My '99 Camry is definitely a beater--paint is shot, something rattles over large bumps, I killed the rear defroster, driver's seat feels old at times. Gets about 500 miles a week.
Wife's DD is the '11 Camry, and the way the kids trash it I'd call it a beater--but even new, a stripper Camry is something of a beater, as in, no one would want one nor care much about one. It was bought to put miles onto & use up, with no pretense as to "awesome-ness". It was a beater from new.
I did DD my 2010 Tundra for a bit. Would do it again, it's not a bad ride (although I am getting tired of the seat), but the mpg does deter that thought. Right now it's the nicest vehicle I have; I still get angry about the one dent/scratch it has (not sure where it came from).