My Chiang Mai

The hybrid version of Toyota’s Camry went on sale throughout Thailand this week. Priced at 1.77 Million Baht for the top of the range model, and as little as 1.59 Million for the cheapest model. Delivery will begin next week and Toyota is hoping to sell about 4000 before the end of the year.

Toyota say that about 900 Toyota Camry Hybrids have already been pre-ordered, they do say that most pre-orders have been from Bangkok customers, though at least some will be seen on the roads on Chiang Mai.

There are three versions on sale, each has the 2.4 litre engine and boast exceptional fuel efficiency together with great performance.

The 3 year/100,000 Km warranty is extended to the battery, this is likely to be important to customers as the battery is likely to be very expensive to replace.

Whilst grey-imported Hybrid cars have been on sale through specialist importers for some time, Toyota points out that this car has been designed to cope with Thailand’s climate and road conditions together with high loads on the air conditioning system which has to continue to run when the car is powered electrically.

The Toyota Camry has enjoyed very good sales in Thailand where it has more than 50% of the market for cars in it’s class, and with good reason. It’s a fine car at a fair price.

This article is Copyright © MyChiangMai 2009, no reproduction without prior permission.