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PHOTOS: TOYOTA PRESSROOM
2022
TOYOTA
CAMRY HYBRID BY Benjamin Yong “We love the handling, responsiveness and comfort of a classic passenger car, and we know many Canadians do, too. That’s why we continue to offer compelling choices like the Camry,” says Cyril Dimitris, vice president of Toyota Canada.
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ybrids often have a reputation for being, well, boring. It doesn’t have to be this way, as models like the 2022 Toyota Camry Hybrid proves. Particularly in the sporty XSE trim recently debuted last year. “We love the handling, responsiveness and comfort of a classic passenger car, and we know many Canadians do, too. That’s why we continue to offer compelling choices like the Camry,” says Cyril Dimitris, vice president of Toyota Canada.
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“Drivers who have not experienced a modern Toyota sedan owe it to themselves to put the new Camry on their test-drive list.” Rather than going for luxuryoriented styling, the XSE wears a black mesh-style wide-mouthed grille flanked by standard equipment LED headlights and matching mesh lower air intakes. Underneath is an integrated twotone front splitter. Truth be told I personally prefer the XLE’s front
HIGHLIGHTS MSRP: $37,905 (as tested) Motor: 2.5-litre four cylinder + two electric motors Horsepower: 208 (net) Torque (lb-ft): 163 @ 5,200 rpm Gearbox: CVT Layout: Front engine, frontwheel drive Fuel economy: 7.8 L/100 km mixed city/highway (observed)
