Toyota May Have Leaked the 2025 Camry

Toyota may have revealed the design of the next Camry sedan in an unrelated video. The supposed leak comes via a rather straightforward clip from the automaker explaining the difference between buying and leasing. It uses the Camry as its demonstration vehicle, usually represented by die-cast toys scaled to fit in the palm of the hand.

However, near the halfway point, an image appears on a prop flier showing a rendering of a new model (h/t CarBuzz). The vehicle in question looks like an amalgamation of the current Toyota Camry, Toyota Prius, and Toyota Crown.

It features design aspects of all three, though the sedan body style would likely preclude the latter and we already know what the updated Prius looks like. Considering some of the design changes Toyota has been implementing of late, it seems very plausible that this was either an early drawing of what the new Camry might look like or a way for Toyota to unofficially tease the upcoming model.

Either way, marketing teams have loads of meetings about this kind of thing before new materials are leased to ensure nothing is leaked accidentally. Odds are decent that this was something Toyota hoped viewers would find and then discuss in a manner that garnered some added attention for the brand.

Though it’s hard to get terribly excited based on a singular image. Toyota will almost assuredly dump the 3.5-liter V6 as an option and run with an array of economical four bangers. Some of those will be hybrids and there’s a decent chance that the brand will launch a performance focused GR variant later on. But it’s probably not something we will encounter at launch and there are worries that it might not be all that exciting of a model.

Honda seems to have abandoned extra-sporty versions of the Accord since its update (farewell to the Sport 2.0 Turbo). The trend appears to be for automakers to supplant hotter sporting trims with lukewarm sport-hybrid variants and it may be the path Toyota takes with the Camry. Then again, the brand has been upping its performance game of late and might want to take that corner of the market for itself as the otherwise handsome and handy Accord apparently bows out.

At any rate, the Honda Accord was recently previewed in Japan having dumped the majority of its physical controls — mimicking some of the unpopular choices Volkswagen has made with its interiors. Automakers will tell you this is a styling decision. But it’s all about cutting costs and trying to force customers into using their proprietary infotainment systems. If Toyota manages to avoid that, the Camry will already be a winner to many regardless of what body it’s given.

However, the assumed leak doesn’t look all that bad. For as much as we like to gripe about how modern trends are ushering in a new Malaise Era, Japanese and Korean exteriors are some of the best we’ve seen in ages. Today’s cars look pretty good, even if powertrains keep shrinking and the supportive technologies are sometimes obnoxious.

[Image: Toyota]

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