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The Toyota Camry (kæmri; Japanese: トヨタ・カムリ) is a series of mid-size (originally compact) automobiles manufactured by Toyota since 1980, and sold in the majority of automotive markets throughout the world.

The name "Camry" is an Anglicized phonetic transcription of the Japanese word kanmuri (冠, かんむり), meaning "crown". This follows Toyota's naming tradition of using the crown name for primary models starting with the Toyota Crown in 1955, continuing with the Toyota Corona and Corolla; the Latin words for "crown" and "small crown", respectively. "Camry" is also an anagram for "my car".

In the United States, the Camry has been regularly the best selling car for the last decade, but has been outsold in some years. The Camry also sells very well in Australia, Canada, and a number of Asian markets—in particular Cambodia where the vast majority of cars are Camrys. Due to their comfort-tuned suspensions, most models of the Camry are regarded as less sporty than rival vehicles, with the exception of sports-oriented versions. Despite its international success, it has not sold as well in Europe, where sales ended in 2004, and the Avensis became the flagship model in 2002.

For the East and Southeast Asian markets, high specification Camry models are seen as executive cars. Since the 2001 model, the Camrys sold in these markets have sported revised front- and rear-end treatment. For the 2006 onwards versions, the same was done, although the Australian-designed Toyota Aurion which is based on the 2006 Camry was the donor model. The Aurion features revised front- and rear-end styling and changes to the interior, but is fitted with the same powertrains.

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Toyota launched the Celica Camry, a four-door version of the Celica in 1980 for the Japanese domestic market. The Celica Camry was essentially a second generation Toyota Carina with styling revised to resemble the front-end of the 1978 Toyota Celica XX, known as the Celica Supra in export markets.

Camry became an independent model line in 1982 with the V10 series, available in four-door sedan and five-door hatchback body styles. At this point, Camry was positioned above the Carina and Corona, two other similar-sized models made by Toyota at the time. The Camry V10 also spawned a badge engineered equivalent, the Vista V10, a more luxurious version of the Camry.

The Camry V20 model debuted in 1986, following much the same formula as its predecessor. Although the hatchback body variant was substituted with a station wagon, the Vista derivative continued. When Toyota replaced the V20 in 1990 with the V30, the model series was exclusive to Japan. Automotive tax regulations in that country dictated the retention of a narrower body as utilized in the previous Camry generations. However, overseas demand for a larger Camry resulted in the development of a "wide-body" XV10 model, introduced to North America in 1991. Japan also received this wider model, although it was sold under the "Toyota Scepter" name there.

The Japanese market received a new narrow-body V40 series Camry in 1994 to replace V30, yet the wide ...