Number of V6 vers the 4 cylinder

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Ralph Mowery - 23 Sep 2007 20:53 GMT

It seems that in North Carolina that the dealers have about a 5 or 10 to one
ratio of the 4 cylinders to the 6 cylinder Camrys. Is there that much more
of a demand for the 4 cylinders ? If so that may explain why the dealer cut
the price of a Green V6 so much on a new Camry I bought Saturday. I know
Green is not that popular and the car was on his lot.

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johngdole@hotmail.com - 27 Sep 2007 02:35 GMT

In general, 4 cylinders out number 6 about 3:1. (75% 4 cylinders and
25% 6 cylinders) in typical family sedans. Today's 4 cylinders are
more powerful than 6 cylinders years ago and saves fuel. So no
wonder.

I personally am more interested in the 2-mode hybrids with cylinder
deactivation technology from GM, jointly developed with BMW and
Mercedes. This system has been running in buses in some major US
cities for a handful of years now.

If I get a hybrid in the future the GM-BMW-Mercedes two-mode hybrid is
the technology I'll select, not the Toyota one.

On Sep 23, 12:53 pm, "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> It seems that in North Carolina that the dealers have about a 5 or 10 to one
> ratio of the 4 cylinders to the 6 cylinder Camrys. Is there that much more
> of a demand for the 4 cylinders ? If so that may explain why the dealer cut
> the price of a Green V6 so much on a new Camry I bought Saturday. I know
> Green is not that popular and the car was on his lot.

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