2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid facelift launched at Rs 31.92 lakh

Toyota has launched the refreshed Camry Hybrid in the India market at Rs 31.92 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi. The halo product will continue to appeal to the environment conscious car buyer and in its updated avatar, should find a younger audience base. The petrol variant also gets the update and is priced at Rs 28.8 lakh.

The facelift gives the Camry an aggressive front end the big change being the muscular bumper. Vertical indicators on both sides draw attention to the large chrome outlined airdam under the front grille. This chrome strip wraps around new, more centered set of fog lamps. The headlights too get chiseled and narrower at the tip to get in line with the smaller grille and feature LED inserts. The Camry Hybrid gets blue inserts in the logo compared to the standard one on the petrol variant. LED taillight clusters and a new set of alloy wheels round off the changes to the exterior. 

The interior gets some fresh touches too. A new instrument cluster, new centre console layout with a 6.1inch screen, the Camry will look quite different inside-out. Powering the Camry and the Camry hybrid will be the same 2.5-litre petrol motor. In the hybrid, this petrol mill develops 160PS of power and 213Nm of torque. The electric motor dishes out another 143PS 230Nm. The total max output of 205PS via a CVT gearbox makes the Camry hybrid a decently fast executive sedan.  

The Camry Hybrid has been a bigger seller for Toyota than the conventional petrol model. In 2014, Toyota sold 523 units of the Hybrid and only 197 units of the petrol Camry. Under the recently announced FAME scheme that helps easier adoption of hybrid and electric technology, Toyota expects a Rs 70,000 incentive on the Camry hybrid. Expect the executive sedan to get cheaper as a result.