"All of this assumes you are looking for tire scorching performance --
and perhaps indifferent gas mileage. If I buy a sedan, I can't imagine
the need for anything more than Honda's I4.  I alternately drive to
work an 03 Civic LX 5 spd and a 01 Prelude 5 spd.  The Civic does just
fine on I 75 and gets 38-40 mpg.  Heck, lets put a "hemi" in the Camry
or Accord next. "

I gotta agree with TWW. All our Accords have been I4s and they've all
been perfectly fine for the intended use. However, we do have a
V6-powered minivan for family outings and weeks-long vacations. I
wouldn't be surprised to see market segmentation between I4-FWD cars
and V6-AWD/RWD cars in the not too distant future. With V6s exceeding
250HP, FWD becomes less and less "user friendly."

All of this assumes you are looking for tire scorching performance -- and
perhaps indifferent gas mileage. If I buy a sedan, I can't imagine the need
for anything more than Honda's I4.  I alternately drive to work an 03 Civic
LX 5 spd and a 01 Prelude 5 spd.  The Civic does just fine on I 75 and gets
38-40 mpg.  Heck, lets put a "hemi" in the Camry or Accord next.

I wanted to see how Toyota dropped the Avalon 3.5 liter V6 into the
all-new 2007 Camry.  The horsepower is down a notch, but the Cary
probably is making do with regular gas, unlike the Avalon.

The bigger news is how elegant the Camry looks -- it's a cross between
the G35 and the TL.  Could just as easily have been called a Lexus.

A few photos are on the toyota.com website.  The official roll-out is
in March.

Honda engineers must be frantic.  I hate to say it, but the new Camry
somehow makes my '04 Accord look dowdy.