2003 Toyota Camry Altise V6 from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

I recently bought a Toyota Camry V6 Altise (manufactured date August 2003) in Sydney.

I expect the car will have roomy space and enough power to drive for long trips.

However, I found my Brand New Toytota V6 Altise with free Alloy wheels has a few defeats.

X1. the plastic cover near the steering wheel cannot be closed and the joint between the up and bottom covers usually seperated by 2 mm apart. Ever you manually put them together for a while, they are seperated again when you drive.

X2. the double layer car boot cover is not welding properly. When the car is driving through bumpy road, you will hear the metal frame vibration noise comes from the boot area. The vibration noise is simliar to the noise generated by the Cargo Barrier when you drive a Wagon.

X3. The suspension is very Bad, you feel very uncomforable when you drive some bumpy road especially in Sydney or you feel to drive a very old car (7 years old or more).

X4. U hear flipping noise comes from the rear right wheel area when your car's speed is exceeding 70km/h. The flipping noise frequency is in protion to the car speed.

U won't hear it when the car speed is below 50km/h.

X5. The Driver Seat is not comfortable when you drive for a long time (eg. 2 hours), U feel the lef leg is very tired.

X6. The HandBrake is far apart from normal compared with the old camry.

I feel very disappointed with the quality assurance and design of the car.

Although the engine is good, but

I would not recommend any one to buy this car compared with others.

Where was your Camry assembled? Japan or USA or? If the first letter of the VIN is J, it is Japan. Thanks.

Since the reviewer bought the car in Sydney it's an Australian assembled Camry.

So what is the difference between a Camry "Altise" and a regular Camry?

Most NSW government passenger vehicles are Camry Altise, so you would think that city or country driving it has to be a more than reasonable car.

Altise = XE

Ateva = SE

Grande = XLE.

Australian Camry models come with names not letters.