The Toyota Camry has made its mark yet again as the vehicle was named as the most popular midsized sedan here in the US. Even the Camry Hybrid was able to sell extremely well but does this mean that it is the best? To find out for sure, we have decided to compare the car with the Kia Optima Hybrid.
Looking at the former, the car runs on the 2.5L 4-cylinder engine that works together with an electric motor and a CVT gearbox. The setup enables the Camry Hybrid to generate about 200hp and 156ft-lbs of torque. The Camry Hybrid can also return about 43mpg city and 39mpg highway.
As for the Kia Optima Hybrid, the vehicle is powered by a 2.4L 4-cylinder engine that is partners with an electric motor and a 6-speed automatic gearbox. This helps develop up to 199hp and 253ft-lbs of torque. The Optima Hybrid can return about 36mpg city and 40mpg highway in fuel economy.
Judging from the above, we can see that the Camry is able to offer better fuel economy but the Kia Optima has way more torque to offer. Personally we would side with the Kia Optima and this is due to it being less common and because we prefer automatics to CVT. What about you?
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