2012 Toyota Camry Reviews, Pricing & Specs

I went from a 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe to the 2012 Toyota Camry XLE and I couldn’t be more pleased. The Camry has the same, if not better, handling. The Toyota, although 8 years older, is clearly far superior in both power and comfort. The only feature I had to give up, was the backup camera, and I can easily have that installed. Love my 2012 Toyota Camry!Apr 02, 2023

I bought it as a work car to put about 200k on it before I give it to my daughter. the main reason I bought it was thinking of her safety when she gets it. this car has air bags on its airbags. It is relatively loaded, leather seats, back up camera, navigation (rather useless), and a decent stereo, satellite. I spend a lot of time driving, so it needs to be comfortable, reliable, and creature comforts. This is not my first Camry, and I do not like the location and operation of the cruise control. I had a 1990s camry, and it was in the same place and operated the same. Another thing I don't like is that the power ports do not stay hot when the car is off. at least 1 should. The Jul 20, 2014

What I like about the Camry is that you feel control of the car when you are driving it, it's very stable and the brakes are awesome. Fuel costs are low. I love the touchscreen, navigation system, but most of all, is that I can give commands to call one of my contacts or I can just say the phone number and it will dial it for me without me holding the phone. You can also save some addresses on the navigation system that way you don't have to enter them over and over. There are a lot of other features that I never got to use but that are available in this car.Jul 16, 2014

Recently I purchased a 2012 Toyota Camry SE. So far I am very happy with the decision. This is my 3rd Camry (previously owned a 2002, and 2005). Both LE. This time I went with the SE as I didn't care for the front end styling on the LE on the new generation (too plain IMHO, even the Chrome bars fail to add any interest), also the light colored cloth seats seemed too hard to keep clean. The SE however while admittedly not as much a stand out visually as a fusion or 6 is clean, understated but classy. I love the fog lights, 17" alloys, and spoiler. Performance is decent. My SE is the 2.5L 4 cylinder. Off the line it's peppy enough. On the highway passing and merging is not a problem. A quick down shift on the paddle shifter makes these things fun(did I just say Fun when talking about Camry). I find the paddle shifters very responsive. The brakes are firm and not mushy. Finally Toyota got the brakes right. The steering and cornering is Camry like, though much improved over past Camrys I've owned or rented. The steering is light and offers very little feedback. If you want sports car agility and feel; try Mazda 6, or Honda Accord. If you want a comfortable, quiet composed ride with reliability to boot. You'll find it here. My SE is very comfortable capable highway cruiser. Gas mileage is great. I can get the advertised 35mpg highway if I am easy on the throttle and stay off those paddle shifters. Otherwise I average around 31-33 highway. Not bad. Definitely a improvement over my 2005. The interior. I like it. Though many car reviews I read slammed it. I think while the interior materials are not as quality as they were in the past, it is certainly better than the misaligned plasticky interiors of the last generation (2007-2011). The front touch areas are soft to the touch. The faux chrome pieces on the SE aren't fooling anyone but, they are tasteful and inoffensive. There is some hard plastic to be found on lower parts of the door sides and the upper part of the dash. Overall the SE's dark interior works for me. I think it will hold up well. I especially like the seats, black Softex (faux leather with dark cloth insets). Definitely classes up the interior. Real leather seats with suede insets are available should you so desire it. The interior is quiet with minimal road noise. I haven't experienced popping noises other report. I do notice a little wind noise. The cars tech is nice. The Bluetooth and iPod, iPhone, jump drive connections are awesome. Pairing my phone was very easy to do. I like the radio and phone controls on the steering wheel. The radio(mine is the standard non-entune, no navi) has a decent interface. It wasn't too hard to figure out. iPod connected no problem. The sound of the stereo is decent. It has tire pressure monitor that will give you the psi for each tire. There is a mpg interface as well. While my car is not perfect (what car is?) overall I love my Camry and I am very happy with my purchase.Mar 18, 2014

This car has been extremely dependable. No problems in snow, sleet, or rain. Enough power to get up and go whenever needed. Quiet ride, lots of storage space, comfortable for longer rides with multiple adults, stereo sounds great, never had any issues with navigation. Push button start and the stitching in the interior were nice touches that added class to the car.Mar 15, 2014