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Originally Posted by overeager
Is the difference in the tail lights on the Camry a difference between Japan and Kentucky, or hybrid and non-hybrid? If it is the hybrid or not difference, than those of us in the know can tell the difference at a distance (badges or no badges). My Japanese car has a BIG backup light, and no red tail light on the trunk lid.
I know some volunteer fire fighters who have been instructed to make sure any hydrid vehicle involved in an accident is turned off. Apparently they can start moving sometimes even if you don't hear the ICE. I am happy to leave the badges in place on my jasper pearl car. If I am driving a car whose color makes me very visible, I want it's hybrid nature to be visible, too.
JoAnn
Overeager in MD
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JoAnn,
You picked up on the most noticeable difference between the Hybrid and non-hybrid Camry - the backup lights. The badges are harder to see, the grille is harder yet to discern and if you can see the blue tint on the headlights or the air dams below the car - you're about to have an accident!
Your car is easiest to tell. Jasper pearl only comes on the hybrid. I still like that color, although I wimped out and bought the desert sand...
Oh, and I forgot the LED tail-lamps on the hybrid.