AUTO REVIEW: Toyota Camry XLE V-6 - Boring no more - Wicked Local Kingston
Today the average new car or light truck in America costs nearly $34,000, and vehicle sales are at a 10-year high. At the same time, our average car or truck is now more than 11 years old. We can mine these factoids for all sorts of conclusions — cars are holding up longer, cheap gas is again fueling SUV and pickup sales, etc. — but here’s what strikes me: If our average car age is 11, this means that for every new one that’s proudly brought home, there has to be another one still out there that was born 22 years ago. In-car navigation systems — the very few available — needed 10 CDs to cover North America, and poorly. The 2015 Toyota Camry in our driveway stickers for $35,549 — or, after haggling with the dealer, just about the average price of a new car today. And if you happen to be the statistical everyman who’s trading in (or junking) a 22-year-old heap for such a Camry, you are going to be astounded by what’s new. For example, since this is a top-line XLE V-6, instead of a cassette player it has Toyota’s Entune premium digital multimedia bundle — that is, a high-resolution touchscreen with real-time Doppler weather overlay, a high-def JBL AM/FM/satellite... Source: kingston.wickedlocal.com
