Toyota Cressida

The Toyota Cressida was an upper-midsize car built by Toyota built from December 1976 to February 1993. It was originally intended to compete with European cars such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Volvo. However it fell more inline with mainstream American family cars such as Buick, Oldsmobile, Mercury and Chrysler yet had a better reputation than its American competition thanks to features like fuel injection and overhead cam timing. Like the smaller Corolla and Corona (The forerunner to the Camry) it had not only better reliability than Ford, GM and Chrysler but was also more reliable than Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volvo.

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Recent Changes
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Styles and Major Options
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Pricing
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Gas Mileage
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Engine and Transmission
The Cressida when introduced in December 1976 had the carbureted 2.6 liter straight 6 and a choice of manual or automatic transmission. From 1978 onwards, North American models had the fuel injected version of the 2.6 liter straight 6 and standard automatic transmission. The Cressida (along with the Supra) was one of the first fuel injected Toyota products sold in the US and Canada.

Performance
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Reliability
Reliability was superb, the usual with Toyota. Like other Toyota products of the time it surpassed the reliability of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo.

Safety
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Colors
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Main Competitors

 * Buick Century
 * Chrysler New Yorker
 * Chevrolet Celebrity
 * Dodge 600
 * Ford LTD
 * Mazda 929
 * Mercury Marquis
 * Mitsubishi Sigma
 * Nissan Maxima
 * Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
 * Plymouth Caravelle
 * Pontiac 6000

Hybrid Models
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Unique Attributes
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Interior
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Resale Values
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Criticisms
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Generations
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Fourth generation (1989–1992)
The final generation. The Cressida was eventually replaced by the Avalon.

Third generation (1985–1988)
The 5M-E engine became the 5M-GE.

Second generation (1981–1984)
For this generation the 2.6 liter engine was enlarged to 2.8 liters. (The 5M-E)

First Generation/Origins (1976–1980)
The Cressida was introduced in December 1976. It was imported to North America starting with the 1978 model and was one of the first Toyota products in North America to feature fuel injection. Engine was the 2.6 liter 4M-E straight 6. Japan, Europe and the rest of the world had the carbureted version of this engine.

Worldwide
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Design quirks and oddities
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Awards
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