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Hybrids are great if you do all city driving. If most of your driving is on the highway, they suck. The RAV4 hybrid is rated at 30 MPG highway. The CX-5 is rated at 31 (FWD) or 29 (AWD). If SkyActiv-X lives up to the hype, that would mean close to 40 MPG highway. I suppose 35+ is more realistic, but that would still be a big jump.
Regarding the Camry, it looks good on the spec sheet. But I don't like the styling, especially the L/LE/XLE models. Recent Hondas and Toyotas look like they fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. When Toyota introduced a new design language in the Lexus models a few years ago, they looked OK. I even kind of liked the IS. But their adaptation of it to the Toyota brand has been all wrong. Look at the front end of the Prius v. Somebody should be fired for that. The big question is will it be fun to drive? Previous Camrys have been dull as hell.
If this HCCI engine pans out, I'd buy it over a hybrid or electric any day of the week. So I am happy to see it there.
Couldn't care less about hybrids personally. The first thing to pop into my mind when I hear "hybrid" is a Prius. No one is excited over a Prius lol.
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