Its refreshing to finally see the reviews reflect the actual quality of the car...
I've never understood how the Camry ever wins comparos and stays a sales leader. The best praise the magazines can normally come up with is "Toyota quality". What does that even mean? The build quality of the new Camry is nothing to write home about... its interior is full of cheap materials and isn't even put together that well...
Future reliability and dependability? I guess Toyota still has that reputation, but their newer vehicles have been dragging it through the mud somewhat.
There are just soooo many cars in the category that are better than the Camry... Every Japanese contender (Mazda 6, Nissan Altima, and of course the Accord) is a better car than the Toyota Camry in build quality, design, driving characteristics, and normally price. Bar none. I'd even go so far to say that most of the Domestics (Fusion/Malibu) and the Sonata are also better cars than the current Toyota Camry when it comes to build quality, design, driving characteristics, and of course, price.
Every time I hear somebody buying a new Camry, THEN hear how much Toyota managed to get out of them for it, I just shake my head. Maybe if all you care about in the world is resale value, it makes sense... but even then, why not a Honda Accord?