1989 Toyota Camry V6 | Retro Review 

...only if you make John Davis apologize for saying Cam-Ray so many times!

You make money off the ad revenue like everyone else.. and youtube doesn't charge to post, so what's your overhead?

@@rustbeltrobclassic2512 you see ads?

@@bendavis9733 i see them too. What sorcery are you using to avoid them??

@@thethomasj1795 just the rock auto teaser. We don't monetize

@Mike M Glad you liked it :-)

I remember people having these cars when I was a small kid and the V6 Models were always further distinguished by their larger tires. Back then looking at the owners, there was always a sense of pride apparent whenever anyone pulled alongside you in these cars, especially the A s i a n owners and I think I now know why. It’s because they knew all along that they weren’t driving Camrys, no that name was being designated specifically for 4-Cylinder Models & only the 🥱 less sophisticated and more frugal Toyota owners were unfortunate enough to be driving something like that 😝! No, Sweetie these individuals owned The LE AND V6 Model cars which were correspondingly more upscale, affluent and deserving of the moniker “Cam-Raaaaay” Hunny! They had 💴 money and didn’t mind flaunting their wealth to whoever was lucky enough to get an up close and personal view of the highly coveted, invite only, and exclusively upscale Member of The Cam-Ray Club; Those Doggone Pretentious Cam-Ray Owners 😡 But seriously though, those doggone cars have bulletproof reliability. My sister owns a ‘18 XSE 4-Cylinder and my niece is now 12, I have no doubt that if her moms hold onto that vehicle it’ll still be in well enough mechanical condition to be her very first car. I think the aforementioned owners knew back then that their cars were something special and their pride that I spoke of was developed as a result.

Now watch Top Gear. "Hondaare", "Mazdaare" (I bet Jaguaare started out as Jaga/Jagua as well)

@@miljororforsprakpartiet290 In Europe, they pronounce Mazda as "MAZZ-duh"; here in the USA, we pronounce Mazda as "MAZ-duh".

@@theKevronHarris same in Canada.

Lol

We had a 1988 4 cyl growing up. Everytime we pulled up next to a v6 version, my dad would be so envious of the bigger engine and faster acceleration. I didn’t realize how slow the v6 was...but I guess it’s all relative. It was mostly my moms car. She never liked it bc she thought it was flimsy and unsafe. I think that was the general perspection of all Japanese cars back then.

@@Rahul-op3ry it's called vernacular

@@Rahul-op3ry You can't see he's mocking the pronunciation, not the grammar?

John it’s CAM-Ree! Only one a in Camry 😂

...And I'm dead.

I went through a bottle and a half of Jameson.

I can’t get off the floor

ok i will

WASTED!!!!

Thanks for sharing this major information

Maybe he got a note from the Toyota PR department.

@@oambrosia Perhaps. 'Dear John, You are the only person on the planet that calls our family mid-size the "Cam-ray." Please stop at once. Sincerely, Toyota'

@@TurboMan942 It's a cease and de(say)st letter.

@@TurboMan942 😂😂

Lol I see what you did there 😂

😂 this comment deserves more likes

😂

He says camray at least 30 times I counted

@@JoeyIgnacio 😂😂😂

Murray Franklin buying a car. Arthur Fleck: how about a Camray Murray? Murray: No I think we've had enough of your Japanese imports. Give me a K car.

And the sho. Not..s..h..o but sho. “Hey, man, what you got under there?” “A sho!” “ !!! You dumb ass jive turkey!!”

Yea, that's got to be a first. I've noticed a few 80s reviews where John has some... interesting pronunciation choices. The one that stuck with me most was when he pronounced the Mitsubishi Galant with a silent "t."

That's my thoughts too! Is it camry?! Or camray?!

I think he’s doing that on purpose. It’s really annoying. And I love Jon

Your father likes cohesive design

That would have been the cause of many family fights in my family

With the 4 valves per cylinder and double CAMS the Camray quieted down and became a Camry.

No kidding. 10 years ago I picked up a 1990 corolla with 28k miles. Only has 90k today

I just bought one last year!

@@DStabs720 - Wow, what a find! Strangely enough, those Corollas looked a lot like these 2nd gen Camrys stylistically and were equally bulletproof.

Very true. A hard loaded all white with white wheel covers with about 30k miles and a Billy Graham cassette still inserted.🤣

@@hellkitty1014 - Sounds right up my alley! lol

*Camray

It's the best looking model in my opinion. I still see them on the road today.

I had the 4 cylinder wagon. Very smooth ride, slow at high altitudes. Transmission went out at 35,900 miles

@@busman7228 auto? My manual wagon is still going strong at 450k

Years ago, my uncle was selling his Camry and offered it to me. I had a truck and said no, maybe I should've reconsidered.

Stop trying to make "Camray" happen, John. It's not going to happen.

@@timothyhh lucky for us he finally pronounce it right in the XV10 Camry

@@timothyhh LOL he tried his best tho, gotta give him credit where credit is due.

29 times.

Aargh, so aggray-vating!

All Toyotas of this era were notoriously easy to steal. One half of a pair of barber scissors could get you into any of them.

How profound.

I never did change them three rear plugs on my '94 1MZFE in my V6SE coupe😭🙏🏽☠️

"Crikey, this Camray's rully byoodaful! I'll poke it to see if there's a voltage and oil pressure gauge here somewhere.."

Dad's get a lot of credit for messing with kids like this, but clearly Mom's are no slouch in the tall-tale humour department either!

If I had $10 for every comment that calls out his mistake I'd be richer.

@@SgtKaito If I had $10 for both, I could buy Mars

@@dealwithit3704 Well played.

Now u have 69 likes!

I counted at least 30

Have i and everyone else i know been saying it wrong? He says it so often so im second guessing my cam-ree way of saying it.

Took a couple times of him saying it for me to be like wait is he saying Cam-ray

reminds me of his use of TAHR-us for Taurus

It's because it comes with a V6 Four Cam-reh.

@@Golbez1991 nah that'd be a Car-meh.

yup Toyota is riding on this reputation while cutting cost on quality now days.

Not the auto transmission on these v6 mine went out at 150,000 miles that's low fir being a Toyota

No tan? The CamRAY has red again.

And that if they give option 🙁

I loved my white -90 Camry 2.0 gli manual with a blue interior. It was my first car and cost only 800€, but i still drove it 7 years and it was very reliable. At the end it didn't pass the inspections because there was too much rust on the rear axel. Climate and salty roads rape our cars. I accually still have it and use it for hauling firewood on our property. Everything still works, even electric windows and mirrors, 510 000 km in odo.

Those seats are great. They don’t wear out or fade.

Seriously though!

Hell yeah! I had one of these back in the day, and that thing felt like a rocket with the V6! It surprises me that it took it over 9 seconds to hit 60 in the video.

I know what you mean and so i agree.. at that time I was driving a 136hp Audi 100 and it was a beast! But nevertheless.. You cannot "promise" anything about the past. The PRO part implies future. Your Friendly English teacher here, no need to retaliate...leave it without reply if you do not care.

Exactly! Even the 5.0 in the Crown Victoria was only pushing 150hp. More torque, sure but it had 2 more cylinders and was almost the displacement of 2 of this V6.

Many cars were also lighter back then, so it balanced out.

Yes. Your average 1980s family sedan was a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with a pushrod 2.5 litre Iron Duke making 90 hp... about 50 of which actually made it to the ground through the three speed slush box, open diff, and P185/70/R14 tires on steel rims.

I used to in early 2000s up until 2004 when I moved to Texas. Now that I come back in 2017 I don't hardly see them. And the car that I got now is a clean mint condition 97 civic LX the junk yards don't have any of them Toyotas nor many of my year civics I'm thinking it is because of the government deal cash for clunkers. so many people traded these cars in dealers were made to pour liquid glass in motor to destroy it and send to junkyard. Junkyard was made to scrap it right away

My mom had a 90 Camry about 10 years ago or so. I still see them in the Midlands quite often.

@@aquarius8325 same here. I've saw a cranberry red one for sale on FB marketplace in the Orangeburg area with 92k miles in the DX-V6 spec.

The last Camry I saw of this generation was 5 years ago. Almost all of them have completely rusted away.

cool - where does the name Camray come from?

@@Bruehoyt Sunlight?

Isn't the Camry built off the design of the Toyota crown?

Toyota brought back the Crown

Truth! LMAO! -Still gotta love him.

His version of Audi pronunciation then was also a killer lol ... He's still the man no matter.

I love them too. I have two, a 4 and a LE V6. Nice size, comfortable, with the LE V6 it was also very quiet for the time. But they also weren't cheap cars.

@@primusconvoy LE V6 is the best one!!

Because it's the right way. We've all been doing it wrong!

Enter Camry XSE

Still not a sports sedan.

*Camray

Cool, but this video is about the CamRAY.

@@doug6191 valid point. Darn autocorrect.

thats some dedication right there

You're not kidding

Rose coloured glasses. Only media bandwidth has changed.

I can’t watch stuff like this without getting gut punched by nostalgia.

@@BigBossIvan might be from the fiber one we eat on Saturday mornings now, in lieu of froot loops back then.

@@Bartonovich52 classic millennium reply

This is 31 yrs ago bruh calm down

32..lol

My friend's mother drove one of these until at least 2000 when we graduated high school, but yeah, I can't imagine there's many left around now.

They're very rare acknowledging how popular and common the ES model is today.

I guess that answers my question of why a 24 valve four cam V6 engine only has 153 HP - any more and the torque steer would be unmanageable. That said, the 3.5 litre engine you can get in the new Camry has almost twice as much HP so I guess Toyota found a way to cope with the torque steer.

@@bghoody5665 What can I say.....yup! :)

Options were very different back then. The difference between a DX and LE were considerable both cosmetically and features wise.

right its too funny this had to be a bet or something like the Cat Game

It was deliberate. Certainly.

Because.. the near perfect rhyme “Family Camry” was just too normal?

I always liked Camry's chassis. Comfy ride even on the bad roads.

Rock solid 2,5 V6! Wish this engine was available in an Alfa Romeo 156.

@@magnussturesson1722 Are you high ?

Agreed i did the same