intelligence is definitely a highlight of its improvement, especially after adding the 8155 chip, there are good achievements in the smoothness and functionality of the screen, but on the whole, it can only be said that there is a certain improvement in intelligence compared with the old model, compared with the mainstream new energy vehicles, it is still at a disadvantage in terms of intelligence, in addition, in terms of power and exterior design, the ninth-generation Camry has also made innovations, and the 2.0L hybrid model may become the main sales model of this generation of Camry. Therefore, it has to be said that in the face of today's fiercely competitive automobile market and the new energy market with increasing involution, even Toyota has to keep up with the trend.