Hybrid Camry?

[BLUEMEANIE]

Can anyone confirm or dismiss the rumor of the availability of a hybrid engine option on the '07 Camry?

thnx.

[02RSX90camry]

i haven't heard this, i'm guessing u're just being sarcastic though


i know they sell the PZEV camry in cali, but that's the closest i can think of to a low emissions camry.

[BLUEMEANIE]

Nah, I heard rumors of a true gas/electric hybrid engine option being available in the Camry as soon as '07.
I'd jump on it as my current camry will be 12 by then and marrage is more of a money guzzeling enterprize than building and driving any of my V8's.

[foompla]

its very possible. Maybe itll share the engine with the hybrid lexus rx 430?

I think we're more likely to see a V8 supra in the very near future.

[Warped]

Can't confirm or deny, but...

Toyota spokesman Shinya Matsumoto declined to comment on the report. "We do not talk about our product plans," he said.

a quick Google just provided a lot of speculation around 2006, but nothing solid.

[Silver Streak]

They better hurry up...Honda is releasing a Hybrid Accord this fall! Crazy thing is that they will be using the V6 240hp engine for the hybrid. It'll get mileage like a Honda Civic. As well, they'll be sticking in some VCM technology, which shuts down 3 cylinders at highway speeds.

[02RSX90camry]

really? i knew they were using VCM and SH-AWD on the new 05 RL, but VCM on the accord!?! crazy man!


i just thought u were joking cuz u said 07, which is still really far into the future.

[Kensuke]

Originally posted by Silver Streak
They better hurry up...Honda is releasing a Hybrid Accord this fall! Crazy thing is that they will be using the V6 240hp engine for the hybrid. It'll get mileage like a Honda Civic. As well, they'll be sticking in some VCM technology, which shuts down 3 cylinders at highway speeds.

The last time there was an engine that shut down a set amount of cylinders at highway speeds, it was a disaster. GM tried it in the late 70s, early 80s in an engine called the 4-6-8 that would run as a V8, V6, or V4 depending on the speed.

Honda might be able to get it right, but three cylinders running on a V6? I hope they get the counter-balancing right, because that seems like it would run rough. Makes more sense to have it run as a V4.

- John

[jhbhatia]

As long as it gets decent milage w/o the system engaging like its supposed to... the accord crowd would not care! I would not care myself either.....just as long as milage was decent. Yeah, I've heard that there might be a hybrid camry coming soon (2007)...However, toyota is emphasising on the release of RX400 (luxury hybrid's) and then the hybrid highlander...and i'm guessign judging by those successes/failures..teh camry release date could be pushed forward/late! so look out for those first.

[Silver Streak]

Whoa, apparently Honda had this V6 engine with VCM out last year....

http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?...819&fSetId=381

Here's an excerpt to address Kensuke's issue, I like the last paragraph.

When operating in three-cylinder mode, engine vibration is reduced by extrapolating vibration from the change in crankshaft rotation speed and sending the information to an "active control" engine mounting that compresses/extends an actuator in same-phase, same-period motion to dampen the movement.

Similarly, a speaker creates an opposite phase sound for a quieter interior. The driver, Honda says, will be left unaware of changes in cylinder activation.

[2wickedtoyz]

i see bad things happening to that system in the future.
but hey it will be their fault. i rebuilt a cadilac devile v4-8-6 motor and it couldn't run correctly no matter what i tried so i converted it to an all the time v8 but if everything is electronicly controlled there will be recalls. honda just wants to stay away from hybrids cause their insight looked funny and didn't sell

[jhbhatia]

Originally posted by 2wickedtoyz
honda just wants to stay away from hybrids cause their insight looked funny and didn't sell

Yeah..and because they were/are too small and only available in M/t!

[Phi]

I'm just reading this thread and the technologies mentioned here are very interesting. I can't wait to see these cars on the road.

[BLUEMEANIE]

no doubt!

[02RSX90camry]

both GM and Chrysler are introducing VCM V8's this yr or next, i believe the Chrysler one comes out a couple months before the GM, in i think the 300C. not sure what the GM one comes out in, i wanna say GTO, but that doesn't sound right. They had a nice demo of the GM one at the Detroit auto show.