Toyota has priced the 2027 Camry from $29,700, a starting figure that excludes dealer processing and handling charges, and the sedan arrives with every grade carried over from the 2026 model year. The LE, SE, Nightshade, XLE and XSE all return, and all five remain hybrids. Toyota’s price announcement came in mid-October 2026, with dealer arrivals expected later this fall.
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The model-year change is almost entirely a number on a price sheet. Grades, features and options are unchanged, the powertrain is unchanged, and the one headline efficiency figure, 51 mpg combined, belongs to a single version of the car. Shoppers comparing the new Camry with the one already on lots are therefore comparing nearly identical vehicles with a different sticker.
The $29,700 starting price and what it leaves out
Business Fleet, in a report published on Oct. 15, 2026, said pricing begins at $29,700, excluding dealer processing and handling charges. The same report notes that Toyota did not provide individual trim-level pricing in its announcement, so the cost of the SE, Nightshade, XLE and XSE is not yet public in the sources reviewed. Destination charges are not mentioned either, so the final window sticker will be higher than the $29,700 starting figure.
Autoevolution, which reported that Toyota unveiled the car on Oct. 13, 2026, says the 2027 Camry costs $700 more than the 2026 model, and that the increase applies to every trim. That is the only price movement the outlet identifies, and it frames the redesign-free year as a pure price adjustment.
Five grades, one hybrid system
The Automotive Fleet report of Oct. 16, 2026 calls the 2027 Camry a carryover with new pricing and confirms that every grade uses the hybrid powertrain. Business Fleet adds the specifics: Toyota’s fifth-generation hybrid system pairs a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with electric motors, producing 225 net-combined horsepower in front-wheel-drive form and 232 with all-wheel drive. An electronically controlled continuously variable transmission with Normal, Eco and Sport modes handles the gearing, and the car is assembled at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, Kentucky, the same plant the report names for production.
Electronic On-Demand all-wheel drive is available on all five grades, using a rear-axle motor generator to move torque between the axles. Toyota Safety Sense 3.0 is standard on every trim, and the XLE and XSE can add a Premium Plus package that brings Traffic Jam Assist and front and rear parking assist with automatic braking. Traffic Jam Assist depends on an active Drive Connect trial or subscription and on 4G coverage.
Inside, Business Fleet lists wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, an 8-inch touchscreen, wireless phone charging and five USB ports as standard, with a 12.3-inch screen available on select grades. The gauge cluster measures 7 inches on the LE, SE and Nightshade and 12.3 inches on the XLE and XSE.
The 51 mpg claim belongs to the LE
The advertised efficiency number is narrower than it sounds. Business Fleet states that the Camry LE with front-wheel drive achieves a manufacturer-estimated 51 mpg combined, and the report presents that as the highest figure in the announcement, not an average across grades. No rating for the other four grades or for all-wheel-drive versions appeared in the coverage reviewed.
Kelley Blue Book’s page for the 2026 Camry shows the same pattern in the outgoing model. KBB notes that only the LE reaches 50 mpg or better, and that higher trims are rated between 44 and 47 mpg combined. It also lists a 2026 LE price of $30,495 and gives the model an expert rating of 4.8, which puts it in a three-way tie at the top of KBB’s best hybrid cars list. Because KBB’s figure and Toyota’s new starting price may not use the same basis for fees, the two should not be subtracted from one another to estimate the increase; the $700 figure comes from autoevolution.
Warranty, connected services and timing
Business Fleet lists the coverage that carries over with the car: 36 months or 36,000 miles basic, 60 months or 60,000 miles on the powertrain, eight years or 100,000 miles on hybrid components, and a hybrid battery warranty of 10 years or 150,000 miles that transfers between owners. ToyotaCare covers scheduled maintenance for one year or 10,000 miles, plus three years of roadside assistance.
Connected services include five-year trials of Safety Connect, Service Connect and Remote Connect, and a 30-day, 3 GB Wi-Fi Connect trial. Buyers who want Digital Key need an XLE or XSE with the Premium or Premium Plus package and an active Remote Connect trial or subscription. Dealer arrival is described only as this fall, which leaves the exact on-sale date open, and the sources reviewed give no destination charge, so a specific on-sale date and per-trim prices remain to be announced.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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