Toyota has confirmed it is ending manufacturing of its Camry for the Japanese market in December 2023.
The Japanese automaker has stated, nonetheless, that it’s committing to the Camry in Australia.
“There are categorically no plans to cease promoting Camry in Australia,” a spokesperson for Toyota Australia advised CarExpert late final month.
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Daihatsu has additionally confirmed its Altis, a rebadged Camry offered within the Japanese market, can be exiting manufacturing in December.
Nikkei Asia stories Camry manufacturing will proceed in Japan for export markets, which embody Australia. The mid-sized sedan can be produced in the USA and China.
The present 10th era Camry debuted in 2017 and acquired its newest facelift in 2021.
Primarily based on its product lifecycle traditionally, a brand new Camry ought to seem within the subsequent couple of years.
In accordance with automotive info supplier MarkLines, the carmaker has offered greater than 21 million Camrys globally since its introduction within the 1980s by way of to the tip of 2022.
The US accounted for the lion’s share of those gross sales, with 13 million Camrys offered in that market.
Round 1.three million Camrys have been offered in Japan alone because it debuted in 1980; the Japanese market was alone in receiving the first-generation mannequin, a rear-wheel drive sedan formally referred to as the Celica Camry.
Camry gross sales slumped in Japan final yr with output affected by the semiconductor scarcity, with Toyota promoting fewer than 6000 models.
With the Camry being killed in Japan, Toyota will as an alternative give attention to the most recent Crown which is now not a sedan however a high-riding crossover liftback.
Sedans have spluttered in recent times in Japan, with long-running nameplates just like the Nissan Fuga, Cima and Teana and Honda Legend being axed over the previous few years.
In Australia the Camry held a 70.5 p.c share final yr of the mainstream mid-sized sedan phase.
The corporate offered 9538 examples of the Camry, effectively above the second-place Mazda6 (1511 gross sales, 11.2 p.c phase share).
The Tesla Model 3 managed to push previous it total as Australia’s best-selling sedan final yr with 10,877 gross sales, accounting for a 44.2 p.c share of its phase.
The Hyundai i30, Kia Cerato and Toyota Corolla all outsold the bigger Camry final yr, though their gross sales figures additionally embody hatchback fashions.
Toyota offered 15,269 examples of the current-generation Camry in 2018, its first full yr on sale. That determine elevated to 16,768 in 2019, however has declined yearly since, not helped in recent times by provide chain points.
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