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The Toyota Camry is an executive car sold internationally by the Japanese
manufacturer Toyota since 1982, spanning multiple generations. Originally
compact in size (narrow-body), later Camry models have grown to fit the mid-size
classification (wide-body)!although the two sizes co-existed in 1990s. Camry is
exclusive to Toyota Corolla Store retail dealerships in Japan. Narrow-body cars
also spawned an upmarket sibling in Japan, the Toyota Vista !also introduced in
1982 and sold at Toyota Vista Store locations. Diesel fuel versions have
previously retailed at Toyota Diesel Store.
Between 1979 and 1982, the Camry
nameplate was delegated to a four-door sedan model in Japan, known as the Celica
Camry. When Camry became an independent model line in 1982 with the V10 series,
Toyota made it available as a five-door liftback in addition to the sedan body
style!both powered by gasoline and diesel inline-four engines. At this point,
Camry, now an international model line, was positioned above the Carina and
Corona, two other similar-sized vehicles manufactured by Toyota. The subsequent
Camry V20 series, debuted in 1986 following much the same formula as its
predecessor. A station wagon substituted the liftback body variant and a V6
engine option arrived. At the same time, Japan-only hardtop sedans made their
debut. The company replaced the V20 in 1990 with the V30 sedan and hardtop, but
this model series was exclusive to Japan. Automotive tax regulations in that
country dictated the retention of a narrower body as utilized in previous Camry
generations. However, overseas demand for a larger Camry resulted in the
development of a wide-body XV10 sedan and station wagon that arrived in 1991.
Japan also received the wider XV10 as the Toyota Scepter . The company then
issued an XV10-bodied coup└ in 1993 that was spun-off in 1998 as an independent
model line, titled Camry Solara. When the Japanese market received a new
narrow-body V40 series in 1994 to replace V30, the wide-body XV10 continued
unchanged. Its replacement, the XV20, arrived in 1996!named Camry Gracia in
Japan. It was not until the narrow V40 ended manufacture in 1998 that the Camry
in Japan was to again mirror the cars sold internationally. Japanese sedans
dropped the Gracia suffix in 1999, although it was retained by the wagon until
its 2001 demise!withdrawn from the market due to declining popularity. From
1998, the Vista ended its Camry alignment, and instead branched into an
independent model line with the V50 series for an extra generation before the
nameplate was withdrawn in 2003. The next wide-body model, the XV30, came in
2001. Now sold only as a sedan, it now offered two different front- and rear-end
design treatments. Japan and most global markets received one style; a separate,
more conservative version covered markets in East and Southeast Asia. With the
XV40 of 2006, the Camry-derived Aurion become the donor model for the more
conservative Camry sold in this region. The subsequent and current XV50 sold
since 2011 has resulted in even more markets adopting the alternative body
panels, such as Japan and Eastern Europe.
When Toyota released their luxury
Lexus brand in 1989, it offered a close derivative of the Camry/Vista hardtop
sedan as the Lexus ES. The relationship continues to this day, but over the
generations, the ES!sold as the Toyota Windom in Japan from 1991 through to
2005!gravitated further away from its Camry brethren. Between 2000 and 2010 and
since 2012, Daihatsu has offered a badge engineered Camry as the Daihatsu Altis
sold only in Japan. Badge engineering has also occurred in Australia with the
Holden Apollo between 1989 and 1996. From 1993, Toyota Australia badged
V6-engined versions as Camry Vienta, becoming Toyota Vienta in 1995 until the
badge's departure in 2000. Since 2006, the Toyota Aurion model from Australia
has derived from the Camry, but with revised front- and rear-end styling
treatment and a partially refurbished cabin.
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