There was a time when many car manufacturers each offers cars to American car buyers in a variety of sizes.. In the early 1980s, even Mercury has small, medium and large sized cars.and Toyota is also present with three of its own products: the little Corolla, Corona is a little bigger And Cressida the Luxury. Today Scrapyard Gems is one of the Cressidas, found in a car graveyard IN Northern California belong to John Steinbeck.
The rear-wheel-drive Cressida has been available in the United States since 1978 because 1992spanning four generations along the way. It originated from Corona Mark IIand in fact kept the name Mark II in Japan until our current century. Until the Lexus LS 400 arrived here as a 1990 model, the Cressida was the most luxurious Toyota in the US market during its reign here; What is Avalon? is the closest equivalent to the Cressida alternative on the US market.
This generation of Cressida was sold in the United States for model years 1981 through 1984 and is closely related to the Celica Supras same era. That means it has a rear-wheel-drive M-series inline-six engine. One big difference between the 1982 Cressida scooter and the 1982 Celica Supra is a car without independent rear suspension (the Cressida although did).
In this case, the engine is a 2.8-liter 5M-E with electronic fuel injection, rated at 116 horsepower and 145 pound-feet of torque. Curb weight is just 2,906 pounds (significantly lighter than the Current Corolla), so its performance was quite good for its time.
A four-speed automatic transmission with a top gear is standard.
The car’s MSRP is $12,699, or about $42,294 in 2024 dollars. The only 1982 Toyota with a higher price tag on the U.S. market is Land Cruiser four door for $13,218.
From the start, this was a California-market car, as we can see from the emissions sticker under the hood.
The 1982 Cressida had many standard features that were options at a higher price than most comparable cars (except for the automatic transmission). Air conditioning, cruise control, a rear window defroster, and a four-speaker AM/FM sound system were all included.
I have found lots of high mileage Toyota cars in scrap yards for many years, including an Avalon with 949,863 miles And a Camry with 648,928 milesBut this Cressida only reached the 100,000 mark in its 42 years of existence.
Scooter versions of the Cressida were available in the United States from 1978 to 1987, when they were replaced by more upscale versions. Camry.
These cars have quite a following, but that’s not enough to save this stainless steel car from its fate as a scrap car.
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Sadly we never got this turbocharged version.
