Hybrids have been creeping into the fringes of the automotive market for some time now. Most of those vehicles have been either narrowly focused quirk-mobiles (Toyota Prius, Honda Insight), or mild series hybrids used to boost performance rather than economy (Honda Accord). The significance of the Toyota Camry Hybrid is that, well, it's a Toyota Camry, the best-selling midsize family car on the road. And it's a gen-u-ine full parallel hybrid, too, meaning that the engine can shut down and cease rotating while the electric motor purrs away, just like a Prius. Fuel economy is rated at 40 city/38 highway, which we came within 3 percent of in our own tests. Compare that to the 24 city/33 highway mileage of a regular four-cylinder Camry, which gets to 60 mph in about the same amount of time as the hybrid. In putting the Camry Hybrid on the road, Toyota has put true hybrid virtues in a midsize mainstream package.

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