What if Toyota brought back the “Camry family”?

For a few generations, Toyota used to offer more than a sedan design for the increasingly popular Camry. The first generation was actually offered as a sedan or a 4-door hatchback. While later ones included a 2-door coupe and even a station wagon.

All these were also offered in the US. The coupe came with the 3rd generation starting in 1991. The 2-door coupe was, of course, never as popular as the sedan, and lasted only 5 years until it was canceled in 1996. It was eventually replaced 3 years later by the Toyota Solara. Based on the next-generation Camry. However, the Solara had its own design and interior. This made it much more interesting than a straight 2-door version of the Camry sedan.

The wagon version of the Camry was sold in the US starting in 1988. It lasted 2 generations until 2000. I personally think the first generation looked much better than the next one. While the sedan looked pretty timeless, the 1990s wagon version just looked too odd and clumsy. While I think its predecessor still looks good today.

These cars were built at a time when Toyota was putting huge efforts into quality and reliability. They were basically bulletproof for many, many years and had become hugely popular in the US.

Unfortunately, by the time the next Camry came out in 2001, the wagon was gone. As an early victim of the SUV craze.

The illustrations above show what a 2-door coupe and 4-door wagon based on the current generation Toyota Camry could look like.