Toyota Camry Hybrid Review
It is said that as a hybrid the Toyota Camry hybrid does not have the same performance capabilities as the conventional sedan, but I would venture to say that as a moderate recreational driver, this car has all the performance capabilities one would need.
The Toyota Camry Hybrid is a more spacious, luxurious, comfortable version of Toyota’s popular Prius hybrid, with equally impressive fuel economy. The Camry hybrid lacks the aspects of the Prius that some buyers might find off-putting, such as the compact size. The Camry hybrid establishes a perfect balance of fuel economy, ‘green’ living, and a functional family sedan.
The electric qualities of the Toyota Camry hybrid are subtle compared to its counter parts. While driving the Toyota Prius, the driver can tell when the gas engine has shut off and the car’s power is coming from the battery. Likewise, one can also tell when the gas engine has kicked back on, and the car is needing more power than the battery can provide. This is not the case with the Toyota Camry Hybrid. This car offers a smooth, seamless ride. One has to be really paying attention to the engine to determine which source is powering the car.
With the 2008 model’s reduced retail price, and the high gas prices facing our nation, the Toyota Camry Hybrid is a breath of fresh air. As far as I’m concerned, nothing available right now can match the quietness, comfort, and fuel economy of the Toyota Camry hybrid.
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Click the Camry hybrid for a high res gallery Automotive desirability is a strange thing. If you ask any statistically significant number of people to choose any car they desired, surely a large number of them would name Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins or some other exotic breed. And yet these cars sell in only the low tens of thousands annually world wide. Surely a car that sells over 400,000 units every single year must also have some degree of desirability. No doubt it does, but there is a difference. The exotic appeals to the most basic animal instincts in the reptilian brain. The Toyota Camry appeals to the rational, logical brain that looks for durable, reliable, affordable personal transportation. Its about desiring the things you want vs. the things you need. The Camry has been the best-selling car in the United States for the past decade. Even with an eight percent drop in a miserable 2008, Toyota still found buyers for 436,617 examples. Globally, Toyota sold 52,479 hybrid Camrys last year most of which went to North American buyers. One way to sell nearly half a million units of any car is by creating something that doesn’t turn people off. Car Blog Greenon after the jump to find out if the Camry hybrid has anything to turn buyers on. Gallery: AutoblogGreen Garage: 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid Photos Copyright (C)2009 Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc. Continue reading In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid Auto Blog: Hybrid , Toyota , In The AutoblogGreen Garage In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green
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Better Place CEO says he needs the Big Three
Click above and scroll down to watch the video Need a quick update on Better Place? World Focus has a five-minute video that features interviews with founder Shai Agassi, video of the cars testing in Israel and skeptics like Forbes’ Bruce Upbin, weighing in on the electric car startup. The clip says that Better Place promises they could have their EV chargin network in place across the U.S. by 2012, given enough government and automaker support. In its home country, Israel, Better Place plans to have several hundred thousands charging stations installed in two years. As we’ve heard , Better Place is in discussions with more than 25 countries, plus many major automakers and local partners, to expand their program. It sounds like they’re going to need the help, as this notable quote from Agassi makes clear: “We’re not against Detroit. We’re for Detroit. Without the Detroit Three going out and producing millions of cars, electric cars, that fit this model, we don’t get the U.S. off of oil.” Thanks to Rain for the tip! [Source: World Focus via HuffPo ] Continue reading Better Place CEO says he needs the Big Three Auto Blog: EV/Plug-in , Better Place Better Place CEO says he needs the Big Three originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green
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1998 Panoz Q9: A hybrid race car ahead of its time
At next month’s 12 Hours of Sebring, Corsa Motorsports will be debuting it’s new Zytek hybrid drive LMP1 car, but this is far from the first hybrid race car in the American Le Mans Series. Back in 1998, the Panoz GTR-1 was nearing the end of its life-cycle as a competitive race car. As a last hurrah for the GT1 car, Panoz teamed up with Zytek, the same company developing the system that’s being run by Corsa, to create a hybrid racer. Like today’s hybrids, this one paired a Zytek-built electric motor with the Ford V8 engine and a set of batteries to absorb energy from regenerative braking and feed it out for extra acceleration. The reasoning was the same as that chosen by Audi and Peugeot for following the diesel path. By increasing fuel efficiency, the car could run longer between pit stops, reducing the amount of time standing still in the pits. The Panoz Q9′s lack of testing time before the first run at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, meant it just failed to qualify. Later that year, Panoz entered the car, which was nicknamed “Sparky,” again for the first running of the Petit Le Mans where it qualified and finished second in GT1 behind a Porsche 911 GT1. Unfortunately, the battery technology wasn’t advanced enough at the time; the entire right side of the cockpit was filled with them. Although there were hybrids that popped up on the track now and again over the years, it would take another decade for hybrid race cars to run at the top levels of the sport. [Source: American Le Mans Series ] Auto Blog: Hybrid , Racing 1998 Panoz Q9: A hybrid race car ahead of its time originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green
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Leave a commentPrice of oil down, but gas could hit $2.50 before spring
cc by taberandrew You may have noticed that the price of gas has been going on an upward creep following its dramatic collapse last autumn. The climb is happening despite a continuing drop in the price of oil. There are estimates that the price of a gallon at the pump may even reach $2.50 before spring, which may be better for consumers than predictions we heard last winter , but may not spell good news for attempts to revive the economy. What’s the reason behind the seeming discrepancy? It’s not an Al Gore-led conspiracy (at least, we don’t think it is). Apparently, the price of oil that is quoted in most places is from oil drilled by in west Texas by West Texas Intermediate (WPI) which, in a weird market price inversion, is now cheaper than the oil that reaches our refineries from places like Venezuela and Canada. The refineries, for their part, don’t see demand increasing any time soon and have cut their production levels. That limits supply and, voilà, we get higher prices. While we don’t enjoy paying more for gas than we have to, perhaps a moderate rise from current levels may keep some folks from needlessly buying vehicles the size of container ships to commute in. [Source: Associated Press ] Auto Blog: Etc. , USA Price of oil down, but gas could hit $2.50 before spring originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green
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Posted in Auto Green | a-weird-market, continuing-drop, panozsparky, press, price of oil, price-inversion, priceofoil, refineries, texas, toyota-camry, venezuela | Leave a commentIn Detroit, Hell Actually Has Frozen Over
What a new world we live in these days: a black president (hurray!), the worst economy since the Depression (oh, dear), and now…even Detroit is changing its wanton ways. Here are five pieces of ironclad evidence that Hell has now well and truly frozen over in southeastern Michigan. 1. Detroit car critic actually LIKES a hybrid! Toyota Camry Hybrid. See for yourself: Detroit News auto critic Scott Burgess, who never met a three-ton truck or big honkin’ SUV he didn’t like, actually fell for the 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid . He doesn’t just like it—he LUVS it . What’s next, a Smart ForTwo ? 2. Hour-long waits to drive green cars at the Auto Show. Basement of Detroit’s Cobo Center, transformed into EcoXperience. As we mentioned in our Detroit Auto Show preview , the vacant basement of Cobo Hall was transformed into the EcoXperience, a 1/8-mile test track winding through waterfalls, flowers, and trees that filled the 70,000-square-foot area. Hometown crowds waited up to an hour to drive hybrid, electric, and fuel-cell cars at low speeds, with factory reps or trained drivers alongside. The only snag was the sharp, dank odor of mulch that rose onto the show floor from every basement stairwell, like a garden center with dead A/C. read more
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Posted in Hybrids | auto, black-president, depression, detroit-auto, news, toyota-camry, trained-drivers, usedcars.com | Leave a commentToyota versus Ford – arguing about mileage of their midsize cars
Auto Blog: Hybrid , MPG , Ford , Toyota Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid When Ford announced the fuel mileage statistics of its new 2010 Fusion Hybrid, the Blue Oval made a big deal about its fuel mileage ratings, which, at 41 mpg city and 36 highway , bests the Toyota Camry Hybrid. Toyota kindly retorted that its Camry is bigger than Ford’s Fusion. We wonder if that’s supposed to be a good thing. The Prius is also considered a midsize car based on its interior volume, so, depending on your point of view, both the Camry and the Prius could be considered logical competition for Ford’s latest hybrid sedan. For what it’s worth, the Prius, Camry and Fusion all have an interior volume of around 100 cubic feet, give or take a foot. Splitting hairs? Most definitely. We would hazard a guess that most people cross shop the Fusion Hybrid with the Camry Hybrid, being that they are normal-looking sedans from the outside, putting the Prius on a higher green pedestal anyway. We agree with Toyota’s official blog response that all this doesn’t really matter, just so long as each manufacturer is putting its best foot forward when engineering its new cars and trucks to get the best fuel mileage possible. In this case, this is exactly what appears to be happening. Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid [Source: Toyota ] Toyota versus Ford – arguing about mileage of their midsize cars originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green
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