The popular automotive website, TheAutopian.com, reveals in a new article that the all new 2025 Camry is about the same price (adjusted for inflation) as its ancestor was in 1983!
Long renowned as the king of dependable sedans, the Camry has always managed to hit the right balance between features, affordability, and reliability, all while keeping to a moderate price.
1983 Camry: $27,040 ($8,623 adjusted for inflation)
2024 Camry: $29,495
1983 Median Family Income: $77,079 ($24,580 adjusted for inflation)
2024 Median Family Income: $79,083
Bottom line: the present Camry costs about the same as it did 41 years ago! That may not seem like an accomplishment until you look at the differences between the Camry of yesteryear and one from today.
Take a trip down memory lane with a review of the 1984 Camry from MotorWeek:
And, for comparison, here's MotorWeek's first drive of the all new 2025 Camry:
Just looking at standard safety features like anti-lock brakes, airbags, stability control, emergency braking, and lane departure warning systems, today's Camry buyer is getting a ton of features that 1983's buyer couldn't even dream of.
The 1983 version featured a 2 liter 4-cylinder engine with 92 horsepower and weighed less than 2500 pounds. Fast forward to 2025 and the base model boasts a hybrid 4-cylinder with 225 horsepower hauling about 3600 pounds. 1983's Camry did zero to sixty in 12.4 seconds compared to today's 7.8 seconds. Amazingly, the new Camry is heavier but far quicker than its 41-years-ago counterpart.
In 1983, the Camry was a competitive, competent sedan, and a great value. Forty-one years later, it's a lively, efficient, feature-packed, stylish car, still priced as competitively as ever!
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