Images: Toyota XV50.I Camry Hybrid (2012-15)
Released in March 2012, the Toyota XV50 Camry Hybrid was a front-wheel drive sedan. Manufactured in Altona, Victoria, the Camry Hybrid had a ‘Hybrid Synergy Drive’ powertrain which consisted of a 2.5-litre Atkinson cycle petrol engine, two 650 volt AC motor/generators, a step-up converter and inverter to draw current from the nickel metal hydride battery, and an electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission (E-CVT). Of the two motor/generators, one acted primarily as a generator while the other operated primarily as the electric drive motor but could also function as a generator during regenerative braking… Read full Toyota XV50 Camry Hybrid review
Images: Toyota XV50.II Camry Hybrid (2015-17)
Released in May 2015, the Toyota XV50 Series II (XV50.II) Camry Hybrid introduced a revised range that consisted of Altise, Atara S and Atara SL variants. Visually, the XV50.II Camry Hybrid could be identified by its larger, trapezoidal lower grille, low-profile headlamps and LED daytime running lamps, pronounced side character lines, lower LED tail lamps; the body of the XV50.II Camry Hybrid was also 10 mm wider. Inside, the XV50.II Camry had new upholsteries, revised instruments and a smaller three-spoke steering wheel.
