Toyota Camry 1800ZX
The 1982 Camry turned its engine sideways and used its front wheels to pull the car. That compact arrangement helped Toyota make a roomy family sedan without making the body unusually long.
1982 Toyota Camry V10 sedan · Mytho88 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Toyota released the SV10 Camry and its Vista sister on March 24, 1982. Unlike the rear-drive Celica Camry that came before it, this new Camry was a purpose-built front-wheel-drive sedan. The 1800ZX sat at the top of the original 1.8-liter grade trio and could show off a digital instrument panel that still felt futuristic in 1982.
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Camry comes from the Japanese word 'kanmuri,' meaning crown—so its name belongs to Toyota's long family of crown-themed car names.
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Toyota's history describes the March 1982 Camry/Vista as its first car with a transversely mounted engine in a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout. That packaging decision distinguished the SV10 from the earlier Celica Camry and established the basic architecture followed by many later Camrys.
Source: Toyota 75 Years — Camry SV10 vehicle lineage ↗One body, three launch grades
Toyota's surviving table separates 1800LT, 1800XT and 1800ZX. All share the 1S engine, 1,832 cc displacement, 100-PS net rating and the same outer dimensions, but the ZX's representative curb mass is 1,040 kg versus 990 kg for the LT. This profile keeps the ZX model code E-SV10-JEMZS rather than treating every SV10 as identical.
Source: Toyota 75 Years — Camry SV10 vehicle lineage ↗A launch car before the options multiplied
The original March range combined the carbureted 1.8-liter engine with a five-speed manual. A four-speed automatic with overdrive arrived in July, a 2.0-liter EFI version in August, and later diesel and twin-cam choices followed. Selecting the March launch configuration prevents those later engines and transmissions from slipping into the 1800ZX record.
Source: Toyota 75 Years — Development of front-wheel-drive vehicles ↗Where these facts come from
- Toyota 75 Years — Camry SV10 vehicle lineage
- Toyota 75 Years — Development of front-wheel-drive vehicles
- Toyota 75 Years — 1981–1990 chronology
Selected facts checked for this edition. Some source pages link to broader model families. Last reviewed October 1, 2026.