you certainly meant this:

 

Well heck,, if you gonna trace the evolution,, go back to the VERY beginning. Yes I am old enough to remember this car when new; although I was 9 at the time. LOl!!!

 

I sat in that very car at the Toyota USA museum a month ago..

And I picked the Gen 2 because I had pictures of it and the Gen 6 taken all at the same angle and with a similar color car so it made the comparo even cooler..and plus it was exactly 20 years in age.

 

Never seen that before? It looks like a chop.

 

We had one of those when I was in HS... ours was a 1984 Camry LE, a really awesome car.

Mom's next car was just like the one the OP posted, a 1991 LE. Liked it except for the auto seatbelts that would choke you.

Liked it enough that I bought one myself the next year, a 1992 Camry SE v6 5-speed. One of the best car purchases I ever made, served me well and sometimes regret selling it. Would have made a great beater.

 

It's amazing how different these two cars look. The new Camry's interior is kind of boring though. The old one looked so much cooler with the blue interior.

I always thought those automatic seat belts were the coolest thing ever when I was younger.

 

The '91 Camry actually looks better. I wouldn't call it bland, but it is conservative and yet has a hue of elegance to it. It wouldn't surprise me if in its day it could be marketed as an entry-level premium car.

 

Amazing how similar some Japanese cars of that era looked. When I saw this picture I immediately thought of the mid-1980s Mitsubishi Galant, which I always thought was a cool design.

 

oh man, I remember my 87 maxima had those power seat belts-way too cool for those eras

I wonder why they stopped?

 

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Those power seat belts were awful. We had a Ford Festiva with them and my scalp probably still has scars from being hit by the thing. I still occasionally see old cars driving down the road with the belt stuck in the exit position. IIRC, you still had to manually fasten the lap belt.

 

Agreed total pos, they were dangerous and a cheap way for auto makers to get around drivers side airbag at the time.

 

I've never had issues with the automatic shoulder belts hitting me or getting in my way. Guess it depends on the person. Some designs were better than others, though. The Toyota systems in the Cressida and Camry have never given me problems, while other cars didn't feel or work as well.

 

I also liked that period of some body designs...sharp and edgy. Volvo comes to mind with their square box designs.

The automatic belt on the driver side of our Cressida got stuck. The fix was easy but $. I simply retracted it to the closed position and unplugged the belt motor.

Back then, the Camry and Cressida shared enough design queues only proportioned smaller. LOL, looking at the current LS and IS, I have a similar thought.

 

I remember those motorized seatbelts :-)