Obviously mileage will vary, but the last four days of driving the 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid SE Sedan have been nothing short of an mpg miracle. (Ok, maybe I oversell, but I really don’t like buying gasoline.)
Officially Toyota’s latest version of its venerable best seller is rated at 40 city and 38 highway, but my short repeated trips lifestyle (translation: boring) has me closer to 50 mpgs for the most part. Dropping the kids off at school is about a 4-mile rounder, the gym is about 5 miles (notice how I threw in that go to the gym), the grocery store 5 miles, etc.
I did take the blue crush metallic fuel-sipper across town soon after it arrived in my driveway and had tallied up around 80+ miles on the odometer when I clicked this photo with my cell phone yesterday. I honestly think the gauge was traveling to the right instead of the left for a while.
After another 40 miles trip yesterday it is now just to the left of the “full” mark, but not enough that I have stopped considering whether a neighbor is playing tricks on me and filling the tank while I’m asleep.
At the bank’s drive through teller, a part of my obvious rock star lifestyle.
Chris Brewer is the Senior Editor at Automotive Addicts and a veteran automotive journalist whose journey in the industry began right here with the site. Over the years, Chris has grown from covering the latest automotive trends to helping shape some of the most prestigious car events in the world. He previously served as Director at The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance—one of the crown jewels of the collector car world—and now leads the Caffeine and Octane Jacksonville show, formerly known as Cars and Coffee Jacksonville. With a deep-rooted passion for car culture, storytelling, and event curation, Chris brings both insight and experience to Automotive Addicts, continuing to elevate the site’s voice in the enthusiast and collector communities.
