The Camry is built for overall comfort and as such, it accomplishes its mission nicely without giving up control. The car always feels under control. Given its target audience, it is not likely to see much hard driving, but a good deal of careless traversing of rough roads and potholes is expected. The Camry s suspension is tuned to absorb and isolate its inhabitants without jostling them. It works to that end, but the compliance goes to softness when pushed or pulled, meaning, hard acceleration from rest results in noticeable rear end squat and hard braking produces even more nosedive.
Large bumps can create some wheel jouncing, evidence of the comfort setting.
The four-speed automatic is virtually unnoticeable. This is as high a compliment as one can give to a transmission. The shifts are sure and smooth and step-down is seamless in helping to optimize acceleration when conditions warrant. It slips into overdrive and the lockup converter engages without alerting you in any way. If you listen and feel closely, you can tell what it is doing, otherwise, the transmission behaves much the way the engine does.