Fung, Walter; Hardcastle, Mike (2001). Textiles in Automotive Engineering. Cambridge: Woodhead. p. 24. ISBN978-1-85573-493-7. «the oil crisis of 1973–4 when the Middle East oil producers precipitated an artificial shortage of oil world-wide which in turn increased prices dramatically. This caused a swift reaction in Europe and Japan, not as quickly reflected in the US, to 'downsize' the product and make, smaller, cheaper and more fuel-efficient cars. The laws of aerodynamics ensured that gradually, many of them began to assume similar shapes to reduce drag factors to a minimum.»
Hsu, Ben (2013). Classic Japanese Performance Cars. North Branch, Minnesota: CarTech. p. 60. ISBN978-1-93470-988-7. «Due to declining sales, the T130 was the final Corona model offered in the United States. After 1983, Toyota found a new car to replace the Corona, opting for a front-wheel drive layout. You may even have heard of it. It was called the Camry.»
James, Wanda (2005). Driving from Japan: Japanese Cars in America. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 64. ISBN978-078641-734-6. «The [1982] Camry was produced to replace the aging Corona and to compete with the Honda Accord, which had a three-year head start on the market. To regain some of that share, the Camry was designed to "one-up" the Accord with a longer wheelbase of 102.4 inches (almost 6 inches longer than the Accord), as well as a more powerful 2.0-liter, 92-horsepower engine to pass Accord's 86-horsepower, 1.8-liter engine.»
Dawson, Chester (2011). id=LASz-mM8flAC&printsec=frontcover Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit(eBook) (2 edición). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN978-0-47082-807-6. «In September 1991, the [...] ES 250, which had been assembled from the Toyota Camry parts bin, finally bowed out. [...] From the start, Toyota Motor had viewed the first generation ES 250 [...] mostly as a place holder to make the brand seem bigger than just the flagship LS 400.»
