2009 Toyota Camry Reviews

I ordered a fully loaded 2009 Camry Hybrid.  ALL the bells and whistles, including all the "accessories".  This car is worth EVERY penny of the money I spent!.  When I drove off of the lot, it had 2 miles on it.  So far, I now have 1,300 miles and consistently get 35.4 mpg in the city (which includes daily expressway driving - and I am definitely no "granny" driver). The car is very quiet, handles well, feels very luxurious inside and gets awesome gas mileage.  Now that I have become used to having smart key and bluetooth, it would be VERY difficult to go back to not having it....they are my favorite features of the car.  I did ALOT of research (2 years!) on many different cars/SUV's comparing them and the Camry Hybrid came out with the best of everything.  (My sister bought an LE Camry a week after I bought mine!)  I drove a 1997 Camry for the past 10 years with NO problems at all, and have a good feeling that I will get 10 years out of this car. My son is 8 yrs old....I keep telling him this will be his car in 8 years....I have faith that it will still be running like new....:-)

What a lousy thing to do to the CAMRY. Our 98 4cyl was one of the best vehicles I ever owned.The 2009 is terrible. This 4cyl is underpowered for this car! No torque! Gas milage so far is worse then the 98. Engine makes more noise then the 98 did with 100k on it! Trans shifts up and down eraticly (downshift by itself going down hill?). It plows into turns like an old Buick. The armrests are not comfortable.

Toyota retains value well, great for re-selling :-) also
very smooth car the camry is, over all I give it two
thumbs up, only issue I have with the car is it is very
common, great car to have if you don't mind having
the same car as everyone else in America.

I enjoy knowing that while in traffic, I am not using the GAS engine.  This is about 50% of my commute.  

No issues with the car nor the hybrid components so far!

Love knowing that I am driving a reliable, fun car that is very trendy/sporty all while saving the planet!

The breaks could be slightly stronger and the usual hybrid acceleration delay is annoying.  Will that ever be improved?  The navigation system seems confusing, even after reading 2009 Navigation System Owner's Manual and the 2009 Navigation System Quick Reference Guide.  Nicely surprisingly, I get an average of 41.8 mpg highway and 38.6 mpg city.  I recently drove my car from San Diego to Pittsburgh and that's how I learned this.  Additionally, my calculated mpg is almost 10% higher than the displayed mpg.  Lastly, the car continued it's great mileage even around the endless hills of Pittsburgh.  The interior appearance is better than the exterior appearance.  I've had no needed repairs to date and there are no rattles or squeaks.  The car is fun to drive but the handling around bends requires allot of attention to avoid going off the road.