jrock65

R&T (0-60)

Camry V6 = 6.1s, Camry Hybrid = 7.3s

GFerg

Damn. 7.3 for the Hybrid!!?? Thats not to bad. Very similar to the V6 engine. :

6.1 sec for the 3.5L is stil very impressive. Thats a great time.

Gojirra99

Which one ? This one is tuned for fuel economy more than for performance I guess . . .
I expect it to be comparable to the Avalon all along

GFerg

oh sorry, I ment to put in old V6. The 3.0-3.3L engines.

xioix

Toyota really underrated their times for the new camry

BoDarville

do you have scans of the article claiming these times?

this recent R&T article (April '06) was claiming just under 9 secs for the hybrid:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=3369

Gojirra99

7.3 sec. is "under 9 sec." right ?

I think that article is more like a preview rather than a review posting actual test results.

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

That sounds great. Still not the rocket I want, but what else would you expect from a Camry?

LexFather

That sounds about right.
How much does the Carmy weigh vs the ES? If its similar, the ES wil post similar times.

Ten years ago, no one would have said a stock Camry would be this fast.
Ten years ago, no one was thinking about Hybrid Camrys and it would be faster than the old V-6 ones.

Amazing.

SteVTEC

Damn, 7.3 is pretty good. A little slower than what I'm used to but definitely doable with the awesome fuel mileage. And it's about $5k less than the Accord hybrid too. Will definitely have to give the Camry a second look.

aliti19

What up Steve? What are you doing over here on CL?

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

Impressive. Given increased congestion and road rage even the average Camry driver now needs this performance just to merge onto the highway!

GFerg

Hmmm...its pretty crazy to say that a Camry might be able to hold its own against a GS400. Thats kinda nutty.

Gojirra99

Well the GS400 is old already

GFerg

haah...we all know this. I'm just using it as an example as to how far the Camry has advanced in the past 5-9 years. Its impressive.