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The best-selling passenger car in America for seven years running and 11 of
the past 12 years, the Toyota Camry is available in four-cylinder and V6 models,
and as the Camry Hybrid, equipped with Toyota's industry-leading Hybrid Synergy
Drive.
The Camry Hybrid exterior enhancements include a unique grille and
front bumper, a wider lower intake, restyled fog lights and 16-inch alloy
wheels.
Inside, all 2010 Camry models gain auto up/down power windows
with jam protection on all four doors. Camry and LE grades are available with an
optional audio system featuring a new USB port for auxiliary music sources,
Bluetooth, integrated satellite radio, single-CD, and MP3 and streaming music
capability.
The 2010 Camry Hybrid adds a newly designed gauge cluster and
Fraichir cloth seating surfaces, which were already standard on the
four-cylinder Camry XLE model. The Fraichir process blends a combination of silk
protein and synthetic fiber, resulting in a surface that is gentle to the skin.
Performance and Efficiency
The Camry Hybrid, which combines a
four-cylinder gasoline engine with an electric drive motor, returns an
EPA-estimated 33 MPG city/34 MPG highway.
The Camry Hybrid model owes its
outstanding efficiency to Hybrid Synergy Drive, which produces a combined 187
horsepower and varies power between the gas engine and electric motor, or
combines both, as needed. The first part of Hybrid Synergy Drive consists of a
147-hp, 2.4-liter four-cylinder Atkinson-cycle engine coupled with an
electronically controlled planetary-gear continuously variable transmission.
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