2025 Toyota Camry SL

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Score Summary

Reliability

8.0/10

Expert Reviews

8.5/10

Safety (ANCAP)

5★★★★★

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1. Summary 2. Highlights 3. Price 4. Ownership Sentiment 5. Ownership Costs 6. Model Reliability 7. Expert Reviews 8. Brand Reliability 9. Practicality 10. Features 11. Safety 12. Fuel / Efficiency 13. Performance

Summary

The Toyota Camry SL is a mid-size sedan with a hybrid electric powertrain, offering seating for five. It is targeted at families, executives, and buyers seeking a roomy, comfortable, and efficient vehicle with strong safety credentials and modern technology. Buyers might choose it for its generous interior space, refined ride, strong hybrid efficiency, comprehensive safety features, and Toyota's reputation for reliability and low running costs. The SL trim provides premium features without entering luxury territory.

Highlights

Strong safety package: Five-star ANCAP rating for the Camry (rating announced in 2024 under the latest criteria), with comprehensive safety tech standard.
Hybrid efficiency and performance: Hybrid powertrain provides smooth power delivery and efficient running, suitable for daily commuting and longer trips.
High spec interior and tech: Large central touchscreen (around 12.3 inches in the SL), Toyota Safety Sense active safety suite, and modern creature comforts.
Practicality: Generous boot space (around 524 litres expected in Camry hybrids) and rear-seat versatility with Isofix child-seat anchors.
Warranty and servicing: Five-year unlimited-kilometre warranty with capped-price servicing program (spaced roughly every 12 months or 15,000 km for the first several years).

Pricing (excluding on-road costs)

New (2025)

Hybrid 2.5L 4-Cylinder Petrol Engine with Hybrid Electric System

Starting from AU$ 54,000

Ownership Sentiment

✓Praises

•Excellent overall ride comfort and refined cabin
•Quiet and smooth hybrid powertrain
•Strong real-world fuel efficiency
•Spacious, well-finished interior with good packaging
•Solid long-term reputation for reliability and low expected running costs

!Complaints

•Infotainment/CarPlay connectivity issues (as described above)
•Occasional minor teething issues with new hardware/firmware in a fresh model year
•Occasional recall/service actions requiring dealer visits
•Limited all-wheel-drive availability in this generation (not a reliability issue, but a noted limitation for some buyers)
•Perceived high purchase price relative to some rivals (quality of ownership not a reliability issue, but noted by buyers)

Ownership Costs

Ownership Cost

Medium

Cost Predictability

Medium

Medium predictability for overall ownership costs due to predictable fuel economy and servicing via Toyota's capped-price program, but variability in insurance and registration costs across states adds uncertainty.