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Old 06-06-2006, 08:02 PM
Lilarienne Lilarienne is offline
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Default Re: Consumer Reports weblog comments

Well, I don't have my TCH yet, but I did test drive one. Fun to drive: YES!

I would NOT call this car sluggish AT ALL. Sluggish was the AWD Matrix we test drove afterwards. I was not impressed by having to just about floor it to make it up a highway onramp at a reasonable speed. The TCH had no such problems. In fact, I was quite pleasantly surprised by how quickly and smoothly it got up to speed.

My current car is a 1999 Corolla. It's trunk space is about 12 cubic feet. The Camry Hybrid has 10.5 cubic feet AND a 60/40 back seat with one side that folds down. My Corolla, a VE, does not have the folding rear seat.

I think you have to take these sorts of comments in perspective. Who is making the comments? If it's someone who regularly drives very high end, performance vehicles then the TCH might feel sluggish or "not fun," but for me it was neither.

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