I BOUGHT A RARE TOYOTA CAMRY FOR £1,500!
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90s Japanese cars truly are a special era of motor vehicles.
The best, mate. Absolute quality.
Two GC8s later... I do love a 90s Japanese car.
As are 90's Range Rovers.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 jk jk
Never been driven in anger? Yet there is an aftermarket strut brace in the engine. Hmmm?
1989 until 2011 best era for cars worldwide
The year is 2060, the Toyota Camry has 640,000 miles on it and still starts first time and sounds and performs as smooth as silk. In the meantime Matt has been through 26 Land Rovers, all needed mechanical repairs of some kind.
And perhaps, 23 units of NX100.😅
@@fauzanriez9472Units 😂
🤣🤣🤣
I think you mean…
“The year is 2060, the Toyota Camry has over 1million kilometres on it and runs like it just left the factory. In the meantime EV’s have been banned due to excessive environmental pollution and Stellantis had acquired LandRover… but now the company is defunct.
Korean automakers are the new “Germans”, America no longer has an Automotive sector and China is the largest manufacturer for ICE vehicles in the world.”
... and Matt has massively overspent!
I think Toyota UK have missed a trick to corner the market in Wales with an exclusive model - the Toyota Cymru.
With optional Colwyn Bay pack!
And an extra carDiff🤣
😂😂
How many years have you waited to deliver this joke?
Perfectly timed and delivered 😂
There is a Toyota Cymru, the engine all Toyota Petrol engines are Made in Wales at the Deeside Industrial Estate, Flintshire
Thought it was just me as a 23 year old that had a strange obsession with these Camrys
As a 23 year old myself, I also have a strange obsession with these and Honda Accords 😂😂
Awesome, see my post!
I am now though on my 12th Toyota, with a disaster with Junk Volvo a few years back!
They make a lot of sense as a younger person's car. Cheap to buy and run, insurance costs will be reasonable, and still fairly reliable.
@@thecraze1519 Are you a fan of the Rover 600's too? Or any Rover for that matter. I am 🤣
I think I'd have been about 23 when I bought my mk2 camry v6 (like the one grandma's driving in the advert). I put 100k on it in 3 years 😂 all I had to do in that time was brakes, tyres, rear drop links, CV joints and remove a shitty halfords alarm
In the United States, these are literally everywhere chugging along and refusing to die unless they are written off in an accident.
Yeah in the US they are just hoopties with body damage
Meanwhile here in Europe I don't think I've ever seen a Camry. As mentioned in video, we have Avensis but these are disappearing off the roads.
They stopped being sold in Sweden around 2002. They were sold again recently but no one bought it so they stopped again. I’ve only seen a handful in my life. Toyota is popular but not the Camry. I almost bought an old Camry for about €1000 but the dealer was very shady with only 1 star reviews so I didn’t.
Yeah saw a video where someone ran a camry with no oil to see how far it would get. Surprisingly far.
I can so believe that , these are bullet proof
My dad had an estate version of the 2.2 Camry automatic in this colour .
Never broke, never failed, it just ran and ran.
He got bored, traded it in, had various cars and one day in hebden bridge it was parked up on a street, looking better than ever.
We talked to the guy who bought it from the trade in garage, he had it 9 years since my dad traded it.
He said a wheel barrow of money would not buy it back from him.
Never forget the regret my dad had for letting it go.
Out of all the cars he had, that was his legend.
Had he still been here, I would have bought him this.
Thanks for bringing back fond memories.
@markpaul your father had good taste , I had the estate version too , a ‘89 f reg 2.0 gli bought off a Tesco manager lady owner in ‘93 , it never missed a beat for the 5 years I owned it and I went everywhere and did everything in it , including using it as a parcel courier vehicle daily - can’t beat a jap .
Here in Qatar, this model of Camry was everywhere in the 2000s and every Camry since the has become the saloon car of choice (although these days, they get a decent run for their money from Kia with the K5 (formerly the Optima) and the Hyundai Sonata). These 3 cars are the weapons of choice of taxi drivers which tells you a lot about reliability and durability. The Camry in particular was ubiquitous. As a point of interest, in the Middle East, we got a V6 version called the Toyota Aurion which was built by Toyota in Australia in right hand drive and also in parts of Asia in left hand drive for sale here. Ostensibly a Camry with the V6 engine, it was sold as a more luxurious option over the Camry. Nerdy fact for today.
so is the aurion like an avalon is the US?
@@qlus no - the Aurion had the exactly same body as the Camry just more luxuriously equipped. The Avalon was a completely different car - much bigger than the Camry/Aurion. The Avalon is still sold here in Qatar although not a big seller - the locals prefer to splash the cash on Lexus models.
@@qlus The Aurion made for the Australian market has the 2GR-FE engine which I believe some US Avalons have. The Camry in Aus stopped using V6 engines whereas the Aurion took over with the 2GR. They use the same shell as the gen 6 / 40 series camry but with different front and back ends. They have sport models with stiffer suspension etc. I own a TRD Aurion which is a limited run (~620 made) model which has different suspension still, larger wheels, bigger brakes, unique body kit and a supercharger which was the most powerful (241 kw / 325hp) FWD car in it's time. The engine package is used in modern cars made by Lotus even today.
Only think I don’t like about the Aurion is the seat comfort. Too hard for me and uncomfortable on longer journeys
The V6 was an option in Camrys in North America until just this year; all of them being built in the US or Canada itself
I don't normally like Japanese cars, but that is a stunning car. The colour and the fact it has character. Nicely done Matt.
Japanese cars are the best
Fab colour. Not unlike Mercedes Almondine Red
In the US, old Camrys and Corollas litter virtually all high school student parking lots - they are plentiful, reliable, and parts are readily available when the 16/17 year old students get into accidents.
What an understated, undervalued gem you have found, surely this is a candidate for the keeper collection. So pleased you bought a good one and didn't massively overspend. Thank you for the content you publish. Peter
As soon as I heard that next base dash cam sound and noticed the fact its using the hard wire kit, just the same as my car it gave me feeling that this must be someone that cares.
Car Wizard in Kansas USA, praises the Camry for being one of the World's most reliable cars, so much so, that both of his Children have one each!
The Autotrader crew are going to be saying, “WHAT IS GOING ON?! Toyota Camry is going mad. Must be a glitch.”
😂
There's a 3l one!
@@matthewwilliams8969 I saw that. 😂
my bro, back in the Czech Republic, still has a 1989 Toyota Carina II. 2L, 16V petrol. All electric windows, electric sunroof. She runs like a new.
Impressive
Saw one of these in my local Morrisons about 6 weeks ago. Had to stop and take a picture! 😂😂
My dad had Carina 2.0 Executive hatchback in metallic grey 1990 G reg. He was a travelling salesman and clocked up 40k a year. He always said this was one of the best and most reliable cars he ever had. These were company cars and were changed every 3 years, so he'd driven most of the usual rep mobiles.
In the UAE the Camry is almost the standard rental car.
I loved to drive it.
Hala taxi these days
A beige leather interior with wood, give it to Joseph Lloyd he would love this.
The Mexican MR BOSS FTW
Waltham Abbey, you were about a mile from where I work. Love 90s Japanese cars, especially Toyotas, solid & reliable.
Gosh I remember in my first job 40 odd years ago , one of the directors had on of the earlier Toyota Camrys. It to me as 16 year at the time didn’t look much , until I had a ride in it. Very smooth and luxurious inside, I was very impressed after that! Understated.
A Camry 2,2 Sport is a great choice . It is unique to the UK and was developed by the British importer TGB . It was felt this model year was a bit bland and needed something more stylish to market and advertise as a halo model. There was also a price gap between the stock 2.2 GL and the top 3.0 V6 (auto only) model. , The interior was re-trimmed in the UK by Connolly leather and unique 17 in wheels were developed along with a unique front grille, ,and sport badge 0n the rear side window frame. Both Manual and autos were offered. Only a few hundred were made available for sale. They are very rare and I have only seen a couple on the road over the last few years. Anorak fact ex USA aged Camry's are very popular in West Africa for a second life as they are so dependable.
I ran one of these for a couple of years. Drove all the way up to Aberdeen (from London) to purchase it. On the way back the car that we used to drive up to Aberdeen broke down and was AA'd back. All piled into the Camry which was on 145k. It felt like a new car and everything worked. I drove that car down to Greece and back a few times. Never did it miss a beat. I eventually sold it in Greece for a lot more than I bought it for. It sat on 197k when I sold it and still everything worked. Wonderful machines.
This has got to be one of the best Facebook Marketplace purchases. I will be honest, when you said that you bought it from there, I thought to myself "this is going to be a pile of junk" but I was so wrong.
That split leather is nothing a wooden bead seat cover couldn't fix.
And a nice gold plated tissue box on the rear parcel shelf for extra effect.
What a car this was solid a total bullet
Such a creative genius, no joke!
Been eyeing this up on marketplace for ages! Fair play Matt
Stick it up for £4999 & say "find
another one as good." Or keep as
a sunshine summer Car for very low mileage 😉 & in 10 years
it will be much better value & rarer than an M5 & will probably be repatriated to Japan.
Such an underrated car in the Uk old Camrys are a true gem 💎🇬🇧👍😊 nice vid Matt
The simplicity of 90s cars is something to behold. I really wish car manufacturers went back to this.
I bought one of these in Black, a 99 reg, one carful owner for €400. Was supposed to be a run around but ended up driving it for nearly 5 years and put nearly 100k miles on it. Was easy on fuel and never let me down
Must look slick in black.
What a hugely appealing car. I have always had a soft spot for Camrys after parents had an immaculate 1986 2.0GLi in white with a mad blue velour interior and a wicked green digital dash. It was faultless even when my dad sold to a guy at his work when he moved abroad to work for a few years. And having lived in the States for a few years as a kid in the late 80s, I saw them everywhere - especially the V6 version just like the one in the granny ad 😂 I know the profit wasn't great but you saved a real surviving modern classic there. Huge well done! I find cars like this vastly more interesting and appealing than anything from the mid-2010s onwards
Just looked back at your past videos and came across a (07) Toyota Avensis 2.0 diesel you bought for £1500 2 years ago, full history and been looked after. Just goes to prove with Japanese cars (like Toyota) with main dealer/Japanese specialist history they go on, and on, and on, and on, and on.
Absolutely. I sold (regretfully) a 20 year old Honda Civic earlier this year that I used as a second car. The engine was smooth as, even on the coldest of starts sitting for a few weeks. It was in great condition and never let me down in the four years I had it
Dude. You made me start looking for one of these. The design now makes more sense than it did back then.
I was almost expecting you to charge 2995 like you often do but at 2495 this is a great buy and someone will be lucky to get their hands on this one. If I lived in the UK I’d snatch it up.
I considered buying one of these once but the 2.4 apparently had issues (head gasket) rare to Toyota. In the end I was put off by the insurance, fuel and tax costs plus I wanted a manual...most were autos and you can't help but feel this was a car aimed at large retired Americans who live in Condominiums in Florida
On a roll lately, Matt. That C30, the SLK, and now this. All three looked very nice indeed.
More of these, please!
This is truly a amazing and revolutionaire design!
If I needed a cheap dependable car I would be outside your premises tomorrow morning. As I mentioned more than once in your videos, these cars with maintenance just keep going, and that generation were designed and built with home maintenance in mind, all based on a typical American owner, doing 20k per year and expecting 10 years of zero defects. Your car should if the servicing is good be good for 300k without effort
Good ol Camry, popular as here in NZ, especially as taxis, along with Prius things. They clock up a shed load of kms and never break down.
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These (red Camrys) just exist for You Tube content in the UK - see Chops Garage, Hubnut! By the time this one was imported, the 2 litre plus market had been well and truly taken by the German prestige brands and an Avensis was all the Toyota anyone would need.
But the Avensis does not have a patch on the Camry .
Nothing wrong with the Avensis, but it is not in the same class as a Camry.
I was so happy to see you review the Camry, I just wish you'd priced it at $2995 because I think it was worth it and think you deserved to make more, I'm not a fan of boot lid spoilers but hopefully the new owner will find one. I have a 2.2 LE model purchased new by my Dad in 1994, I cant explain what a comfy and reliable car it is, I'm in the car industry and will say the comfort fit and finish of this era Toyota beats most New cars sold today.
Mat, I think it is time that you set up a second business dealing in modern classics mostly rare ones, call it 'Peaky Autos' 😂 but serious you do seem to be heading that way
Or 'Peaky Blinders'
Matt Ive been watching your videos for years now and one thing I would love is for you to do an underbody inspection on each car, especially with it being a UK channel, im always fascinated by how well the undercarriage is on all these vehicles :)
That’s a really handsome car for ‘98. Sometimes 90’s saloons and hatchbacks can have really bland styling but that is a looker. It looks really great in the ‘after’ images.
And yes, this is absolutely a modern classic. What were once boring, unexceptional cars like Elegro’s, Cortina’s and Viva’s are now considered classics after all.
I can see why Matt is quite taken with it.
I had the same Camry in the States year ago. 2001 Toyota Camry 2.2, amazing, reliable car in the Chicago winter and summer. No problem what so ever, in one year I put 70 000 miles, no problems.
Nice thud when you closed the doors, great build quality for a old car
My dad bought one a couple years ago from my brothers neighbour. Absolute brilliant car. Solid and reliable. So much luxury and comfort for the age of the car. We'll ahead of its time👌🏽
Camry’s are still one of my favourite 90’s saloons to look at, along with the mk1 Mondeo saloon, gorgeous old things!
Unbeatable Toyota quality. What a nice car!
Back in the late 90s that would have been a top spec car ,well made and made to last , that will still be going strong in another 26 years , excellent video Matt
I lived and worked in South Africa for many years.
A company I repped for, ran 2.2 lt as company cars.
They were indestructible.
Never missed a beat.
Our opposite numbers, ran various Audis... never out the workshop.
Johannesburg Highway Patrol in the day, ran the 3.0lt V6's for years.
I had an estate V6 and it was so smooth to drive. Great car.
Another beautiful car saved, nice one Matt. All the best from Nick the Lexus guy in Wolsingham.
That's a beauty! And a very rare car for the UK market back in 98 nevermind today. I sold my 05 IS200 last month... regretted it every single day since.
That's a car I would go for being an older bloke that I am. Toyota Camry totally bullet proof, and from the same family as the Lexus LS 400 series and on to more Lexus editions that came out later on and now. The Camry is one of those cars from the similar stable as Lexus, I have had 3 Lexus LS series cars and not one thing went wrong or broke with any of them, not a screw coming loose or anything! The Camry will be the same type of car and this is why its still going and will continue to go for another 20 years easy! That is my car! Love em!
great video again Matt - I like the story that this car has been through a main dealer, the garage you bought it from and then yourself, and still somebody is going to get a really nice car for £2.5k that's serviced, MOT'd with no advisories looks good and should give them several years good value motoring - careful you're going to single handedly give the motor trade a good name!
My Evora has at its heart a V6 Engine from Toyota Camry, it’s done 35.000 miles with absolutely no issues; 0.60 3.9 seconds with its Supercharger, but it’s the mid-range grunt and sound of supercharger under load is epic.
All models of the Camry are hugely popular here in Oz. You can't kill them particularly the variants around the era of your new one, either 4 pot or V6. The estate version are great load carriers as well.
An absolute gem and sorely forgotten. They were brilliance in the day and with the 2.4 engine they were absolutely bloody bulletproof. You did well Matt. Thank you for saving it. 😁💯
I'll be honest, I'd never seen one of these before, but I'd absolutely buy this. What a beauty. 👌. I love that you're always saving old classics.
That's an XV20 (4th Gen Camry) in the US
They're a tough as nails workhorse even to this day, some say better quality than the later 6/7th gen Camry
That 2.2 5S-FE 4 cylinder is bomb proof, as long as the oil pump seal doesn't blow out and jettison all the oil in seconds
You could get these with a 3.0 V6 and a TRD supercharger kit back in the day 😂
That keyfob is factory
Nice one Matt, someone's getting a bargain. Nice to see someone has cherished their machine. Keep up the good work, it's not always about the profit. 👍
I worked in a Toyota dealership back in the 90's when this car was about to be launched. The Camry sport is 10 times better looking than any run of the mill regular Camry. It looks great with the side skirts. It's a shame it did not have the spoiler with it. I remember it being a lot of money for the market that Toyota were trying to get to buy the car. It was the same story for the 1990's Toyota Forerunner in England.
Honestly, I think it's absolutely gorgeous. It's a great looking daily driver.
I spent a lot of time in these during my time in the US in the early and mid 90's. Such a quiet and comfortable car. I had always wonder why the Camry wasn't visual in the UK, and now Matt, you have explained, I had no idea the price of a Camry, and I think you hit the nail on the head regarding 'Badge Snobs'. At that time it was a lot of car for a Toyota, and I would say the German brands were more desirable.
We owned a P Reg 3.0v6 Camry prior to purchasing a Lexus IS 3.0 Sportcross which you bought from us. That Camry engine was superb. We loved that car
Very nice video, my hobby is restoring old Camrys and getting them back on the road.
I focus on the late 80s second gen V6 GXI models, which are almost completely gone from our roads.
Very nice cars, 160bhp which is still decent today.
My wife's v6 vienta went 400000km when we sold it. Absolutely perfect. Only maintenance was the cv joints and brakes. Underrated car for sure.
I love how this model of Camry looked
sleek, fast (faster than it was at least xd)'
That color is great too
Biggest problem is… needs a new set of plates
I used to work with a guy in the US who owned a 100,000 mile-plus Camry. He never paid for any servicing, and refused to do anything other than oil changes. He did this for years and he thought I was mad for servicing my similar mileage BMW 528i. His Camry never had anything go wrong, and my BMW suffered several really high cost failures. Those Camrys were bomb-proof.
Toyota engines are incredible, they get better as they get older. Lovely car.
You know we are getting old when we love these 90s cars
Bravo on a fantastic purchase Matt. Makes me wish that I'd bought one now, instead I bought a 1998 Primera 2.0i SE in 2002, which was fully loaded and drove really well with great fuel economy, sad to sell it when i got a company car. All the best from Mauritius.
It just looks so perfect for quiet all purpose driving. Nice slushy auto, comfortable (no silly huge tyres on low profiles) and unless I’m blind, it’s actually quite a handsome saloon..£250 gets a new tyre on one of Matt’s Range Rovers, so all good 👍 🤭!!
My dad had an earlier generation 1987 Camry estate in the 90s. We loved it, really smart, super comfortable and utterly dependable, one of the best cars our family ever had without a doubt. Although the struts failed for the boot so we did have to prop it up with a piece of wood! I think he eventually sold it with almost 190,000 miles on the clock and still misses it now.
Can’t believe I’m watching a video on a Camry, and I’m hooked.
Well done, Matt, in appreciating the build quality of a Japanese 90s car!
Yes, they are boring compared to other brands, but they are fully durable and functional!
At 155k miles and 26 years, this car is testimony to Toyota's excellence in build quality!👌🏽🌟
The Camry are everywhere here in Australia, my sister had one for years no issues. Unfortunately Toyota of today is not the same company and are living on their past reputation. I know I will hounded down by all the Toyota snobs but unfortunately this is the case. But that is a nice car well done on saving it.
My wife and i have been driving various older Toyota's for 35 years that's two cars for 35 years with absolutely no issues they are unbelievable
Matt, with cars like the this, that's probably going to be bought by an enthusiast, it might be a good idea to ask your mechanic to take a few pictures of the underside as well, and add them to the listing. Especially this one having a rebuit suspension.
It'll be rusty as hell underneath. No dealer is going to show underside of a 2 grand beater.
I had an S reg one of these in grey metallic paint with grey leather interior. It handled really well. However, it wasn't a quick car. The acceleration was quite pedestrian. But it worked well and would happily cruise on motorways all day long. I sold it with 144K miles on it.
Remember my Dad deciding between one of these new , a 525 and a CDX Omega v6. He went for the Omega which was a very nice car actually - and on a S plate too! The BMW didn’t even have a radio without paying for one !
What a beauty of a car. I would buy it instantly off you if i lived in UK.
Best car you have done to date Matt
Hired a couple of two-litre auto Camrys in Western Australia in 98 and 2000. They were brilliant, easy on fuel, good aircon and comfortable over long distances (WA IS A BIG state). Have never understood why they are so rare in the UK. But you may well be right about UK badge snobbery. I'm sure whoever buys this car will be getting a bargain even if it is quite old in absolute terms!
You have to keep this beauty!
I saw one of these in the same colourlast Weekend in Llandudno on a T-reg a 2.2 Sport and it was mint. Good cars Toyota good reliable petrol engines I own a 18 year old Avensis 1.8 VVTi petrol had it 6 years starts first time every time and passes every MOT I get about 36-40 mpg on a run and running it on E5 petrol no plans to get rid, its a keeper. Don't touch the Diesel engine cars not reliable the engines are not made by Toyota but BMW not a good engine why Toyota went this way I don't know it's a bad move for them. This is my first Toyota but my sixth Japanese car I had 5 Nissan's in the past, 3 Sunny's and 2 Primera's all good cars with no problems apart from letting them go for another one.
£1500 for a Camry a lot of car for very little money, good video
Another great vid pal. It’s crazy to think back in the late 90’s if you went for a more premium branded car that would rival this say a Mercedes c class for example I can guarantee 26 years and 150,000 miles later it would not be here to tell any story! It would have rusted away in front of your eyes some time ago!.
I bought a 1999 V6 Camry last week. My other car was written off. I'm retiring in 3 years, so just wanted something cheap and reliable to see me out for those 3 years
That is one great looking car, and I love the colour! I had a white Camry whilst working in the Middle East back in the early 2000s. It was very reliable & never let me down......happy days! 👍👍
That's an absolute belter. If the future owners look after it as well as the previous ones, it'll last forever. That engine is just never going to be stressed on public roads at sensible speeds, so all they ned to do is maintain it cosmetically and it will go on and on and on. The badge may not be premium, but the quality is far above almost everything the so-called premium brands have produced.
It'll rust out underneath.
I've had 2 of this generation Camry over the years in Australia. I think in Aus we have the V6 and a 2.4L 4 cylinder - but I could be wrong - and both of mine were the 4 cylinder variants and both were sadly plaqued with oil leaks that were expensive to fix - expensive for a low income earner at the time - but I will confess not much else went wrong with them. 1 was a sedan and 18 years old, which I disliked immensilly, but the other was a wagon and that was very practical. Good luck to the new owner.
Love an old Toyota. Brilliant motors, and if you service them properly, they are bulletproof
Well done!!
There aren’t many cars of that age in such good condition!!
It's a tidy car, and they were way better looking than the previous model.
Good score.
Looks sleek Matt, like it, 👌