Its Atkinson-cycle 2.5 engine develops 221Nm between 3600rpm and 5200rpm while Toyota isn’t saying what the pair of electric motors are good for. Good luck discovering what total system torque for the Camry hybrid is. Its total system output of 160kW is a tad shy of the V6’s tally of 224kW and 362Nm at 4400rpm. Enough for a load of firewood on a small trailer perhaps. I guess the main question regarding the new range is whether or not the hybrid can compete with the V6 model it replaces? Certainly not for towing, rated at a meagre 400kg. Moreover, you cannot see over the top of whatever SUV is directly ahead. That’s not hard to understand, being more grounded but folk nowadays just see sedans as harder to enter and exit. Saloons are a rarity, more’s the pity because they do drive rather better.
Roughly four in five vehicles we get to evaluate now are in the SUV/ute sector. We don’t get to drive saloons much any more because market forces have dictated that everyone drives a high-riding vehicle. Almost 2500 have sold here since that time so not many it’s amongst the slowest selling of the current Toyota line-up. You see here the range topping ZR, refreshed a few years after the eighth generation arrived in 2018. New exterior and interior designs mark out the updated range. There are three different spec levels GX, SX and ZR, and all Camrys are powered by a 2.5 engine with motor power helping out. On the downside, there’s still ICE power poking out CO2 from the exhaust, just less than you might imagine. Toyota reckons hybrids improve fleet CO2 emissions by almost one-third, while their owners experience no range anxiety whatsoever so it’s a partial win-win.
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Hybrids like this represent a sensible intermediate step to full electric transportation given buyers don’t have to pay a major premium for the technology and they also feel like they’re doing something towards diminishing their carbon footprint. So you need something a bit different to keep cars like Camry in the buyer spotlight and good fuel efficiency is a fine start. It makes perfect sense, given the large/medium saloon offerings are a hard sell, both sectors in decline for some time. Meantime, Camry is a perfect example of where modern car technology is at for Toyota, because the entire line-up of the facelifted range is now hybrid powered. All the big guns are working away feverishly on it now. But you can bet it will be once it rolls out its solid state lithium ion technology, likely to be a turning point in the EV world because of longer range, quicker recharge times and safer battery packs. However, Toyota isn’t at the forefront of the electric car revolution, not yet. Along with the rest of its wares, many also hybridised, the company has dominated the new vehicle sale scene for decades. It dominates the taxi and ridesharing sectors here with its Prius offerings. Toyota, in case you hadn’t noticed, is a company that makes hybrids. Was it the right decision to ditch the V6? Now in its eighth generation and refreshed for 2021, the Camry line-up is fully hybridised.
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