After completing the exterior design of the C2 model, then it was naturally Toyota's turn to ---- Camry, the B-segment model. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Speaking of Camry, it may be very familiar to many fans of the post-80s, because Toyota Camry has a very large number of shares in China, and its comfortable, durable and smooth operation characteristics are praised by people.

The well-known Camry car is actually the predecessor model of the Camry produced by Toyota's joint venture company in China.

Before Camry was domestically produced, this car was sold in China through various channels under the name of Camry, and as one of the few imported medium-sized cars that could be bought in China at that time, Camry was favored by many consumers.

Jiamei, which is favored by consumers, was born in the early 80s, and the reason for this is simple.

That is, the peace after the war brought about the rapid economic development of Fuso, and the demand for family cars among domestic consumers in Fuso became increasingly obvious. Toyota realized the new demand for car consumption, so in January 1980 launched a Celica model based on the Celica model, this car is different from the Celica sporty orientation, more emphasis on comfort and practicality, and this car has a larger interior space than the Celica.

Therefore, after the launch of this car, it received a lot of praise and sales in the market were also very good, which also strengthened Toyota's idea of continuing to launch the follow-up model of this new car.

In view of the success of the Celica, Toyota introduced the first generation of Camry, codenamed V10, in 1982, which was the first time that Toyota had created a separate model line under the name of Camica.

The first-generation Camry broke away from the Celica model and instead used a newly developed model platform. The first-generation Camry was named in two different ways, the car was called Vision in Fuso and outside of Fuso.

From the initial prototype of Camry, the shape of this car exists in a flat way, that is to say, the predecessor of the car looks much thinner than the average car, and the overall look is like being flattened, which gives Ye Kai, who is used to seeing the fashionable appearance of cars in his previous life, a very depressing feeling.

In a word, Ye Kai didn't like this kind of appearance very much, but he didn't like it anymore, in the face of the achievements of such a model in his previous life, Ye Kai had to continue to recall its development process in his mind.

The popular first-generation Camry no longer uses the Celica – the front-wheel drive method of the Carman, but instead uses the front-wheel drive method. In addition, the wheelbase of the first-generation Camry reached 2.6 meters, and the interior space was more spacious than that of the Celica-Camry, and the comfort was also improved.

In 1986, Toyota launched the second generation of the Camry, and Toyota debuted a station wagon model on the second generation of the Camry, which was to meet the needs of European consumers for station wagons.

In terms of power, the second-generation Camry was equipped with improved 1.8L and 2.0L engines, and two years later, Toyota launched the Camry-LE, a model equipped with a 2.5LV6 engine, which is equipped with fuel injection technology and a double overhead camshaft engine, making the maximum power of this engine reach 158 horsepower.

As for the Camry-LE, not only is it more powerful, Toyota has also equipped this car with an all-wheel drive system called All-Trac to increase the vehicle's high-speed driving stability. In 1989, Lexus launched the ES250 luxury model based on the second-generation Camry, which had a more luxurious interior and more refined workmanship. At the same time, with the success of ES250, Camry fully landed in the North American market, and its outstanding comfort and reliability were quickly recognized by North American consumers.

The second-generation Camry, which successfully landed in the North American market, relied entirely on Toyota's electronic fuel injection system and anti-lock braking system, which were first applied in a mid-size car, for comfort and reliability.

Therefore, after tasting the sweetness of the product in the introduction of advanced technology and enhancing the competitiveness of the product in the market, Toyota began to equip the whole series of Camry cars with an engine with an EFI system, in addition, the anti-lock braking system is also equipped with the top model Camry-LE.

Later, Toyota launched the third-generation Camry, codenamed V30, in the Fuso market, which made some changes in appearance, with more fluid body lines replacing the previous angular body design, and a more dynamic visual effect.

The time of the launch of the third generation of Camry has transitioned to the early 90s when a large number of arcs began to be introduced into the shape of the vehicle, during this period, the car series launched by the global car manufacturers, all of which look very rounded, and the water chestnut and straight lines no longer exist, but the body design is still relatively conservative, and it is impossible to see the beautiful water chestnut lines that appeared on the body in large numbers after the 20th century.

However, it is such a car series that Ye Kai can barely accept it, and he can finally find a feeling of familiarity in his previous life. Because, this generation of Jiamei finally made Ye Kai unable to see the flat appearance that made him feel depressed.

At this time, Toyota, which tasted the success of the second-generation Camry in the European market, launched the third-generation Camry codenamed VX10 in the market other than Fuso in the second year of the third generation of the market, the biggest difference between this Camry and the V30 in Fuso's home market is that the body size has changed, compared with the V30 model VX10 The body size is more wide, which meets the space needs of tall European and American consumers.

In China, since 1993, dealers with import qualifications began to import Camry and named it Toyota Camry. Initially, the 2.2-liter model was introduced, followed by the 3.0LV6 top-of-the-line model. At that time, Camry was positioned as a mid-to-high-end mid-size car, and in the era when the models were relatively not abundant, Camry's dynamic appearance and good performance were loved by domestic consumers in China.

Camry, which is loved by Chinese domestic consumers, began to establish a brand in the minds of Chinese people, this brand awareness with the continuous upgrading of Camry, deeply rooted in the hearts of each generation of Chinese people, until the launch of the sixth generation of Camry renamed Camry, Toyota's car series has created tens of millions of sales in the world----- especially loved by the people of the United States, and has been rated as the best-selling car in the United States for four consecutive years, which fully proves the success of the United States and won a very good reputation for Toyota.

So, Ye Kai picked up the pen and began to depict on the paper the appearance of the Camry car that had won a very good reputation for Toyota.

Similarly, the shape of the car designed by Ye Kai is also based on the combination of the second and third generations of the shape, and the new car series is ---- C3 model.

I hope that the C3 model I designed can continue the brilliant performance of its prototype in the previous life! Ye Kai silently wished in his heart.