2007 Toyota Camry/Camry Hybrid Revealed!

yup....see this:
http://pressroom.toyota.com/presstxt/2007t...mryHybrid_o.pdf

 

Guess what there's a video that test drives the Camry Hybrid against other cars. The Toyota Prius gets 1st place, the Volkwagen turbo diesel 2nd, and the CamryHybrid 3rd. Note that the Volkwagen turbo diesel is a manual transmission and has only 100 hp.

http://www.drivingtelevision.com/segmentvi...call=&segtitle=

 

That is incorrect - the Camry in the video is a 4CYL conventional Camry, NOT a hybrid.

- Bob R.

 

The 2006 Camry is a regular 4cyl, not a hybrid. Just watched that video yesterday.

 

The press release said Atkinson cycle.

 

The word from our GM is ICE arrives in Late Mar and the HSD about 90 days later.

 

As Evan mentioned a key factor is familiarity. The Prius serves, served?, its purpose 'to go before', to act as a prophet, and to attract an influential market segment to the benefits of Hybrid technology. To do so it had to be unique in many ways including styling. Uniqueness of styling however precludes much of the market which is much more comfortable with traditional looks. Business attire has changed how much in 100+ years?

Putting the HSD into the most comfortable, meaning accessible, vehicle on the road now is step 4 of a well-thought-out strategy. Noone will be able to say 'Nahh, it's too weird-looking.'

At only 45000 units annually the sales goal is not too lofty. It will account for only ~10% of total camry sales. Camry shoppers have great choices in a wonderfully styled vehicle.

 

I dont think so John. The Big 3 :lol: of Hybrids, 'Yota, Honda and Ford will likely expire their 60K unit limit this year. If the Altima ( this year also ) is a Gen behind the Camry it likely will still sell well. GM with all it's mild offerings may expire it's 60K limit sometime next year just on sheer volume. In any event it's all good for us.

 

ha. If you pay for my Camry.

Anyway. I think I'll go with Prius since CH might not come out until June or later. Hybrid tax credit probably will be cut in half by that time frame. I better get that 3k instead of 1k or less(my guess) for the CH.

Then in 2 yrs, I'll get a large car/van w/ newly designed battery pack that has less weight and more power.

 

I like the new CH. I think they are going to sell like hotcakes. It seems like toyota's marketing strategy for hybrids is right on target. The prius is for those who want to make a statement, get excellent gas mileage, yet is a little more practical than the insight. The highlander adds a 4wd suv. The camry is the top selling car in america, and the hybrid allows people in the market for a fuel effient car to consider buying a camry. I think camry hybrid has the potential to outsell prius. So when does the hybrid minivan come out?

 

The hybrid minivan is already out, it's called the Alphard.

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2003/11/09/172502.html

 

Estima and Alphard are available in Japan. But when they will come to North America?

 

"Eco" is not name of technology, just name of the mode. Camry Hybrid still have full electric AC system. Eco reffers only to the logic of the unit to spend less gas.

 

p.s. like Lexus hybrids, Camry Hybrid will have a lot of standard features such as smart entry, bluetooth, 440W premium sound system with mp3 and 6cd's, dual zone air, 9 airbags, vdim, 16" alloys... which means it will not be that cheap.

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Wow. I was just reading Camry hybrid specs - it is actually a lot more powerful than Prius. It has 140HP electric engine, system voltage of 650v (vs 500v in Prius),

45hp is "battery" output, which is actually 25hp in Prius. Wow.

This thing will be fast!

 

well, you are right, it has 8 airbags, or by lexus counting 10. Last year, we used to count 2nd row side courtain as separate airbag, hence it would be 10 (like in Lexus).

Considering how many standard features there are in Camry Hybrid, I wonder if it will be priced almost to the Accord Hybrid levels.

With so much more horse power and more standard features, in bigger car, it will have to be more expensive than Prius... maybe start at 26-27k?