If a vehicle were ever to be defined by a single rear fender view, then the 2018 Toyota Camry is shaping up to be quite the machine. In a single teaser image, Toyota somehow managed to fit an LED taillight, an aggressive fender vent/speed-hole thingie, an “XSE” badge, a rear spoiler, a shiny wheel, and an aggressive C-pillar kink. Oh, and a tire. Looks sporty, right" Toyota USA chief Bob Carter even said that this newest Camry “will send chills up your spine.”
The redesigned 2018 Camry will make its debut at the 2017 Detroit auto show in January. Based on what we know so far, it’ll ride on the TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) modular platform that thus far is found under the Prius hybrid and the C-HR crossover, and the car will adopt a slightly wider and lower stance. The traditional three-box sedan shape won’t be drastically altered, however, as Toyota can’t afford to offend those hundreds of thousands of customers who flock to their showrooms each year to pick up the latest version of the Camry. If any real excitement is in store for the 2018 Camry, it will come in the form of a new TRD-tuned version, which we spied testing this fall. With quad exhaust tips and aggressive-looking wheels and tires, this hotted-up Camry could use a version of Toyota’s 3.5-liter V-6 engine making upward of 300 horsepower. The standard Camry likely will make do with four-cylinder engines, including an updated version of the curr...