Car review: Toyota goes the whole nine yards with ninth-generation Camry

Looking like the Prius, but bigger, better built and nearly as economical. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
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SINGAPORE – After test-driving a barrage of super high-tech electric cars with more bells and whistles than an ice-cream van operated by a retired football referee, I find Toyota’s new Camry to be a major reset.

Like all previous generations, the ninth iteration of Toyota’s executive saloon is predictably boring. But “boring” can be a good thing. Boring is like the comfort of your own bed after an adrenaline-soaked adventure in the Amazon.

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