I drove a 3 litre Camry in the mid/late 1990s. If you averaged 22mpg you were doing well.

Around town will be less. Cold , hills, towns 15mpg.

If you have to worry about fuel costs, avoid..,

Sooooooooo comfy though ;-)

Garage i worked at in Wigan in the mid 90's took in two identical Camry 3.0 estates, 7 seaters in metallic blue (two rear wipers!). Guess they might have been the previous gen though?

Think I may have found the OP's two Camry's on Autotrader (both 2013, same seller), £9390 and £10390 respectively.

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If the 2.5 is the one above, it is actually a hybrid and uses an e-CVT transmission.

The Avensis and Camry are not really comparable, it is like suggesting a 3 series to a 5 series buyer. The Camry is in another league. Proper half-million mile car.

Not really about Camry vs Avensis, its about an imported car vs a UK car.

The Avensis just happens to be another Toyota saloon. It isn't that much smaller anyway, and the Mazda 6 also suggested is actually bigger other in overall length and wheelbase.

For similar money to what is being asked for the 2 Camry's in the ads I linked, you could also get into a hybrid Lexus IS using the same running gear as the hybrid Camry. Only the Lexus could be as much as 4 years younger (with up to circa 80k miles).

I get why the OP wants a JDM (and some US) Camry, they're just different to what's available here, to me a lovely looking classic design, possibly only bettered in looks alone by the 2008 era Lexus 460LS, long before they grafted the ugliest grills that could be found in the skip to the front of subsequent Lexus models.

I've often hankered after JDM Toyotas and Subarus myself, that model Camry being one i've always found attractive, several reasons for not doing so, mainly parts issues especially bodyparts but also you're then in the hands of specialist insurersthe costs of which might be offest to some extent if you have a high VED band model which would otherwise land you with £600+ VED if it were a normal UK car, though anything could happen there as govts realising too late that they've bankrupted the country seek to raise taxes.