The badge said Camry, but the face said something pricier — Toyota gave this Carina-based Celica Camry a front end styled after the Celica XX, sold abroad as the Celica Supra.
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Lead trim: Celica Camry 1,588 cc 12T-U OHV four (TA41) · up to 133 hp
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FactThe badge said Camry, but the face said something pricier — Toyota gave this Carina-based Celica Camry a front end styled after the Celica XX, sold abroad as the Celica Supra.
The "Camry" nameplate originated on a four-door sedan approximate to the Toyota Celica, the Celica Camry, designated the A40/A50 series and produced from December 1979 to March 1982 at the Tsutsumi plant in Toyota, Aichi; strictly speaking it is not the first generation of Camry but its predecessor. It made its sales debut in January 1980 at Toyota Corolla Store dealerships in Japan and, despite the marketing position, shared few components with the Celica but rather the Carina (A40/A50): Toyota modified the Carina by elongating its front end and adding styling cues such as the T-bar grille motif that resembled the Celica XX/Supra (A40). It used the front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout with, in A40 form, a rigid rear axle on a four-link suspension and inline-four engines displacing 1.6 liters (12T-U, TA41) and 1.8 liters (13T-U, TA46); the initial grades were 1600 LT, 1600 XT, 1800 LT, 1800 XT and 1800 XT Super Edition. In August 1980 Toyota released high-end models with four-wheel independent suspension (front MacPherson struts, rear semi-trailing arms) and four-wheel disc brakes, denoted A50: the TA57 1800 SX with the 1.8-liter 3T-EU, and the 2.0-liter grades, the 21R-U-powered 2000 SE (RA56) and the 18R-GEU-based 2000 GT (RA55). Wheelbase was 2,500 mm (98.4 in), width 1,645 mm (64.8 in) and height 1,390 mm (54.7 in), with 5-speed manual and 4-speed automatic transmissions.
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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.
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celica Camry 1,588 cc 12T-U OHV four (TA41) | 1979–1982 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 87 hp | 94 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Celica Camry 1,770 cc 13T-U OHV four (TA46) | 1979–1982 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | 108 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Celica Camry 1,770 cc 3T-EU OHV four (TA57, 1800 SX) | 1980–1982 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | 120 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Celica Camry 1,968 cc 18R-GEU DOHC four (RA55, 2000 GT) | 1980–1982 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 133 hp | 127 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Celica Camry 1,972 cc 21R-U SOHC four (RA56, 2000 SE) | 1980–1982 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | 119 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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The badge said Camry, but the face said something pricier — Toyota gave this Carina-based Celica Camry a front end styled after the Celica XX, sold abroad as the Celica Supra.
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