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New Prius or New Camry Hybrid?

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Main Forum' started by David9962000, Sep 22, 2024.

  1. bisco

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    agreedm but i drove one and found it to be too high :p

    our bolt is kind of a small suv or cuv, and just about the right height for us.
     
  2. Prodigyplace

    Prodigyplace 2025 Camry XLE FWD

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    I have now had my 2025 HyCam XLE for a week. about 300 miles, with whatever fuel the dealer gave me. I know from my Prius, 10% ethanol giver higher mpg. My current overall average is about 44.5 mpg or a little higher, I hope to improve on that with breakin, ECU learning, & more hybrid driving. Much of the current driving was my 3.5 hour highway drive home.
     
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    I'm fairly sure that my dealer overfilled my Prius tank. I drove back 150 miles getting off the highway early and ripping around on some secondary roads, then commuted for a week. At 479.8 miles I filled the tank with 7.757 gallons, 61.85 miles per gallon.

    I think it's more likely that they stuffed an extra gallon in the filler neck than I got my best efficiency so far on initial highway miles.
     
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    about 2,600 miles of that trip was highway. from here to virginia, it's a stop and go nightmare.
    then the rest of the trip is mostly 70mph.
    ours does much better around town, which is pretty amazing for a cruiser. i keep the tyres at 42/40 i think,
     
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    My Prius PHEV is currently in service centre waiting for a replacement part to arrive, and I got the Camry 2024 hybrid as temporary.
    I must say it's certainly a good vehicle as well, but for my needs it is a bit too heavy (1600 kg vs 2100 kg), too big, fuel consumption is around 1,5l per 100 km higher, it is considerably slower (compared to PHEV, probably much closer to HEV version), BUT it is certainly much more roomy and comfortable on bad roads - 17" on my Prius, 17" on Camry.
     
  6. Gokhan

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    In America, bigger is better.

     
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    Hey man, I had this exact scenario about a year ago when I acquired my 2023 prius. After a year of driving this vehicle and putting over 25k miles on it, I seriously recommend you to buy the camry (not the 2025/new camry), it has alot better build quality and I think it's more comfortable. The only upside for the Prius is the trunk has a large accessible flat surface as well as 10mpg higher I believe. Cheers!
     
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    hycam slower than plug in prius? wow!
     
  9. Hammersmith

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    The 2025 Camry AWD is almost as quick as a Prius PHEV, but the outgoing model is noticeably slower. JoeBlack is correct that a 2024 Hycam should feel similar to a FWD gen5.

    Sorted by 0-60 times
    2024 Prius PHEV - about 3500lb - 220hp - 0-60 in 6.6sec
    2025 Camry AWD - about 3650lb - 232hp - 0-60 in 6.8sec
    2025 Camry FWD - about 3500lb - 225hp - 0-60 in 7.0sec
    2024 Prius AWD - about 3280lb - 196hp - 0-60 in 7.1sec
    2024 Camry Hybrid - about 3550lb - 208hp - 0-60 in 7.4sec
    2024 Prius FWD - about 3100lb - 194hp - 0-60 in 7.5sec
     
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