by Marc Carter | Aug 6, 2020
For years the Toyota Camry has won the hearts of midsize sedan buyers with its combination of features, reliability and overall value. But no one has hardly ever been able to describe the Camry as sporty. Well that now changes with the introduction of the 2020 Toyota Camry TRD. The Toyota Racing Development team has waved their magic wand at the Camry and what we have now is something surprising – a Camry that can be labeled as a sport sedan.
There’s one area that the TRD team didn’t touch – the engine. The Camry TRD is powered by the same 3.0-liter V6 as the standard V6 powered Camry. It generates 301 horsepower and 267 pound-feet of torque and is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. the engine calibration and transmission’s tuning also wasn’t touched. It would be cool if the Camry TRD also came with all-wheel drive, but sadly the only AWD Camry you can get has the four-cylinder under the hood.
The Camry TRD is rated at 22 mpg city, 31 mpg highway and 25 mpg combined, which is 1 mpg less in each category compared to the V6 XSE.
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