The 2024 Toyota Camry has one important advantage: it is the final model year of the XV70 generation. Rather than introducing new mechanical complexity, Toyota carried forward the generation’s proven engines, eight-speed automatic, and hybrid system after years of production refinement, making 2024 one of the most mature versions of an already dependable Camry. This … Read more
The 2023 Toyota Camry benefits from being a late-production XV70 rather than from any major mechanical breakthrough. Its engines, transmissions, and hybrid system were already well established, giving buyers a mature platform with a strong reliability record—but also making the mechanically similar 2021 and 2022 models difficult to ignore. That turns the decision into a … Read more
The 2021 Toyota Camry received the XV70 generation’s first meaningful update, bringing revised styling, new 7- and 9-inch infotainment displays, expanded trim choices, and Toyota Safety Sense 2.5+. Underneath, however, Toyota left the solid engines, transmissions, and hybrid system untouched. The real question is whether those updates make the 2021 worth paying more for than … Read more
Buying the smallest car you can find isn’t necessarily the answer to city driving. A good urban car needs to be short enough for tight parking spaces, but it also needs good outward visibility, a manageable turning circle, sensible fuel consumption, and enough interior space that you don’t regret the purchase every time you leave … Read more
A Great First Car isn’t simply the cheapest one you can afford; it should also be affordable to insure, fuel, maintain and occasionally make beginner mistakes with. We therefore favor manageable cars with predictable costs, good visibility, useful safety technology and enough capability to keep for years—rather than unnecessary power, expensive wheels, aging luxury-car complexity … Read more
The Toyota Camry XV70, Toyotas go-to car in the midsize sedan game. Has changed how people see the Camry, moving it from a plain family car to a stylish sedan you’d actually enjoy driving, on top of the usual reliability we expect from it. Introduced in 2018, the XV70 edition mixed Toyota’s TNGA/GA-K platform with … Read more
The redesigned Nissan Sentra keeps its familiar formula rather than reinventing it. The latest U.S. model retains a 149-hp 2.0-liter four-cylinder and Xtronic CVT, but wraps them in a substantially updated exterior and cabin with a standard 12.3-inch touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and available dual 12.3-inch displays. The bigger story is technology … Read more
The Mercedes W221 S-Class is one of the used luxury market’s great temptations. A car that once represented the top of the Mercedes-Benz range can now cost less than an ordinary new compact car. But depreciation only changed the purchase price. The W221 depreciated. Its engineering didn’t. That distinction determines whether an old S-Class becomes … Read more