Toyota Camry

[24] [25]. Articles:. Aftermarket performance parts for the Camry are significantly more limited than for sportier vehicles; however, even a bona-fide supercharger has been developed specifically for the Camry. Books:. Toyota's in-house motor sport department, Toyota Racing Development, as well as Toyota Team Europe and TOM'S, does offer performance parts for the fourth- and fifth-generation Camry. Its portrayal of vampirism as a disease (contagious demonic possession), with its undertones of sex, blood, and death, struck a chord in a Victorian Europe where tuberculosis and syphilis were common. Since 2004, Tundra pickups have competed in the Craftsman Truck Series. Bram Stoker's Dracula has been the definitive description of the vampire in popular fiction for the last century.

On January 23, 2006, Toyota announced that their 2007 version of the Camry will be entered for NASCAR's elite Busch and Nextel Cup series, starting in the 2007 season, marking the first appearance by a vehicle made by an automobile manufacturer not based in the United States to compete in NASCAR's top two series since the 1950s. The story is sometimes still falsely attributed to Lord Byron. As the matter of fact, the South African Super Touring Camry is still being raced by a private individual in Australia in 2005, despite the car being more than 10 years old. Polidori was the personal physician of Lord Byron and the vampire of the story, Lord Ruthven, is based partly on him — making the character the first of our now familiar romantic vampires. [23] The Camry's popularity and Toyota's reputation for reliability means that older-model Camrys occasionally surface in amateur motorsports. John Polidori authored the first "true" vampire story called The Vampyre. In spite of past failures, there nonetheless exists evidence that late-model Camrys have been raced in other minor championships. These include the combination of horror and lust that the vampire feels and the concept of the undead passing its inheritance to the living.

It only achieved moderate success as the competition comprised of other more suitable machinery, for example BMW 320i's prepared by Team Schnitzer. Lord Byron introduced many common elements of the vampire theme to Western literature in his epic poem The Giaour (1813). So far, the one and only time a Camry that has been used by a works Toyota team as a race car is during the 1990's, where Toyota South Africa commissioned a third-generation Camry, built according to FIA's Class-2 Super Touring regulations, to be raced in the South African Touring Car Championship. It wasn't long before vampire bats were adapted into fictional tales, and they have become one of the more important vampire associations in popular culture. Due to the Camry's size and market orientation, it is not a suitable candidate for professional motorsports activities. The bats were named after the folkloric vampire rather than vice versa; the Oxford English Dictionary records the folkloric use in English from 1734 and the zoological not until 1774. The Camry received an "average" theft loss index in yearly reports generated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for every year between 1992 and 2004 except 1997, when it received a "worse than average." [22] Each of these reports only covers the previous three model years (e.g., the 1992 report covers 1989-1991 Camrys). During the 16th century the Spanish conquistadors first came into contact with vampire bats and recognized the similarity between the feeding habits of the bats and those of their mythical vampires.

In 2001, for example, the second-generation Camry was the most-stolen vehicle, whereas the fourth-generation Camry was the 79th most stolen. It is therefore extremely unlikely that the folkloric vampire represents a distorted presentation or memory of the bat. for several years. The three species of actual vampire bats are all endemic to Latin America, and there is no evidence to suggest that they had any Old World relatives within human memory. [21] This can be partly attributed to the fact that the Camry has been the top selling car in the U.S. In South America, Camazotz was a bat god of the caves living in the Bathouse of the Underworld. The Camry is reportedly the most stolen car in the United States. In English heraldic tradition, a bat means "Awareness of the powers of darkness and chaos"[7].

[20]. On the other hand, the gypsies thought them lucky and wore charms made of bat bones. IIHS rear-crash performance was rated as marginal for Camrys with cloth seats and poor for Camrys with leather seats. In Europe, bats and owls were long associated with the supernatural, mainly because they were night creatures. NHTSA rollover performance is listed as five stars for 2001 models and four stars thereafter. Bats have become an integral part of the vampire myth only recently, although many cultures have myths about them. The IIHS website notes that although Toyota changed the design of 2004 Camrys to improve side performance, the changes would not significantly impact the crash performance of vehicles without side airbags. Natural processes of decomposition, absent embalming, tend to darken the skin of a corpse — hence the black, blue, or red complexion of the folkloric vampire.

[19] Three out of the nine categories were scored as poor, including Head protection, driver, Injury:Head/neck, and Injury:Torso, rear passenger. During decomposition blood can often be seen emanating from nose and mouth, which could give the impression that the corpse was a vampire who had been drinking blood. However, side crash performance without airbags was only two stars in 2002 (NHTSA) [18] and poor, the lowest score on the IIHS scale. Corpses swell as gases from decomposition accumulate in the torso and blood tries to escape the body. [17]. In the past, people were often malnourished and therefore thin in life, which could account for the pale skin often referred to. Similarly, IIHS side impacts with airbags was rated as good overall with good in most categories. ^[6] Folkloric accounts almost universally represent the alleged vampire as having ruddy or dark skin, not the pale skin of vampires in literature and film.

[15] [16] It was also again listed as a BEST PICK in frontal crashes. It is a well known phenomenon that after death the skin and gums lose fluids and contract, exposing the roots of the hair, nails, and teeth, even teeth that were concealed in the jaw. The fifth-generation frontal performance was similar to that for the fourth-generation. Another reason to believe that a body is a vampire that has fed on the living is the strange illusion that the hair, nails, and teeth have grown ^[5]. The fifth-generation Camry was tested for front, side, and rollover crashes (NHTSA) and rear, side (with and without side airbags), and frontal offset crashes (IIHS). When the coffin of an alleged vampire was opened, people sometimes found the cadaver in a relatively undecomposed state, which could have been interpreted as the corpse being the equivalent of a well-fed vampire. [14]. Some psychologists in modern times recognize a disorder called clinical vampirism (or Renfield Syndrome, from Dracula's insect-eating henchman, Renfield, in the novel by Bram Stoker) in which the victim is obsessed with drinking blood, either from animals or humans.

The NHTSA gave the Camry four stars in side impact tests when fitted with side airbags and three stars without. Legends that Erzsébet Báthory, a medieval Hungarian aristocrat, murdered hundreds of women in bizarre rituals involving blood, helped mold contemporary vampire legends. [12] [13] Additionally, the IIHS website lists the 1997-2001 Camry as being a BEST PICK in frontal crash tests. Serial killers Peter Kurten and Richard Trenton Chase were both called "vampires" in the tabloids after they were discovered drinking the blood of the people they murdered, for example. The fourth-generation Camry was tested for frontal and side impacts (NHTSA) and frontal offset (IIHS) crashes, but scored significantly better than the third generation in all frontal tests. There have been a number of murderers who performed seemingly vampiric rituals upon their victims. [11]. However, like porphyria, there is little evidence to prove any links between vampires and rabies.

[8] In comparison, the similar-vintage Honda Accord fared similarly (although somewhat worse) [9], the Ford Taurus did notably better [10], and the Nissan Maxima performed much worse. This froth could sometimes look like blood, being red in colour. [7] The IIHS scored it acceptable overall, with three out of six categories listed as good and the other three listed as acceptable. Others argue that there is a relationship between vampirism and rabies, since people suffering from this disease would avoid sunlight and looking into mirrors and would froth at the mouth. NHTSA gave the vehicle four stars for the driver and between three and four stars for the passenger, depending on the year. [4]. The third-generation Camry was tested only frontal (NHTSA) and frontal offset (IIHS) crashes. There is very little evidence to suggest that porphyria had anything to do with the development of the original folklore.

Similarly, the IIHS scores crash performance with a four-level grade (Good, Acceptable, Marginal, and Poor) in multiple categories and overall. However, the hypotheses that porphyria sufferers crave the heme in human blood, or that the consumption of blood might ease the symptoms of porphyria, are based on a severe misunderstanding of the disease. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) scores crash ratings as one to five stars for front and side crashes. Certain forms of porphyria are also associated with neurological symptoms, which can create psychiatric disorders. Both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) [5] and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) [6] publish crash information for the third-, fourth-, and fifth-generation Camry. People with extreme but rare cases of this hereditary disease can be so sensitive to sunlight that they can get a sunburn through heavy cloud cover, causing them to avoid sunlight — although it should be noted that the idea that vampires are harmed by sunlight is largely from modern fiction and not the original beliefs. For more information see: Toyota Camry Hybrid. The disease disrupts the production of heme.

Standard features include remote entry and start, side torso airbags, knee airbags and side-curtain airbags.The Camry Hybrid will be built at the company's Georgetown, Kentucky plant, with about 45,000 projected per year. Some people argue that vampire stories might have been influenced by a rare illness called porphyria. However, the Camry Hybrid will utilize a 4-cylinder gasoline engine as opposed to a V6, a setup that will produce 192 hp (143 kW). The chupacabra is also believed to be an alien. It will use a Hybrid Synergy Drive setup similar to that of the Toyota Prius, Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX 400h, which mates Toyota's 3MZ V6 with an electric motor. The "chupacabras hysteria" was frequently associated with deep economical and political crisis, particularily during the middle of the 90`s decade. For 2006, Toyota will create a hybrid gas/electric Camry when it is redesigned as the 2007 Toyota Camry called the Camry Hybrid. In the modern folklore of Puerto Rico and Mexico, the chupacabra (goat-sucker) is said to be a creature that feeds upon the flesh or drinks the blood of domesticated animals, leading some to consider it vampiric.

The CE and LE trims have similar hubcap designs like the gen 5 02-04 models. However, local police stated that no such crimes had been reported to them, and this case appears to be an urban legend.^[3]. A keyless entry/remote starter is optional on the V6-powered XLE. In January 2005, it was reported that an attacker had bitten a number of people in Birmingham, England, fueling concerns about a vampire roaming the streets. A navigation system with cell-phone link and heated leather seats are available for the SE and the V6-powered XLE. In Romania, several relatives of Toma Petre dug up his body, tore out his heart, burned the organ and drank its ashes in water in February of 2004, thinking that he had become a vampire.^[2]. A spilt-folding rear seat is not available on the SE trim. Mobs stoned one individual to death and attacked at least four others, including Governor Eric Chiwaya, due to a belief that the government was colluding with vampires.^[1].

The V6 will be available with a 6-speed sequential transmission. During late 2002 and early 2003, hysteria about alleged attacks of vampires swept through the African country of Malawi. It will also have an optional 3.5 L V6 making 268 hp (200 kW) with three trims: LE, SE, and XLE. Belief in vampires still persists across the globe. The new Camry has a 2.4 L I4 making 158 hp (118 kW) with 4 trim levels: CE, LE, SE, and XLE. By then, though, many knew about vampires, and soon authors would adopt and adapt the concept of vampire, making it known to the general public. It will be a 2007 model introduced at the 2006 North American International Auto Show [4] along with its identical hybrid twin, the Camry HV. This was the end of the vampire epidemics.

The next-generation Camry will be completely redesigned and made in Georgetown, Kentucky. He concluded that vampires do not exist, and the Empress passed laws prohibiting the opening of graves and desecration of bodies. In August 2005 the Altise Sport model was reintroduced (V6 auto only) together with Altise Limited (four-cylinder and V6) that replaced the Altise and has additional features. Eventually, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria sent her personal physician to investigate. The Toyota Link system is a state-of-the-art satellite and mobile SMS GSM communications system that gives the driver access to roadside assistance and emergency help via the electrochromatic rear view mirror. This had considerable influence on other scholars at the time. The Grande and Azura models have Satellite Navigation (GPS) as standard equipment, and were the first Toyota models in Australia to be fitted with the new Toyota Link system. Nonetheless, Dom Augustine Calmet, a well-respected French theologian and scholar, put together a carefully thought out treatise in 1746 in which he claimed vampires did exist.

The Grande however was fitted with the standard suspension rather than the sports suspension as fitted on the Azura model. Many scholars said vampires did not exist, and attributed reports to premature burial, or rabies. When the revised range was launched in Australia and New Zealand in September 2004, the Grande model was reintroduced which together with the Azura model, were the top-of-the-range models. The problem was exacerbated by rural epidemics of so-claimed vampire attacks, with locals digging up bodies. Power output on the Altise Sport, V6 Sportivo and Azura models was 145 kW (194 hp) compared with the 141 kW (189 hp) of the standard V6 models due to the variable back pressure exhaust system that boosts low-down torque and top-end power. The controversy raged for a generation. The brakes, body panels (which would only fit on the Australian and New Zealand made body and chassis), headlights, seats and suspension were all locally developed after 10000kms of extensive testing in New Zealand under the supervision of Toyota engineers. Government officials examined the cases and the bodies, wrote them up in reports, and books were published afterwards of the Paole case and distributed around Europe.

The Australian and New Zealand models were significantly different from the other Camry models around the world and had around 77% locally developed components to suit Australian/NZ roads and driving conditions. These two incidents were extremely well documented. The Australian and New Zealand Camry Sportivo corresponds roughly to the American Camry SE. After his death, people began to die, and it was believed by everyone that Paole had returned to prey on the neighbours. In 2003, the V6 Altise Sport model was introduced, which is basically the Altise model with the sports suspension that was fitted on the Sportivo and Azura models and was available in manual and automatic trasmission. In the other famous case, Arnold Paole, an ex-soldier turned farmer who had allegedly been attacked by a vampire years before, died while haying. Only the Altise and Sportivo models may be fitted with a manual transmission— all other models are equipped with an automatic transmission. Soon Plogojowitz returned and attacked some neighbours who died from loss of blood.

The Altise, Ateva, and Sportivo are available with either the 2.4 L VVTi four cylinder or the 3.0 L V6 engine, and the Azura was only available in V6. When the son refused, he was found dead the next day. In Australia and New Zealand, the 2002-2006 Camry is available in four different trims: the Altise, Ateva, Sportivo and Azura, . As the story goes, Plogojowitz died at the age of 62, but came back a couple of times after his death asking his son for food. Daihatsu continued with its twin Altis model for the Japanese market. Two famous cases involved Peter Plogojowitz and Arnold Paole. Unlike the first generation Solara, the SLE trim could be had with the four-cylinder engine. It all started with an outbreak of alleged vampire attacks in East Prussia in 1721 and in the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1725 to 1734.

In addition to SE and SLE trims, a new SE Sport was offered. The word vampire only came into the English language in 1732 via an English translation of a German report of the much-publicized Arnold Paole vampire staking in Serbia. The V6 was coupled with a 5-speed automatic transmission. Even government officials frequently got dragged into the hunting and staking of vampires. The 2.4 L engine was still offered, however, a new 3.3 L V6 was optional. During the 18th century there was a major vampire scare in Eastern Europe. Again, styling from the Camry was radically different, taking design cues from the Lexus SC 430. An account of this incident was found among the papers of Bram Stoker and the story closely resembles the events in his classic novel, Dracula.

The second generation Camry Solara was introduced in August 2004. Her heart was cut out then burnt to ashes. Interior upgrades to the Camry included a rear center head restraint, a storage bin in the door, optitron gauges, and standard leather seating on XLE V6 models. Her father, assisited by the family physician, removed her from her tomb two months after her death. A new trim level was added (the standard model) priced lower than the Camry LE. The most well known case is that of nineteen year old Mercy Brown who died in Exeter, Rhode Island in 1892. In late 2004, the 2005 Camry was introduced with new upgrades such as a chrome grille (though the SE had a sportier grille), a new taillight design, and new wheels. In this region there are several well-documeted cases of families disinterring loved ones and removing their hearts in the belief that the deceased was a vampire who was responsible for sickness and misfortune in the family.

However the Solara did receive the same 2.4 L I4 engine now available on the Camry. During the 18th and 19th centuries the belief in vampires was widespread in parts of New England, particularly in Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut. The 2002 Camry Solara remained on the fourth generation chassis, and received only minor styling upgrades to the front and rear ends.
. Any model may be equipped with a V6 or an automatic transmission, although the manual transmission is not available on V6 models. Although the Lamia was a sort of divinity, related to other Ancient Greek gods, the vrykolakas were truly "undead", normally as a result of excomunication from the Church or suicide. Both the LE and SE models are available with a manual transmission when equipped with the four-cylinder engine now up to 2.4 L and 163 hp (122 kW). This pair could see the vampire out of doors at night, but immediately after it saw them it would have to flee, head over heels.".

In the United States for 2002, the basic CE model was dropped but the SE sport model was reintroduced. However, they could be seen "by a twin brother and sister born on a Saturday who wear their drawers and shirts inside out." Likewise, a settlement could be protected from a vampire "by finding a twin brother and sister born on a Saturday and making them wear their shirts and drawers inside out (cf previous section). It is 2.5 in (64 mm) taller and has a 2 in (51 mm) longer wheelbase than the previous model. According to the late Serbian ethnologist Tatomir Vukanović, Roma people in Kosovo believed that vampires were invisible to most people. In contrast to the fairly squat fourth-generation Camry, the fifth generation is a decidedly tall vehicle. Further measures included driving stakes into the grave, pouring boiling water over it, decapitating the corpse, or burning it. However, the front end of the car is relatively short, leaving a great deal of the length to the cabin, a technique adopted by compact cars. They also placed hawthorn in the corpse's sock or drove a hawthorn stake through the legs.

The styling of the fifth-generation Camry is somewhat similar to the fourth-generation model in that both have gently curved surfaces accented by sharp creases. To ward off vampires, gypsies drove steel or iron needles into a corpse's heart and placed bits of steel in the mouth, over the eyes, ears and between the fingers at the time of burial. This model was launched in most export markets, including the United States, as a 2002 model year car. To get rid of a vampire people would hire a Dhampir (the son of a vampire and his widow) or a Moroi ^{[citation needed]} to detect the vampire. In September 2001, the latest Toyota Camry was released as a larger sedan (taking styling cues from the successful Vitz, Corolla and Solara coupé) only, but without a station wagon for the first time (a similarly styled wagon was sold on the Japanese home market however, as the Toyota Mark II Blit). (See the article on vampire watermelons.). Towards the end of the model run, the limited edition Intrigue and Advantage sedan models were launched. Pumpkins or melons kept in the house too long would start to move, make noises or show blood.

The Vienta V6 range was discontinued due to the launch of the Avalon sedan in July 2000 and two new models were added to the Camry range: the top-of-the-range Azura V6 sedan and the Touring Series V6 sportswagon model, both of which were available in automatic transmission only. Plants or dogs, cats, or even agricultural tools could become vampires. In September 2000, the revised Camry range was launched. If a person died unseen, he would become a vampire; likewise if a corpse swelled before burial. The VXI model was basically a V6-powered version of the 4-cylinder Camry CSX model. Anyone who had a hideous appearance, was missing a finger, or had animal appendages, etc., was believed to be a vampire. The Vienta line up consisted of VXI and Grande sedan models and the VXI wagon. Female vampires could return, lead a normal life and even marry but would exhaust the husband.

The Camry V6 Touring Series sedan model was launched in March 1999. This vampire is believed to return and do malicious things and/or suck the blood of a person (usually a relative who had caused their death, or hadn't properly observed the burial ceremonies, or who kept the deceased's possessions instead of destroying them as was proper). The Camry V6 models consisted of CSI and Conquest, with the wagon models only available in automatic transmission. One form of vampire in Romani myth is called a mullo (one who is dead). The line-up of 4 cylinder Camry models consisted of the CSI, Conquest and CSX models (automatic transmission only), all three variants were available in sedan or wagon. Some refer to their Black Goddess as "Black Cally" or "Black Kali". In Australia, unlike the previous generation, the nameplate Camry was also applied to the V6 variants, while the Vienta V6 range was revised as the "upmarket" models. They still hold a ceremony each May 24 in the French village where this is supposed to have occurred.

The Camry V6 was again on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 1997. Gypsies have a belief that the three Marys from the New Testament went to France and baptised a gypsy called Sara. This was the first Camry to be sold as a Daihatsu; the Daihatsu Altis was identical to the export version of the Camry. Sara, or the Black Goddess, is the form in which Kali survived among gypsies. Manual transmissions were only available on the CE trim level and any Solara model. Kali drank all his blood so none was spilled, thereby winning the battle and killing Raktabija. Power was increased slightly to 133 hp SAE (99 kW) for the 5S-FE 2.2 L I4 and 194 hp SAE (145 kW) for the 1MZ-FE V6. She and the goddess Durga battled the demon Raktabija who could reproduce himself from each drop of blood spilled.

The XLE was available with either the 2.2 L I4 or the 3.0 L V6 engine, although the Solara SLE was only available with the V6. Her temples are near the cremation grounds. Both the LE and the XLE trims were carried over from the previous generation. The most famous Indian deity associated with blood drinking is Kali, who has fangs, wears a garland of corpses or skulls and has four arms. In the United States, the four door Camry SE was dropped and the base model was renamed the CE for the 1998 model year. This kind of reincarnation does not arise out of birth from a womb, etc, but is achieved directly, and such evil spirits' fate is pre-determined as to how they shall achieve liberation from that yoni, and re-enter the world of mortal flesh through next incarnation. The Solara was available in SE and SLE trim, corresponding roughly to the sedan's LE and XLE trims. Since Hinduism believes in reincarnation of the soul after death, it is supposed that upon leading an unholy or immoral life, sin or suicide, the soul reincarnates into such kinds of evil spirits.

In contrast to the third-generation Camry two door, the Camry Solara was a significant styling departure from the four door. Vetala and pishacha are some other creatures who resemble vampires in some form. The Camry Solara was added in both coupé and convertible form in 1999. In northern India could be found the BrahmarākŞhasa, a vampire-like creature with a head encircled by intestines and a skull from which it drank blood. The Lexus ES 300 was again built from the Windom, which uses the Camry chassis. It wanders around animating dead bodies at night and attacks the living like a ghoul. This "split" continues today. The Bhut or Prét is the soul of a man who died an untimely death.

In addition, the Vista's sheetmetal resembled a tall, formal sedan, while the Camry became sleeker. The ancient home of the Roma, India, has many mythical vampire figures. The Vista began departing from the Camry, remaining 1700 mm wide and eventually forming the basis of the growing Corolla. The Roma myths of the living dead added to and enriched the vampire myths of Hungary, Romania, and Slavic lands. The Japanese Scepter ceased to exist as the Japanese Camrys adopted the 1795 mm wide platform. The soul stays around the body and sometimes wants to come back. In 2000, the sedan models received a mid-model upgrade to the front and rear fascias, but remained otherwise similar to the 1999 models. Traditional Romani beliefs include the idea that the dead soul enters a world similar to ours except that there is no death.

This generation was launched in the US for the 1997 model year. Even today, Roma frequently feature in vampire fiction and film, no doubt influenced by Bram Stoker's book, Dracula, in which the Szgany Roma served Dracula, carrying his boxes of earth and guarding him. Many people thought the Toyota RAV4 SUV in North America led to the demise of the Camry wagon. For resistant cases, the body was dismembered and the pieces burned, mixed with water, and given to family members as a cure. It continued as a sedan and station wagon (called the Camry Gracia in Japan), though the latter model was not sold in the United States. By the 19th century people were shooting a bullet through the coffin. The fourth-generation Camry was launched in Japan in December 1996. To destroy a vampire, a stake was driven through the body followed by decapitation and placing garlic in the mouth.

Towards the end of the model run, limited edition Getaway and Intrigue sedan models were launched. Measures to prevent a person becoming a vampire included, removing the caul from a newborn and destroying it before the baby could eat any of it, careful preparation of dead bodies, including preventing animals from passing over the corpse, placing a thorny branch of wild rose in the grave, and placing garlic on windows and rubbing it on cattle, especially on St George's & St Andrew's days. The Ultima sedan was renamed the Grande model, and manual transmission was now available in the CSI and Touring Series sedan models. Graves were often opened three years after death of a child, five years after the death of a young person, or seven years after the death of an adult to check for vampirism. The V6 models were simply known as the Vienta. Living vampires were found by distributing garlic in church and seeing who did not eat it. The 4 cylinder range consisted of the CSI and CSX models. A vampire in the grave could be told by holes in the earth, an undecomposed corpse with a red face, or having one foot in the corner of the coffin.

In July 1995, the facelifted model was launched in Australia and was now built at the new Altona plant. St George's Day is still celebrated in Europe. In 1994, the range was revised slightly, where the Executive models was renamed CSI and the CSI was renamed the CSX model. Vampires, along with witches, were believed to be most active on the Eve of St George's Day (April 22 Julian, May 4 Gregorian calendar), the night when all forms of evil were supposed to be abroad. In 1993, a new sedan model called the Touring Series was launched which was fitted with sports suspension. The vampire was usually first noticed when it attacked family and livestock, or threw things around in the house. The Camry Vientas were available in automatic transmission only. The person afflicted with lycanthropy could turn into a dog, pig, or wolf.

The V6 range was known as the Camry Vienta and also consisted of the Executive, CSI and Ultima sedan model. The Vârcolac which is sometimes mentioned in folklore was more closely related to a mythological wolf that could devour the sun and moon (similar to Fenris in Norse mythology), and later became connected with werewolves rather than vampires. In Australia, the Camry 4-cylinder models consisted of the Executive, CSI and Ultima sedan models (automatic only). Moreover, being bitten by vampire, meant certain condemnation to a vampiric existence after death. The third-generation Camry was on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 1992 and 1993. A person born with a caul, tail, born out of wedlock, or one who died an unnatural death, or died before baptism, was doomed to become a vampire, as was the seventh child of the same sex in a family, the child of a pregnant woman who did not eat salt or who was looked at by a vampire, or a witch. (The Japanese version of this page lists this as a 'fifth-generation' model.). Other types of vampires in Romanian folklore include Moroi and Pricolici.

The same year, the Japanese home market saw a revised, 1700 mm wide Camry and Vista, with different sheetmetal, on the same platform. The Strigoi morţi are the reanimated bodies which return to suck the blood of family, livestock, and neighbours. This vehicle would be dropped for the next generation, although it would later be replaced by the Camry Solara (discussed below). They can send out their soul at night to meet with other witches or with Strigoi morţi who are dead vampires. In 1994, Toyota released a coupe version of the Camry with styling very similar to the four door version. Strigoi vii are live witches who will become vampires after death. This is a similar car to the then new Windom, which formed the basis of the Lexus ES 300 in foreign markets, equipped with a 3.0 L V6 engine. There are different types of Strigoi.

The Vista continued in parallel, available in addition as a hardtop sedan. They are called Strigoi based on the ancient Greek term strix for screech owl, which also came to mean demon or witch. The third-generation Camrys had rounded features and a very curved silhouette. Romania is surrounded by Slavic countries, so it is not surprising that Romanian vampires are similar to the Slavic vampire. This was a departure from the second-generation models which, although they had many more rounded panels than the first-generation Camrys, were nevertheless generally slab-sided in shape. Tales of vampiric entities were also found among the ancient Romans and among the Romanized inhabitants of eastern Europe, Romanians (known as Vlachs in historical context). It shared the rounded-body-panel look of many imports of similar vintage: the Toyota Corolla, Honda Accord, and Nissan Altima, to name a few. Vampires could be destroyed by staking, decapitation (the Kashubs placed the head between the feet), burning, repeating the funeral service, holy water on the grave or exorcism.

Toyota in New Zealand sold these models as the 220 and V6 respectively, the smaller-engined car filling the gap of the departed Corona. Evidence that a vampire was at work in the neighbourhood included death of cattle, sheep, relatives, neighbours, exhumed bodies being in a lifelike state with new growth of the fingernails or hair, or if the body was swelled up like a drum, or there was blood on the mouth and if the corpse had a ruddy complexion. Some other countries followed the 2.2 L and 3.0 L engine choice. Certain people would bury their potential vampires with scythes above their necks, so the dead would decapitate themselves as they rose. In addition to the DX (also sometimes called Deluxe) and LE trims, 1992 saw the addition of an XLE luxury trim and the SE sport trim—presumably introduced to compete with the Nissan Maxima SE. In the case of stakes, the general idea was to pierce through the vampire and into the ground below, pinning them. In that market, both the four and six-cylinder engines received upgrades in displacement and power: the four was upped to 2.2 L and 130 hp SAE (97 kW), and the V6 to 3.0 L and 185 hp SAE (137 kW). Preventative measures included: placing a crucifix in the coffin, or blocks under the chin to prevent the body from eating the shroud, nailing clothes to coffin walls for the same reason, or piercing the body with thorns or stakes.

In the United States, an automatic transmission became the only option on all but the base and sport-model Camrys, whereas previously, a manual transmission was available on nearly all trim levels. Causes of vampirism included being born with a caul, teeth, or tail, being conceived on certain days, irregular death, excommunication, improper burial rituals etc. The wider export model was called the Toyota Scepter in its home market. It must still be observed that Vampire beliefs were common in (Catholic) Poland, and that there is little indication they were less common in Croatia than among the Serbs. However, in Japan, the 1992 Camry was a different vehicle, which shared its doors and fenders with the exported model, but was limited to the 1700 mm (66.9 in) width required to fit into a lower tax bracket (the 'number 5' bracket). This split caused a big difference in the development of vampire lore - the Orthodox church believed incorrupt bodies were vampires, while the Roman church believed they were saints. This model marked the transition away from an inexpensive four door vehicle into a larger, more luxurious family sedan. They formally broke in 1054 AD, with the Bulgarians, Russians, and Serbians staying Orthodox, while the Poles, Czechs, and Croatians went Roman.

The third-generation Camry (first sold in 1990 in Japan; in the US as a 1992 model year car) is regarded as the first to break into the large-car market, or what Toyota billed at the time as "world-sized". However, through the 9th and 10th centuries, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the western Roman Catholic Church were struggling with each other for supremacy. The second-generation Camry was extremely popular in the United States and it is not at all uncommon to see examples on American roads. Christianisation began almost as soon as they arrived in their new homelands. The ES 250 was essentially the Japanese-market Camry hardtop. Prior to 8th century AD they migrated north and west to where they are now. The 2.5 L engine and Camry chassis was repackaged as the upscale Lexus ES 250. The Slavs came from north of the Black Sea and were closely associated with the Balts.

The Kentucky plant also began producing Camrys in 1988, where three trim levels of the second-generation Camry were made: the unbadged base model, the DX, and the LE. The Slavic people including most east Europeans from Russia to Serbia to Poland, have the richest vampire folklore and legends in the world. In 1991, anti-lock brakes became optional on the V6, LE, and wagon models. Most of the European vampire myths have Slavic and/or Romanian origins. The V6 featured dual overhead camshafts, much like the upgraded 130 hp JIS (96 kW) 4 cylinder. In other cases, however, a victim of a cruel, untimely, or violent death was susceptible to becoming a vampire. In 1988, all wheel drive (called All-Trac) and a 160 hp JIS (118 kW) 2.5 L V6 engine were added as options for the first time. They were usually believed to rise from the bodies of suicide victims, criminals, or evil sorcerers, though in some cases an initial vampire thus "born of sin" could pass his vampirism onto his innocent victims.

At this point, it was still regarded as a midsize car. It seems that until the 19th century, vampires in Europe were thought to be hideous monsters rather than the debonair, aristocratic vampire made popular by later fictional treatments. The second-generation model debuted in 1986 for the 1987 model year, and included a station wagon but dropped the hatchback. Many vampire legends also bear similarities to legends regarding succubi or incubi. Additionally, the vehicle size and available options were characteristic of Japanese-designed cars of the time; the Camry was a small, inexpensive sedan with solid but spartan construction and competed indirectly against larger American counterparts. Medieval historians and chroniclers Walter Map and William of Newburgh recorded the earliest English stories of vampires in the 12th century. The design of the first-generation Camry fit well within the box-shaped trends of the early 1980s. In early Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) silver and could be destroyed by cutting off its head and putting it between the corpse's legs or by putting a wooden stake into its heart.

In contrast to the rear wheel drive Celica Camry, the Toyota Camry was a front wheel drive vehicle built on an all-new platform. The Roman strix is the source of the Romanian vampire, the Strigoi and the Albanian Shtriga, which also show Slavic influence ^{[citation needed]}. In North America, the Camry was available with a 92 hp SAE (68 kW) 2.0 L I4 engine or a 74 hp 2.0 L I4 turbodiesel engine, and could be purchased with either a five-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic. Roman tales describe the strix, a nocturnal bird that fed on human flesh and blood. A twin was announced at this point: the Toyota Vista. In Homer's Odyssey, the shades that Odysseus meets on his journey to the underworld are lured to the blood of freshly sacrificed rams, a fact that Odysseus uses to his advantage to summon the shade of Tiresias. At this point, Camry was positioned above the Carina and Corona, two other mid-sized models made by Toyota. The Ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet in one myth became full of blood lust after slaughtering humans and was only sated after drinking alcohol colored as blood.

There were limited exports, predominantly to right-hand-drive markets. For further information, see the article on Lilith. In 1982 for the 1983 model year, the Camry became an independent model line, and was sold as a midsize four-door sedan and five-door hatchback. Lilitu/Lilith is sometimes called the mother of all vampires. The Celica Camry was also exported to a number of markets using the Carina's name, and it replaced the second-generation Carina in those markets. One of these demons, named Lilitu, was later adapted into Jewish demonology as Lilith. During its model cycle, over 100,000 units were sold in Japan. These female demons were said to roam during the hours of darkness, hunting and killing newborn babies and pregnant women.

Although it has an identical 2500 mm (98.4 in) wheelbase to the Celica, the Corona, and the Carina, it is longer than the Carina but shorter than both the Corona and Celica. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned in early Babylonian demonology, and the bloodsucking Akhkharu even earlier in the Sumerian mythology. This is the most sought after version of the Celica Camry in the secondhand market today. Tales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Towards the end of its model lifecycle, Toyota introduced a sports version of the Celica Camry equipped with the 16-valve DOHC 2.0 L engine from the Celica. Evidence suggests that an Upir was originally just a sort of psychopomp, a spirit which accompanies the soul of a dead person from the grave to the afterlife ^{[citation needed]}. The car used the rear wheel drive Celica platform (which was shared by both the Corona and Carina) and was powered by either a 1.6 L 12T-U engine producing 88 hp JIS (65 kW) and 128 N·m (94 ft·lbf) or a 1.8 L 13T-U engine producing 95 hp JIS (70 kW) and 147 N·m (108 ft·lbf). The word Upir as a term for vampire is found for the first time in written form in 1047 in a letter to a Novgorodian prince referring to him as 'Upir Lichyj' (Wicked Vampire).

Originally launched as the Toyota Celica Camry in January 1980 for the Japanese home market, this model was essentially a second-generation Toyota Carina with updated body-styling and a front-end that resembled a 1978 Toyota Celica XX (known as the Celica Supra in export markets). The Slavic word, like its cognate netopyr' ("bat"), comes from the PIE root for "to fly". It should also be noted that the Japanese-language version of this article follows the convention that includes the 1980 to 1982 model. English vampire comes from German Vampir, in turn from early Old Polish *vąper' (where ą is a nasal a, and both p and r' are palatalized), in turn from Old Slavic *oper (with a nasal o) or Old Church Slavonic opiri. This article follows the former convention. . A fewer number of sources state the first generation to have started in 1980 as the Toyota Celica Camry. This term also applies to mythic animals of the same nature, including the chupacabra.

Most sources note the first generation Camry to have been produced as a 1983 model. In zoology, the term vampirism is used to refer to leeches, mosquitos, mistletoe, vampire bats, and other organisms that prey upon the bodily fluids of other creatures. There is some dispute over the generational naming of the Toyota Camry. The consumption of another's blood (and/or flesh) has been used as a tactic of psychological warfare intended to terrorize the enemy, and it can be used to reflect various spiritual beliefs. The Camry will no longer be available in Europe from 2006. The historical practice of vampirism can generally be considered a more specific and less commonly occurring form of cannibalism. In Europe, the Camry's success was always limited due to excessive size (which put into competition with the Opel/Vauxhall Omega and Ford Scorpio) and low-build quality when compared to the European-developed Carina E and Avensis. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gain supernatural powers by drinking human blood.

In Australasia, the Camry sells well in comparison to the top-selling family cars, the Ford Falcon and General Motors' Holden Commodore. Vampires are said to mainly bite the victim's neck, extracting the blood from a main artery. In Japan, its only competitor is the Nissan Cefiro (and afterwards, the Nissan Teana), but Nissan consistently outsells Toyota in this market segment. Vampirism is the practice of drinking blood from a person/animal. In China, both the Nissan Teana and Honda Accord (some of Camry's main competitors) are produced locally, and hence have a price advantage against the imported Camry. Vampires are often described as having a variety of additional powers and character traits, extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction. In most parts of Asia, the Camry remains competitive against the Honda Accord, with the exception of China and Japan. Some cultures have myths of non-human vampires, such as demons or animals like bats, dogs, and spiders.

[2] [3]. Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy), often having unnatural powers, heightened bodily functions, and/or the ability to physically transform. In US, most recent comparisons have placed the car against the Nissan Altima, Mitsubishi Galant, Mazda6, and the Chevrolet Malibu; and although the Camry isn't always the clear winner, it nevertheless remains a solid competitor. For treatments of the vampire legend in fiction, see Vampire fiction.. North American sales figures between the Accord and the Camry are usually comparable, indicating that consumers in the Camry's target demographic are more interested in the smoother ride and quieter performance of the Camry. ^  "Do hair and nails continue to grow after death?", SDSTAFF Hawk (pseudonym), The Straight Dope, August 9, 2001, accessed online December 15, 2005. The Camry's perennial competitor, the Honda Accord, is often described as sportier and has traditionally been equipped with a few more performance-oriented options. ^  "The Vampire", Henry Steel Olcott, The Theosophist, Vol XII, 1891, accessed online December 15, 2005.

Thereafter, the car is assembled locally and known as the Toyota Kaimeirui, which sounds closer to "Camry". ^  "Reality Bites", Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, January 18, 2005, accessed online August 17, 2005. The Camry was imported into China as the Toyota Jiamei until 2005. ^  "Romanian villagers decry police investigation into vampire slaying", Matthew Schofield, Knight Ridder Newspapers, March 24, 2004. [1]. ^  "'Vampires' strike Malawi villages", Raphael Tenthani, BBC News, December 23, 2002. It is also assembled from CKD-kits at Toyota's local partners in Malaysia and Taiwan. ISBN: 0-571-16792-6.

As of 2005, the Camry is produced at Toyota plants in Japan, Australia; and Georgetown, Kentucky, USA, with CKD assembly operations in Vietnam, Philippines; and Thailand. 1991. The continued success of the Nissan Cefiro (and afterwards the Nissan Teana) meant that some customers are willing to pay extra taxes for a larger family car, and so this marketing strategy continued. Frayling, Christopher: "Vampyres, Lord Byron to Count Dracula". The introduction of the A32-series Nissan Cefiro in 1994 may have prompted Toyota to change its strategy, despite the poor sales of the Scepter, basically a RoW third-generation Camry, which was sold between 1992-1994 (only 4,885 units sold in total). 1914 (available in various reprints). Both arguably aimed at the higher-end of the market than the Camry. Wright, Dudley: The Book of Vampires.

This put the Camry at a disadvantage as its size is placed at the lower-end of a higher tax category, which included cars such as the Crown and Aristo. ISBN 0070456712. The Vista is sized according to domestic vehicle tax laws, and the Camry (now called the Camry Gracia) are not adapted, sold identical to foreign market cars. McGraw Hill, 1983. Both models still share a large number of components, but the fourth-generation split was the more significant than the previous re-engineered splits. McNally, Raymond T.: Dracula Was a Woman. For the fourth-generation Camry, Toyota decided to split the Vista from the Camry. ISBN 0517881004.

These modified-for-Japan models were called the Vista, which became separate from the Camry in 2000. Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1993. These versions of the Camry are bounded by a certain set of dimensions which would otherwise be unsuitable for export markets. Bunson, Matthew: The Vampire Encyclopedia. Prior to the fourth-generation, Toyota adapted the Camry's design to suit Japanese tax laws and domestic market requirements. ISBN 0786708999. After the introduction of the fourth-generation Camry, sales in Japan dipped. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001.

Because there is no station wagon version for the fifth generation Camry, the Camry sedan and the Avensis station wagon are sold side by side in markets like New Zealand. Bell, Michael E.: Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires. Following long-term poor sales, the Camry was withdrawn altogether from Europe in 2004, leaving the smaller, UK-built Avensis as the top-of-the-line sedan. ISBN 0300048599. Toyota positioned the Camry as a BMW 5-Series rival, yet it lacked the cachet to compete. Yale University Press.1988. The Camry was less popular in Europe, where the design was considered bland and incompatible with European driving habits. Barber, Paul : Vampires, Burial and Death : Folklore and Reality .

The Camry is rarely optioned above the Avalon or ES 330, but a fully equipped Corolla slightly overlaps with the base-model Camry. Aside from the Muppet character of Count von Count on television's Sesame Street, this characteristic seems to have largely disappeared from popular culture. It is considered a sub-luxury midsize sedan. Chinese myths about vampires also state that if a vampire comes across a sack of rice, s/he will have to count all of the grains. The Camry is positioned directly below the Toyota Avalon and the Lexus ES 330 In its two largest markets, Australia and North America. Millet or poppy seeds were placed on the ground at the gravesite of a presumed vampire, in order to keep the vampire occupied all night counting. It is Toyota's bread-and-butter vehicle, so its marketing and sales strategy is cautious, aimed squarely at the center of buyer demographics; as most Camry buyers are not car enthusiasts. Old folklore from Eastern Europe suggests that many vampires suffered from a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, being fascinated with counting.

The Camry is consistently ranked as one of the most popular vehicles in the North American market. This includes other means of death that effectively removes a vampire's head, such as incinerating the body completely. . There are three main ways to destroy a typical European vampire: a consecrated bullet, a wooden stake through the heart where two roads meet, or decapitation. The name comes from the English phonetic of the Japanese word "kan-muri," which means "crown.". In Eastern vampiric myths, vampires are often similarly warded by holy devices such as Shintō seals. Since 2000, Daihatsu has sold a Camry twin named the Altis. Holy water and other holy symbols depend upon the culture.

The Holden equivalents were not successful even though they came from the same factory as the Camry. In myths of other regions, other plants of holy or mythical properties sometimes have similar effects. The second and third-generation Camrys were rebadged to be sold as the Holden Apollo in Australia. Garlic is confined mostly to European vampire legends. Some models have been offered with all wheel drive. This weakness on the part of the vampire varies depending on the tale. This means the engine is transversely mounted to drive the front wheels. Apotropaics, or objects intended to ward off vampires, include garlic, a branch of wild rose, and all things sacred (e.g., holy water, a crucifix, a rosary, or sacred objects from other faiths).

Other than the original Celica Camry, the Toyota Camry has always been an FF layout vehicle. Werewolves are sometimes held to become vampires after death, and vampires are frequently held to have the ability to transform themselves into wolves. The Camry underwent major redesigns and upgrades in model years 1987, 1992 (1990 in Japan), 1997, 2002 and an anticipated redesign is planned to be launched in 2006 for model year 2007 in the United States. In most cases they sustain themselves by sucking living people's blood or life force ; this seems to be a requirement for their continued existence regardless of whether they are able to absorb other food and drink, or gain anything from such. An offshoot of the Camry, the Camry Solara, has been available as a coupe and a convertible. However, most tales of the undead feature vampires that cannot eat (or at least cannot gain nourishment from) normal human food. It is primarily configured as a four-door sedan but at different times has also been available as a five-door hatchback, two-door coupe, and a station wagon. Vampires in some tales have very specific dietary requirements while others do not.

The first model line independently named the Toyota Camry was launched in 1982 for the 1983 model year. Others place native soil in their coffins, especially if they have relocated. The Camry name was first launched in 1980 with the Toyota Celica Camry. Some tales maintain that vampires must return to their native soil before sunrise to take their rest safely. An upbranded luxury version of the Camry is sold under the Lexus ES nameplate in the United States and is called the Windom in Japan. Vampires may be reluctant to enter or cross bodies of water, particularly running water. In Japan and Asia, its main rivals are the Nissan Teana and the Honda Accord. In some cases sunlight may burn or kill vampires, or they may be comatose during the day.

It has not sold as well in Europe and Japan - many critize its design as ill-suited for European and Japanese tastes. Vampire powers are often limited during the day or in daylight. The Camry sells very well in USA, Australia and a number of Asian markets. Generally, however, a vampire can come and go at will after being invited once. The United States is the Camry's biggest market, where it competes with the Honda Accord, the Nissan Altima, and the Ford Fusion. This concept has been referenced throughout the history of vampire fiction (from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Christabel, through Bram Stoker's novel Dracula to Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot, and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The Toyota Camry is a popular midsize car manufactured by Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky, USA; Australia; and Japan. Some tradititions hold that a vampire cannot enter a house unless he or she is invited in.

In modern fiction, this may extend to the idea that vampires cannot be photographed. This mythical power is largely confined to European vampiric myths and may be tied to folklore regarding the vampire's lack of a soul. Vampires typically cast no shadow and have no reflection. straw, dust, smoke) and then create winds as a means of propulsion.

Sometimes this power is supernatural, other times it is connected to the vampire's ability to turn into flying creatures (e.g., bats, owls, flies) or into lightweight forms (e.g. Some vampires can fly. Vampires are sometimes considered to be shape-shifters, though this feature is more commonly present in fiction than in the original folklore. They often have a pale (for vampires from literature and cinema) or ruddy (for those from folklore) appearance, and are cool to the touch from the perspective of humans.

Vampires, being already dead, do not need most normal things required for human life, such as oxygen. The Pontianak was a female vampire that sucked the blood of newborn babies and sometimes that of young children or pregnant women. In Malaysian folklore, the Penanggalan was a vampire whose head could separate from its body, with its entrails dangling from the base of its neck. She lived in a house, could marry and have children, and was a seemingly normal human during the daylight hours.

The Aswang was believed to always be a female of considerable beauty by day and, by night, a fearsome flying fiend. She sucked the blood of fetuses. In Philippine folklore, the Manananggal was a female vampire whose entire upper body could separate from her lower body and who could fly using wings. The Chinese vampire, the hopping corpse (jiāng shī), has more in common with Western ideas of corporeal zombies or ghouls but is still depicted as draining the victim of blood.

There are also tales of kamaitachi, a phenomenon where it was said that evil gods would thirst for human blood. Oni myths also have similarities with Western vampire legends. Kitsune may be either maleficent or benevolent, or both; kitsune are said to drain the life-force of its victims after charming them or becoming their lover, in similar fashion as succubi or incubi. In Japan, the kitsune is a vampiric shapeshifting fox-spirit that takes its origins from both Chinese and Indian mythology.

A book Aithihyamala (a garland of folklores) by Kottarathil Sankunni, have lots of stories regarding these Vampires of Kerala. The Yakshi in Kerala is quite different from the one depicted in the topic Yakshi at Wikipedia. The Yakshi could be also brought into control by various was including rituals, and also by driving an iron nail onto her head. The Yakshi would kill the man, and eat him up (except for the nails and hair).

As soon as the victim reaches the house, the Yakshi would reveal her trueself, and the victim would realise that he actually sitting on top of a tall tree (known in the local language as Pana). She would then lure them into a palatial house. These folklores essentially portray Yakshi's as beautiful women (generally in traditional Kerala attire), who would attract lone travellers in the night. There are a lot of folklores about a category of vampires known as Yakshi's, in the state of Kerala, South India.

India is home to beliefs in a spirit called the vetala, a wraithly vampire that can leave its host body to feed. They could also be killed by rubbing salt into their discarded skin, which would burn them upon returning to it before morning. The vampire would feel compelled to pick up every grain. They were said to be notoriously obsessive-compulsive, and could be thwarted by sprinkling salt or rice at entrances, crossroads and near beds.

In the Caribbean, vampires known as Soucoyah in Trinidad and Tobago, Ol' Higue in Jamaica, and Lagaroo in Grenada, take the form of old women during the day, and at night shed their skin to become flying balls of flame who seek blood. In Aztec mythology, the Civatateo was a sort of vampire, created when a noblewoman died in childbirth. Medieval and later Greek folklore features the vrykolakas, (which is now considered synonymous with "vampire"). In Ancient Greece and Medieval Bulgaria the Lamia had the upper body of a woman, the lower body of a winged serpent and craved blood (especially the blood of women).