Toyota Camry: The Crown of Toyota
The Best Compact Automobile by Toyota- Toyota Camry:
The model is built of a number of series of automobiles which are of mid-size and is manufactured and produced by Toyota since the year 1982 and was sold in majority in all the automobile market globally. In the year between 1980 and 1982 the name “Camry” was attached to the nameplate of the 4-door Sedan thus naming it “Toyota Celica Camry”.
Name “Camry” and its Significance:
“Camry” name was the phonetic transcription of the Anglicized Japanese word “Kamuri” which means ‘crown”. The word thus signifies Toyota’s tradition of using the name Crown in all its primary models beginning with Toyota Crown and still continuing the tradition with Toyota Corona and Corolla where the latter word means “crown’ and “small crown” respectively.
Toyota Camry’s Recognition:
May 2012 revealed Camry as being the maximum sold passenger car in North America. It has good sales in Australia and Asian Markets, but despite its international success it did not achieve fame in its home market Japan. Over east and south-east Asian market, the model is used for executive cars.
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Technical Characteristics of Toyota Camry
Technical Characteristics of 2010 Toyota Camry V6 produced by Toyota (JP).
Body Type | Saloon (sedan) 4 doors / 5 seats |
Weight | 1570 Kg |
Length | 4806 mm |
Height | 1471 mm |
Wheelbase | 2775 mm |
Front Track | 1575 mm |
Rear Track | 1565 mm |
Ground Clearance | 135 mm |
Fuel Capacity | 70 liters |
Engine location | front |
Engine alignment | transverse |
Drive Wheels | Front wheel drive |
Steering | rack & pinion PAS |
Fuel Supply System | EFI |
Max Power | 268HP (197 kW) @ 6200 rpm |
Max Torque | 336Nm @ 4700 rpm |
CO2 Emissions | n/a |
Engine Coolant | other |
Displacement | 3456 cc |
Bore | 94 mm |
Stroke | 83 mm |
Cam Design | DOHC - Double Overhead Camshaft (per bank) |
Cylinders | 6 |
Valves per cylinder | 4 |
Total Valves | 24 |
Compression Ratio | 10.8:1 |
Aspiration | Normal |
Front Brakes | VeDi |
Rear Brakes | Di-S-ABS |
Standard Wheels | 6? x 16 / 6? x 16 |
Standard Tyres | P215/60 R 16 / P215/60 R 16 |
Suspension Front | n/a |
Suspension Rear | n/a |
Transmission | 6 speed automatic |
Number of gears | 6 |
Acceleration 0-100 Km/h | n/a |
Acceleration 80-120 Km/h | n/a |
Top Speed | n/a |
City | 11.76 l/100km |
Road | 8.11 l/100km |
Mixt | 10.23 l/100km |