Toyota Camry 2015 Hybrid
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Pusahma satu
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Sunday, May 6, 2018
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2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid
To attend to that perception, Toyota has given the Camry a four-corners facelift for 2015. The previous dour and also heavyset visage obtains sportier this year courtesy of a much longer, reduced, and angrier-looking snout, a gently wrinkled as well as folded up hood, freshly carved as well as shaped flanks, and also a bigger stance. Inside, there's brand-new cheer, also, with more soft-touch surface areas, accent stitching, and bright silver trim. The remodel likewise includes the Camry hybrid, which there are currently three trim degrees: LE, XLE, as well as the brand-new SE, the topic of this test. The SE adds some red mist to its green picture with a mesh grille, dark chrome trim, a spoiler, and also 17-inch aluminum wheels.
Toyota Camry 2015 Hybrid
Update on the Updates
All 2015 Camrys get structure-stiffening procedures using added place welds in key areas, such as the cowl and also door openings. Toyota additionally rubbed the electric power steering (to supposedly make it feel extra like a conventional hydraulically increased system) as well as included a dual-stage brake booster in an effort to earn pedal feedback extra straight.
The SE crossbreed gets certain suspension bushings, shock valving, as well as a back anti-sway bar tuned for a smidgeon much better responsiveness. Its trip is a color firmer compared to various other Camrys' however is still optimized for convenience. Guiding response, while direct, feels somewhat wood. And brake-pedal response, even with Toyota's years of technique mixing regenerative and also hydraulic systems, has a slightly remote feel.
Sporty Appeals, Somnambulant Driving
We 'd like to report that the SE crossbreed's sportier appearance is matched by a similarly extra interesting driving experience. Yet that's not the situation, and also the test numbers expose no added sprightliness, either. Inning accordance with our gear, the 2015 Camry SE hybrid managed the very same 178-foot 70-to-0-mph stopping distance as well as 0.78 g of side grip as the last Camry hybrid we examined, a 2012 XLE model.
In a sense, all Camry hybrids are sportier compared to nonhybrid four-cylinder designs thanks to a more powerful drivetrain. Whereas the traditional four-cylinder Camry uses simply 178 horse power and also 170 lb-ft of torque, the mixed 200 steeds of the crossbreed's gas-electric powertrain and the stout low-end torque of the electrical motor get this gas-sipper off the line briskly. At 7.2 secs from rest to 60 miles per hour, the 2015 Camry hybrid was a complete 2nd quicker to that mark than a four-cylinder nonhybrid Camry.
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Yet let's not neglect the main reason that seven percent of Camry sales so far this design year are crossbreeds: gas economic situation. In spite of the tweaks Toyota visited upon the SE hybrid design-- consisting of bigger, 215/55 rubber-- its EPA gas mileage score is the same 40/38 mpg city/highway as the XLE hybrid variation. While those aren't the headline-grabbing 43/39-mpg numbers of the Camry LE crossbreed that rolls on skinnier, ultra-low-rolling-resistance 205/65 -16 tires, it's a large renovation over the base 2.5-liter's 25/35-mpg rankings. In a number of hundred miles of testing, we balanced 31 mpg with the SE crossbreed, 5-mpg thriftier compared to the last conventional four-cylinder Camry we reviewed.
The sportier models have been gathering more and more of nonhybrid Camry sales, so Toyota might be into something by supplying an SE variation of the crossbreed. When we have the ability to pitch one against the Ford Fusion crossbreed, Hyundai Sonata crossbreed, and also Kia Optima crossbreed we'll be able to see whether the Camry SE's touch of red haze assists it win the fight of the environment-friendly cars.