Until I passed the radar-equipped eye of the local constabulary, nobody had noticed the Toyota Camry I was driving.
"Do you know how fast you were going?" the officer predictably asked. I was dumbfounded -- before I'd been pulled over, the drive had been a total blur. Outside of speed traps, the Camry beats Buster Bluth at being neither seen nor heard. That's why consumers love it and enthusiasts hate it, and why I had paid scant attention to speed limits or blue-and-white Crown Vics. Substitute a hazelnut latte for amphetamines and Terry Gross for Super Soul, and I was Kowalski.
After I got off with a warning, the rest of my week with a Cypress Pearl (gray) 2012 Camry Hybrid XLE (MSRP $30,021) was predictably uneventful. It's a competent cruiser with a big back seat and unobtrusive technology on the dash and under the hood, but the sedan has a few shortcomings that keep it from being a pantheon of practicality.
Continue reading Keith's review of the Toyota Camry Hybrid on Wired Product Reviews.
