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Old 03-28-2006, 08:52 PM
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Default Re: Camry hybrid priced $5K below Accord

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Originally Posted by superboom
I think it depends on what you're looking for. Toyota has a lot of options on the Camry Hybrid (new initials? CH? TCH?) -- leather, moonroof, heated seats, heated mirror, etc. that are all standard on the HAH. I think the pricing may turn out to be a lot closer when you compare apples-to-apples. Considering that Toyota hybrids usually sell a lot closer to MSRP than the HAH, I wonder if a similarly equipped TCH will end up costing more than the few hundred above invoice '06 HAH I purchased one week after release.

Of course, there are other comparisons besides sticker cost: you can get into the mpg to mpg comparison, at which point the HAH owners will have to fall back into the HP to HP comparison.

Here's one thing that always confuses me. Toyota always has Bluetooth available, but rarely satellite radio. Honda always has satellite radio, but rarely Bluetooth.
i'm going to put my estimate down in writing here: camry hybrid, fully loaded [all of the options, not counting deal fees, extra gingerbread, etc...] will be $31,000 plus or minus $1K. just my guess for today.

LOL... the Prius has bluetooth, but Sprint [my current choice for cell service] never has any of their one or two bluetooth phones in their kiosks for me to HOLD and LOOK AT in PERSON, so i ain't buying.... another marketing coup.

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