So as a few of you might know, I'm trying to figure out what car I want to purchase in a few months...an '05/'06 Camry SE V6 or an '07 SE V6. In a nutshell, as much as I like the new Camry's exterior there are parts of it's interior that I cannot get over. While it's a bit plain inside, the '05/'06 SE V6 has an interior that is built to a completely different standard than the new car, and it's simple and straight forward and I like the orange lighting plus a few other features.

I went fishing around for 5th gen Camry videos on youtube and found these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbHyt3Ebquo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7mZ6PsTke4

Um, by the look of these videos, the car snapped off a 0-60 in like 6 seconds or so...maybe 6.3 tops. I thought that seemed oddly quick so I messaged the guy who made the videos and he was really nice and said that his car is completely stock, the runs were made in ~70 degree weather on a pretty straight road.

I thought the older Camry was like 7.5 or so 0-60? If the car is really this quick, that's about on par with the current Camry which is impressive considering a 60hp advantage.

 

something isnt adding up. The new camry is significantly faster than the old one. Old one has 220? hp and 5 spd, new one has 270 6spd. Old camry v6 ~8.0 sec for 0-60 new ones 6.0 to low 6s

http://www.toyoland.com/camry/index.html

 

Yeah I think they usually run 0-60 in the 7.5ish second range and run the 1/4-mile in the high 15s to low 16s.

I'm going to guess that freeway on ramp he mentioned in his description was at a significant down hill angle.

 

Plus, the '07 SE V6 only picked up about 30 lbs over the older model.

 

Seems pretty quick.

http://www.dragtimes.com/results.php?carmodel=655&op1=%3D&data1=2007&search2=et&op2=%3C%3D&data2=&stock=1&days=10000000&carmake=44&name=Search+DragTimes

 

^^ I think those are all 2007s though.

 

The times sure sound like current gen vs. previous gen.

 

the scary thing is how quick the current ones are...

 

Yeah, plus you can regularly get 30+ mpg on the highway.

 

I drove the V4 several times. And even that was fast.

 

v6 camrys and rav4s can dust the prelude I had, pretty sad

 

Toyota has a good engine in the 3.5 V6. That size seems to be the standard these days. According to some recent comparos, their 3.5 seems to be a little quicker than the Honda and Nissan 3.5's. The 6 speed auto helps too. Better mileage also.

 

seems too quick. The last gen ones ran in the 7s at best.

The 3MZ-FE 3.3 litre VVT-i engine has 210hp under the new SAE.

 

I'll make a nice tasty treat out of a last gen V6 and a current 4 cyl Camry with my RX300, but a current gen V6 will hand me mi trasero en un plato sin problema.