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Toyota Camry Hybrid Review

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid

2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid

The 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid comes with a battery of normal safety capabilities, which includes antilock brakes with brake help, stability manage, front- and rear-seat side airbags, full-length side curtain airbags, and knee airbags for each driver and passenger, the latter new for 2012. A blind-spot monitoring method is also offered.

The 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid is out there in LE and XLE trim levels. The LE characteristics 16-inch steel wheels, automobile headlights, keyless entry/ignition, dual-zone automatic climate manage, power accessories, cruise manage, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, Bluetooth, six-speaker CD sound technique with auxiliary input and USB jacks.

The 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid gives a far more refined hybrid method than the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and basically matches the Ford Fusion Hybrid for finest-in-class fuel economic climate. We’ll know extra as soon as we acquire a Camry Hybrid for full evaluation. Nonetheless, the improved formula for 2012 must make this sedan a solid, blue-chip option as a family members automobile.

Maybe the most considerable updates to the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid center on the auto’s powertrain. Replacing last year’s 2.4-liter four-cylinder is a 2.5-liter mill that generates 156 horsepower and 156 pound-feet of torque. That Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine is only one component of the Hybrid Synergy Drive program, which also contains a nickel-metal hydride battery pack, a continuously variable transmission (CVT), and an electric motor that boasts 199 pound-feet of torque. We won’t try to clarify how the numbers perform out (we’re automobile junkies, not brainy mathema…mathemi…math guys), but we can tell you that net horsepower has climbed to 200, up from the prior model’s rating of 187. Like other hybrids, the gas/electric Camry capabilities regenerative brakes, as properly as comparatively effective electric steering.