Good to know, I had not heard.supposedly there were some updates to the transmission ecu that fixed all those issues, in the past 2 months or so.
Good to know, I had not heard.supposedly there were some updates to the transmission ecu that fixed all those issues, in the past 2 months or so.
What is roughly the 0-100 km/h performance of the new Camry hybrid?
I seriously hope Toyota puts more emphasis on the performance of their engines and transmissions.
For example, I've heard people complain about the hybrid and V6 powertains in the new Camry, Avalon and ES, saying their performance feels neutered by the tuning of the engine and transmission.
I seriously hope Toyota puts more emphasis on the performance of their engines and transmissions.
For example, I've heard people complain about the hybrid and V6 powertains in the new Camry, Avalon and ES, saying their performance feels neutered by the tuning of the engine and transmission.
I couldn't imagine how would anyone complain about the V6. The V6 Camry/Avalon/ES are all traction limited because fwd and the engine actually overpowers the cars, since 2006. Having a more 'performance-oriented tune' wouldn't do any good because the bottleneck here is traction (which will be solved by AWD).
I can understand the complain about the new hybrid though. Way too soft on the tuning. But I guess the eCVT needs to 'learn' the driver as well?
I didn't realise the Camry has a TSB for it's transmission, my bad.
Will they offer AWD for the Camry/Avalon/ES once the RAV4 and its Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD system official go on sale?I couldn't imagine how would anyone complain about the V6. The V6 Camry/Avalon/ES are all traction limited because fwd and the engine actually overpowers the cars, since 2006. Having a more 'performance-oriented tune' wouldn't do any good because the bottleneck here is traction (which will be solved by AWD).
I can understand the complain about the new hybrid though. Way too soft on the tuning. But I guess the eCVT needs to 'learn' the driver as well?
Will they offer AWD for the Camry/Avalon/ES once the RAV4 and its Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD system official go on sale?
I saw a video on YouTube where they test the Camry Hybrid's acceleration, it seemed to accelerate quite well all the way to 180 km/h, it's from Japan though and ignore the fact that its 0-100km/h time is based on the speedometer.
Wouldn't a FWD Mark X basically be a Camry reskin?
I'm eager to see what hybrid vehicles are in the pipeline and really hope Toyota starts using more Li-ion batteries instead of the long in the tooth NiMH batteries.
^^The plan to expand Li-ion production was announced back in March along with plans to expand HV battery (NiMH) production in China, as well as setting up a new HV plant in Thailand. So it seems that they are moving NiMH production out of Japan and focus on Li-ion at their mainland plant. Also, it's good to see Toyota is NOT sourcing batteries from some cheap third-party OEM in China for their PHVs.
Sad to see the Mark X gone! Wish the FWD Mark X is not true.
To bridge the gap, the battery manufacturer is expanding aggressively. By 2021, it plans to ramp up capacity in Japan to near 2.5 million packs a year. It will also double China production to about 210,000 packs annually when a second factory comes on line in 2020.
Sad to see the Mark X gone! Wish the FWD Mark X is not true.
A FWD Mark X would, most likely, be a rebadge of the latest Avalon.Wouldn't a FWD Mark X basically be a Camry reskin?