Go to this link : http://carpoint.msn.com/Vip/Specifications/Toyota/Camry/2002.asp and you can view the length of the car from various model years as well as legroom, headroom, etc. To answer your question the actually car length is about half-an-inch longer this year than last year.
Thanks, that was very useful. That picture must be an optical illusion in that it looks shorter than it really is.