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Going all hybrid is cool. Not giving customers a choice of a more powerful engine is not. A good acceleration is improving safety. I don't know why Toyota/Lexus decided to nerf all its cars this year

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Depending on your state of charge, some electric assist should make a short burst of acceleration better?

Yeah, I have a combustion Camry and recently borrowed a friend's hybrid Lexus while mine was in the shop and the hyrbid's shortened lag from pedal press to actual acceleration was probably the most notable difference between hybrid & combustion.

> A good acceleration is improving safety.

Unclear this is the case, why do you say so?

Merging, overtaking, etc..

Safely merging and overtaking doesn't involve hard accelerations, though. Unsafely doing those things, sure.

Can you imagine passing a tractor going 35 on a 55 two-lane country road in a 2500 lb car with 110 horsepower?

Uh, yeah? You wait until you know there are no oncoming cars, or until the tractor slows down to let you pass.

From the article: "The hybrid powertrain and a new electronic all-wheel drive system deliver 232 combined horsepower – nearly 15% more than the outgoing Camry with a mechanical all-wheel drive system, Toyota said."

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/autoshow-la-camry/toyotas-ca...

More acceleration makes the average driver worse, as you’ve seen with 90% of your friends who bought an EV

EV torque is insane, and it absolutely shreds tires. Ask any shop and they'll tell you they sell more tires to EV owners.

Which from a pollution/microplastics standpoint isn't good, we need an improved sustainable tire asap.

The Lexus Camry/ES still has the 300hp V6 option. Still too early to say if it retains it for 2025.

Are you sure? ES has i4 2.5L atmospheric and i4 2.4L turbo

Camry does have V6 this year but it’s gone next year

A simple new inventory search shows 99+ new 2024 Lexus ES350s for sale in my area (CA, USA), so yes I believe it still has the V6. It's just not available on the Camry anymore.

yeah, you are right. I got confused

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