Beige-ish.  In person it more of a mauve metallic.  I knew someone who had one.  The interior was a one off rosy color too. 

They didn’t offer Beige on the Camry in 1988 ;)  

True.  

Probably.  Toyota and Nissan dropped their regular cab options a few years back, plus no longer offer basic models with crank windows, and manual transmissions.  

If I could go to the lot and buy one I probably would.  Basic transportation you can actually work on yourself without a ton of specialty tools.  

I still drive a 1990 Camry without any of that stuff and it is just fine by me.  I have no desire to deal with a touch screen when physical buttons and knobs I can use without looking are much more intuitive once you know where they are.  Granted, I only drive about 6,000 miles a year between the car and my 95 F150…

As it sits today.  

When my parent met, my mom had a 72 Toyota Corona and from there on out until the early 2000's they pretty much always bought Toyotas. Now she is on her 4th CR-V. But of course in the 80's they had several of the oddball/cool/nicer offerings on the Toyota menu... the quirky 84 Tercel 4WD wagon with the six speed…

They did, but not in the US except for the V20 which was sold with All-Trac from 88-91. My dad opted for the V6 in 88 over AWD since like now, the V6 and AWD weren’t an option and the 4 wasn’t gutsy enough for the guy who sold his Celica-Supra for a family 4 door (and having driven both 4 and 6, the 6 was worth the…

I know. I have little love for a G1 Camry. I would remotely consider it if it was an LE in a desirable color. Car designer Bryan Thompson has one that is in a two tone terra cotta and gold and it is sharp. But it fully loaded and immaculate.

And these were even less powerful than the 4 cylinder like yours. These were only SOHC and pushing 92hp new compared to about 128 for the DOHC in the 2nd gen.

Still use mine with my iPod classic in my 1990 Camry because I swapped in my factory head unit after my Alpine CD deck quit.  I’ve had my iPod since 2007 and that thing still holds weeks of charge, has all my music, and the click wheel is ideal for use while driving.

What do they do if the car does not have OBD II?  My state doesn’t have anything like that, but they do require “Safety Inspections” where they check the brakes, lights, etc.  

The Cressida, Cresta, Chaser, and Mark II all were built on the X chassis. Each had differences though. The Mark II is the core member of the group, the Chaser is the sporty one, the Cresta was the upscale one, and the Cressida was the export version of the Mark II sedan. The Chaser and higher trim Mark II’s were sold…

Or a mint VZV21

Exactly!  I wish I could star this a hundred times!

“the Century is acquired through persistent work, the kind that is done in a plain but formal suit.”~ per the brochure for the second gen models. But they do offer colors other than black, in fact they offer burgundy and navy metallics, and my personal choice Millennium Silver (1C0)  

Dude, I’m 40. Although I would prefer its’ predecessor with the only V12 (1GZ-FE) personally. I like classic styling and over-engineered cars and they are few and far between today. Toyota and Mercedes were the masters of the art of over-engineering until the 90's when they started to cost cut to compete. The perfect…

I agree.  These trucks look better in two tone than a solid color.  Mine is this combo, I just wish mine was this clean.  I did some royally half-assed patchwork on it to keep it legal this year.  Big holes on both bed sides and the front fenders behind the tires.  

My folks had the Tercel 4WD wagon when I was a kid.  Two tone light and dark blue with the 6 speed manual.  My aunt had a base model with an auto she drove from 86 until around 2002.  But I much pprefer the Camry V6 of that era.  Shame they didn’t make them with the 6 and AWD together instead of an either or…