New Toyota Camry rendered

Rumours are starting to swirl around the next-generation Toyota Camry, which is due for replacement by 2024 based on the popular mid-size sedan’s previous model cycles.

While we’re yet to see or hear anything official from Toyota, that hasn’t stopped speculation running rampant – or the often-accurate graphic designers at Kolesa.ru imagining what the next-gen Camry will look like.

All brands have their own signature design languages and Kolesa is clearly banking on the upcoming US- and JDM-focused Toyota Crown flagship setting the stylistic tone for future models, including the next Camry.

“The model received an original design, elements of which will surely take root on other models of the brand,” graphic designer Nikita Chuiko said.

“The sedan presented in the renders retained its usual proportions, while it received a new front end with a large radiator grille and narrow horizontal headlights, visually united by an LED strip of parking lights.”

This assumption aligns with carsales’ own expectation of the next Camry being more of an advanced evolution of the current model than an all-out rebuild in terms of its platform and mechanicals, but there’s nothing to stop the designers going nuts and adapting the Crown’s outlandish styling.

Compared to the gaping front-end, the rendered Camry’s rear is a much subtler affair, with the headline act being the full-width tail-light strip and a vaguely grille-shaped diffuser integrated into the rear bumper.

The side profile is similar to the current version with flowing lines and no hard edges, however, the rendered version features more heavily emphasised haunches courtesy of an attractively bold hip line.

Toyota has already axed the 3.5-litre V6 from its local Camry line-up – leaving us with just a 2.5-litre four-banger or a 2.5-litre hybrid – but relief could be on the way for power fans in the form of the brand’s latest 205kW/430Nm 2.4-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder.

Odds are the force-fed mill won’t be installed under the bonnet of the Camry until the next generation arrives in the coming years – restoring its status as a direct rival for the aggressive Hyundai Sonata N-Line and slightly smaller Skoda Octavia RS.

The obligatory four-cylinder petrol and hybrid powertrains should also be carried over, albeit with a few refinement and efficiency tweaks.

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