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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette
How much is substantially? Also, my sisters Camry was a total POS, for which toyata wouldn't warranty. Gonna have to add the POS costs to your evaluation.  |
Well, the 2012 Camry hyrbid is rated at up to 43 city/39 highway so 41 combined. The 2013 Malibu hybrid is 26/38 or 31 combined. So ... 10 mpg, on average.
Its all because the Camry uses a full hybrid system, while the Malibu uses a so called 'mild hybrid'. Basically, around town the Camry will try to use its electric motors as much as possible to drive, getting supplemented by the gas engine as needed. The Malibu's e-assist system uses the electric motors to give a bit of a boost to the gas engine. Thats why there is such a massive gap between city figures for the two. On the highway, both are basically operating as a regular gas engined car, and since they have similar engines, in similar sized cars, they get similar highway numbers.
And as I said ... the Malibu will be the better car. Its just that you might have to pay $15 more per month (when all is said and done) for the privilege.