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Toyota seriously pumps up the style with new Camry Hybrid

The new Camry Hybrid takes its design to a new level, while featuring the first ever Automotive Grade Linux infotainment system in a production car.

Wayne Cunningham
Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began covering technology and the Web in 1994 as an editor of The Net magazine.
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Toyota announced a whole new generation of its Camry midsize sedan earlier this year. As with the previous generation, the 2018 Camry comes out with a four-cylinder engine, V6 and this gasoline-electric hybrid.

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The 2018 Camry is built on a new platform, which gives it improved handling.

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Toyota pushes the boundaries on its own styling with the new Camry, giving the car a strong design character, far beyond what it looked like before.

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Toyota increases the output of the hybrid gasoline-electric system by 8 horsepower, running the total up to 208, more than adequate for a midsize sedan. At the same time, the car gets better fuel economy, boasting mid-40 mpg average.

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Along with its styling, fuel economy and power, Toyota fits the new Camry with its standard suite of advanced safety technology, giving it automatic emergency braking.

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LED headlights comes standard.

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As before, the Camry seats five, but a longer wheelbase means increased legroom.

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The apparent dip in the side glass gives the upper cabin an airy look and also improves driver sightlines.

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The Camry Hybrid is only available in front-wheel-drive.

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A rising rear fender line and crease in the C-pillar shows the intricacy of the Camry's design.

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Maintaining many of the features that made the Camry model the best-selling passenger car in the US, and adding more, suggests that this new car will hold its position in the sales charts.

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