[Razo-E]

hold on to your hats, ladies..

i read in one of the big magazines (motortrend, car and driver, etc.) that pretty much ALL toyotas will have a hybrid option by '07...

 

[02RSX90camry]

I only wish that the hybrids looked better, had more power, and were cheaper..... The Prius is so ugly because it has a super low drag coefficient, that's why it gets such good mileage. Make a Camry a hybrid, you're not gonna get anywhere near 4L/100km. When the Accord Hybrid V6 comes out, it should get 7L/100km....but it'll cost like $4000 more than the regular V6....

I'd buy a hybrid in a sec...but just too expensive and worried about the maintenance costs.

both the camry and prius have the same coefficient of drag (0.26)



btw, the new hemi has VCM in teh 300C, except they call it like MDS or something, but ti's the same thing.

 

[foompla]

i hope not, im not that good with electrical yet

 

[ASG14]

I was talking to the Toyota Salesman this week when my mom bought her new car, and he said they should be coming out with a Camry Hybrid for '06. And all Toyota's will be Hybrid within the next 5 years. My mom's '05 Camry I4 is a PZEV which surprised the ^%$@ outta me!

 

[xpeed]

It can happen, Toyota already has 5
models that has a hybrid engine. RX330 (Harrier, Prius, Estima, Alphard and Highlander)

 

[xpeed]

I was talking to the Toyota Salesman this week when my mom bought her new car, and he said they should be coming out with a Camry Hybrid for '06. And all Toyota's will be Hybrid within the next 5 years. My mom's '05 Camry I4 is a PZEV which surprised the ^%$@ outta me!

Yeah, all new 2005 Camry I-4 are PZEV. But then, weren't most camry's were?

 

[02RSX90camry]

Yeah, all new 2005 Camry I-4 are PZEV. But then, weren't most camry's were?

before 05, PZEV camry's were only available in cali.

 

[xpeed]

Ahh, maybe that's why.....yay for California's Anal Emission Laws. :clap:

 

[1planet]

Interesting!

I wanna know how much of my "new" 2008 TCH's MPG is due to the high-tech hybrid electric capability components, and how much to other factors such as:

CVT, software, low Cd, Atkinson cycle, adaptive, low-RR tires, etc. etc...

First approximation answer: I don't give a darn!

I just like cool gimmicks... Nav screen charts...silent starts. Free heat on the seat. Nearly forever lasting brake discs. V-6 performance (7.3sec /zero-60) with a gerbil appetite. :thumbsup:

So even if I don't save a single gallon all year by the traction battery, thanks Toyota engineers...I'll keep my TCH.

Has there been a study showing hybrids last longer than ICE-only? Longer than this zombie thread's dormant state?