Camry comeback: Is this the next-generation Toyota Camry set to appear just as the hybrid is taken off sale?

Toyota’s slew of teasers and rumours regarding new and updated models isn’t slowing down, with the brand’s North American arm posting what appears to be the silhouette of a new Toyota Camry sedan.

Complete with headlights to match Toyota’s current design language - seen on the likes of the bZ4X and Prius - the new Camry likely won’t be a completely new generation, given the decreasing popularity of sedans and the efforts the brand is putting into its SUVs and, to some extent, electrification.

Posted to Instagram with the caption “A new dawn is coming…”, the image also appears to have some small hint of a sportier variant of the Camry, perhaps a GR Sport trim, in the form of what appear to be splitter edges or even canards on the sides of the front bumper.

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The teaser from North America comes the same week Toyota Australia placed a pause on orders for hybrid variants of the current-generation Toyota Camry as it attempts to catch up to existing orders, citing a two-year wait for recently placed orders of the sedan.

Toyota Australia says the hybrid drivetrain makes up 90 per cent of the Camrys ordered in Australia.

What exactly will be under the bonnet of the next Camry is yet to be determined, but we can expect an efficiency-focused hybrid to be the headliner given the sedan’s use in fleets and as a popular option for rideshare drivers.

What we do expect is the TNGA-K platform to be the basis for the next-gen Camry, likely with plenty of carried-over components given the shrinking sedan market and decreasing incentive for brands to invest big in similar four-doors, instead shifting focus to SUVs and electrification.

The Camry, which dropped below 10,000 annual sales in Australia in 2022, could in some markets borrow the 2.4-litre turbocharged petrol hybrid 'dual-boost' which makes 260kW and 550Nm in the Toyota Crown sold in the US, though Toyota Australia’s reluctance to introduce new drivetrains locally suggests you shouldn’t hold your breath.