2008 Toyota Camry Safety Review [ 2009 , 2007 ]

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Safety - What the Auto Press Says

The 2008 Camry does very well in both government and insurance industry crash tests, and offers a lengthy list of passive and active safety features to protect passengers in emergencies. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gives the Camry five out of five stars for front and side impact testing, as well as a four-star rollover rating. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gives the Camry the highest possible rating, "Good," in both frontal offset and side impact testing.

• "The Camry has never wavered in its mission to be the perfect American family sedan. It's not perfect, of course, but the current Camry rates highly in most of the areas mainstream buyers will consider important: It's roomy, comfortable, safe and easy to drive." -- Edmunds
• Car and Driver editors voted the Camry one of the top 10 safe vehicles available for less than $25,000. "Refrigerators are safe, so their vehicular equivalent should be too. And it is. Toyota's best-selling, bread-and-butter sedan has been carefully tweaked over its twenty-four-year lifespan to offer the most family-friendly, innocuous, safe, and least involving experience possible. The only real danger here is falling asleep at the wheel or losing your Camry in a parking lot." -- Car and Driver
• During the year of the Camry's redesign, 2007, Automotive noted, "Instead of two airbags standard with four more optional, all Camrys return this year with no less than seven." -- Automotive.com
• "Perhaps more worthwhile is the vehicle stability control. … It isn't often needed, but when it is, it can be invaluable in avoiding an accident (or just avoiding embarassment)." -- A Car Place
• "The Camry was a respectable snow car, making it up the ol' slick, steep driveway with élan. Toyota is nannyish by nature, so a traction control that permitted exuberance was a delightful surprise." -- USA Today
• During a 2007 test drive, Automobile reviewers highlight the Camry's stability. "It really takes to the turns well, transitioning from one corner to the next with confidence and transmits a decent amount of feedback through its electro-mechanic rack-and-pinion steering system, an ability which bodes well for any accident avoidance measures it's ever asked to perform." -- Automobile.com