Toyota’s winning trio at Canadian Car of the Year awards
Members of the Association of Automobile Journalists of Canada (AJAC) select the Camry LE, Camry Hybrid and RAV4 as category winners for the 2007 Canadian Car of the Year. Toyota Trio received top honors. The Toyota Camry LE won in Best New Family Car, the Toyota Camry Hybrid in Best New Family Car and the Toyota RAV4 V6 Sport in the Best New SUV/CUV category.
“Toyota is very happy to accept these awards, and on behalf of everyone at Toyota Canada, I would like to thank the members of AJAC for these honors,” said Stephen Beatty, CEO of Toyota Canada Inc. “The Toyota Camry is the North American Award”. most popular passenger car. The Toyota Camry Hybrid represents a significant evolution of gasoline-electric hybrid technology in the second most popular market segment in Canada. And the redesigned Toyota RAV4 will be built in Woodstock, Ontario, when our new assembly plant, currently under construction, begins production in 2008.”
The Toyota Camry, a midsize car built at the Georgetown, Kentucky plant, is the best-selling car in America for 8 of the past 9 years starting in 1997. Now in its sixth generation, Toyota Auto Parts Toyota Camry have been noticeably restyled, although the length of the car remained unchanged. The Kentucky plant produces approximately 45,000 Camrys a year.
Toyota Camry OEM parts feature functionality and style. The new Camry is also being manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation Australia. The new generation Camry in Australia went on sale last August. Its range of models is made up of the Altise, Ateva, Sportivo and Grande.
This year, Toyota created a hybrid version of the Camry. It was introduced alongside the redesigned Camry. The car employs the Hybrid Synergy Drive setup, which is identical to the Prius, Highlander Hybrid, and Lexus RX 400h. Camry Hybrid uses a 4-cylinder gasoline engine that is capable of producing 192 horsepower. Standard features of the Camry Hybrid include knee airbags, side torso airbags, and side curtain airbags, remote entry and remote start.
Toyota RAV4, on the other hand, is a compact crossover SUV that was significantly redesigned for the 2006 model year. For now, Toyota RAV4 auto parts are assembled at the automaker’s Tahara, Aichi, Japan assembly plant. However, assembly is expected to be transferred to the Woodstock, Ontario, Canada assembly plant when the latter comes online.
“These three vehicles are extremely important to Toyota’s vision of the future of personal transportation in Canada,” Mr. Beatty continued. “Therefore, we are pleased that they have been selected by AJAC members as the best in their respective categories.”
AJAC is an association made up of professional journalists, writers and photographers who are responsible for coverage of the Canadian automotive industry.