This Camry's exact footprint wasn't a styling call — Japanese-market V40 stuck to the legacy 4,700 x 1,700 mm bracket to stay inside the era's vehicle size tax law.
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Lead trim: V40 1.8 L 4S-FE four · up to 128 hp
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FactThis Camry's exact footprint wasn't a styling call — Japanese-market V40 stuck to the legacy 4,700 x 1,700 mm bracket to stay inside the era's vehicle size tax law.
The Camry V40 appeared in July 1994 exclusively for the Japanese market and was built until July 1998 at the Tsutsumi plant; the Toyota Vista twin continued, but the Camry Prominent hardtop was no longer offered and only the Vista was available as a hardtop. It continued to be built around the 4,700 mm (185.0 in) x 1,700 mm (66.9 in) length-width bracket that is the legacy of a Japanese taxation law, and was 15 mm (0.6 in) taller than its predecessor. Engines were a 1.8-liter (4S-FE type) and 2.0-liter (3S-FE type) gasoline four and a 2.2-liter (3C-T type) turbo-diesel, in front-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive layouts, on a 2,650 mm (104.3 in) wheelbase, 4,625 mm (182.1 in) long, 1,695 mm (66.7 in) wide and 1,410-1,435 mm (55.5-56.5 in) high. Toyota updated the V40 in June 1996, when anti-lock brakes and dual air bags became standard equipment.
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VerifiedFIRST PRINTPROThe XV70 Camry was the first Toyota of any kind to run Entune 3.0 — an infotainment system built on an open-source Linux OS, rather than Toyota's usual closed software.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINT×2This Camry generation spawned a wagon twin sold as the Toyota Mark II Qualis — and in doing so broke a rule that had held for every Mark II before it: it's the only front-wheel-drive Mark II nameplate ever made.
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V40 1.8 L 4S-FE four | 1994–1998 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 113 hp | 116 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| V40 2.0 L 3S-FE four | 1994–1998 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 128 hp | 131 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| V40 2.2 L 3C-T turbo-diesel four | 1994–1998 | 2.2 L Inline-4 | 90 hp | 142 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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