First Aussie hybrid car to hit market in February

[D35]

Hey fellows

Check this out.

First Aussie hybrid car to hit market in February

"Toyota says the car will use about 30 per cent less petrol than a standard Camry, with estimated average fuel consumption of 8.8 litres per 100km on a combined city and highway cycle."

What do you think?

[SmellyTofu]

It's actually incorrect. The regular Camry auto uses 8.8 and the Hybrid uses less

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf...A257687007A6920

Low 6's is the figure

Edited December 11, 2009 by SmellyTofu

[D35]

aha, I'm thinking 8.8 is abit high for a hybird.

[riverman]

It will be interesting to see how well it does. $3k approx premium over the standard Camry. It may take a few years to get that back, but it also performs better than the standard Camry because it has two motors - 140kw total. The space of a Camry, better performance, and the economy of a manual Yaris. I'm not yet seeing the downside, apart from the fact that it may not get wide acceptance.

The competitors in the mid size class would be the diesels I guess, but which of those can you get in this price range? Maybe Epica or Sonata.