Is The 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid Manufactured In Japan
The Toyota Camry is a mid-size car, which was previously a compressed car manufactured by Toyota since 1980.
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The name "Camry" comes from a phonetic dictation of the Japanese word kamuri, which has a literal meaning of “crown", a ritual started with the Toyota Crown in the 1950s, and persistent with the Corolla and Corona, which are also Latin words for "crown".
Camry Hybrids were initially built solely in Japan, though the majority of production has since shifted to Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky plant, which is projected to produce 45,000 of the vehicles per year. Despite its success, it has often been criticized for its bland design and lack of sportiness compared to its rivals. It has not sold as well in Europe and its home market Japan; as its design is ill-suited for European and Japanese tastes.
In June 2008, Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that the Camry Hybrid will also be built in a Thailand plant in 2009 and in Melbourne in 2010 with an annual production capacity of 9,000 and 10,000 respectively. Toyota hopes to make 10,000 of the fuel-efficient cars each year in Australia and the Rudd government had offered the company a $35 million subsidy from its Green Car Fund. The petrol-electric hybrid used one-third less petrol than a conventional car and would save the average motorist $1,000 a year in fuel costs. Toyota president Katsuaki Watanabe expressed his delight after Australia had joined Japan and the United States as part of Toyota's hybrid family.
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