Video: Toyota Prius vs. Toyota Camry Hybrid

Posted: Jul 07, 2008
Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Toyota, Videos

According to Edmunds, a number of people have walked into a Toyota dealership looking for a Toyota Prius but have walked out with the key to a Toyota Camry Hybrid instead. As consumer buying behavior changes and new car shoppers look for a more fuel-efficient car, they refuse to give up the comfort and features of a sedan.

Economy cars like the Toyota Prius don’t offer drivers features they normally look for in a car like power seats or a power sunroof; not to mention the sub-standard design. The Toyota Camry Sedan however, offers the comfort of a sedan, with all the sedan-like features.

So if you’re looking at going green but don’t want to sacrifice the space, comfort and features you’re already used to, give the Toyota Camry Hybrid a test drive. If all you care about is fuel-economy, then don’t look at anything else but the Prius.

Refresher:
Toyota Prius: 1.5L 4-cylinder engine producing 76-hp with a combined fuel-economy of 46mpg.
Toyota Camry Hybrid: 2.4L 4-cylinder engine producing 147-hp with a fuel-economy of 34mpg.

Click through for the video.

 

 

Source: InsideLine

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  • Bobmarley
    prius and honda civic hybrid too.... why is the prius always getting the mpg attention when the civic gets just as good mpg's?
  • lonesome_coder
    I still don't see why people buy mid and full size sedan hybrids. I guess if you *HAVE* to drive a behemoth of a car around in a city, it will work for you.

    If you buy it for the 3 mpg improvement for highway mileage...well...go retake an economics class. You'll never see the return of that extra $5,300 over a base Camry at the pump.

    For the camp that does it to "be green"...go look at what goes in to those batteries and see what they do to the earth after they are disposed.


    Drive the speed limit and voila, your gas consumption magically decreases! I'm not saying hybrids are a bad idea, but there are so many more economically and environmentally viable steps one can take before they go dump 5-6 grand more on a car with an extra battery.
  • justmatt
    Now who is being pessimistic. The Camry Hybrid gets about 34mpg overall, which is a good improvement over a 4-cylinder that averages 25 or so.
  • lonesome_coder
    Not pessimistic, just observant.

    You can already go and buy a standard Civic that will get 36mpg overall from "typical" American driving. If you don't drive it like you stole it constantly (read: "typical" American driving) then that number will go up.

    Yes, it's great they boosted the city number so much for this car. The point is, though, that the people that get the most benefit out of a hybrid won't be driving something this large...they already bought scooters, motorcycles and subcompacts which trump this mileage.

    In the long run you aren't saving the environment, and while you saved all that money on gas, you just dumped it all back out on an extra battery and electronics. That $5,300 could have bought you almost 1,300 gallons of 87 octane gasoline...enough gas to drive the thing 44,000 miles, in which time your average soccer mom will have traded it back in for a new plug-in Prius :P
  • justmatt
    I don't know man, I do think there is a market for people who desire an extra 9mpg but also still want a car that will ride more than 2 comfortably. There has to be a medium between the Prius and the dumb Hybrid version of the Tahoe. I think the Hybrid Camry and Hybrid Altima is the happy medium. That said I would never own these cars. I could never drive one enough to justify the added expense and weight. I am rather happy that my 4 cylinder with 6-speed manual offers me a luxury car that I am averaging 32 mpg in, since I drive it carefully. I agree that going smaller than a Camry would be a smarter purchase wise, but for someone wanting something bigger, I don't think to myself "whatever, idiot" like I do when I see a Hybrid Tahoe.
  • Bobmarley
    The tax rebates that expire this year offset a good amount of the premium for hybrids...at least they did. Anyone know if they are going to renew hybrid tax rebates?
  • justmatt
    I am sure the fact that the Prius is not in stock has nothing to do with it.
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