Vehicle
Toyota Solara
The Camry's coupé and convertible, and for anything under the skin it is a Camry — the same 5S-FE, 1MZ-FE, 2AZ-FE and 3MZ-FE engines, the same automatics, the same electronics of the year. Camry material therefore covers the powertrain almost completely, and there is a great deal more of it. What is genuinely the Solara's own is the convertible roof: a hydraulic and electrical assembly with its own limit switches and its own module, and the source of a large share of what these cars come in for. A roof that stops mid-cycle is not a body complaint to be diagnosed by eye — it reports faults like anything else.
Generations
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XV20 1998–2003
The Camry's XV20 mechanicals under a coupé body; the convertible arrives in 2000.
- Body styles
- Coupé · Convertible
- Platform
- Toyota XV20
- Engines
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- 2.2 four-cylinder — 5S-FE · petrol · 97–101 kW (130–135 hp) · 197–203 Nm (145–150 lb-ft)
- 3.0 V6 — 1MZ-FE · petrol · 145–162 kW (194–217 hp) · 248–304 Nm (183–224 lb-ft)
- 2.4 — 2AZ-FE · petrol · 117–132 kW (157–177 hp) · 220–224 Nm (162–165 lb-ft) · ACV20
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic · 5-speed manual I4 S51, V6 E153
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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XV30 2003–2008
The 2AZ-FE and 3MZ-FE of the XV30 Camry; the last Solara.
- Body styles
- Coupé · Convertible
- Platform
- Toyota XV30
- Engines
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- 2.4 four-cylinder — 2AZ-FE · petrol · 117–132 kW (157–177 hp) · 220–224 Nm (162–165 lb-ft)
- 3.3 V6 — 3MZ-FE · petrol · 155–171 kW (208–229 hp) · 288–328 Nm (212–242 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual E351 · 4-speed automatic U241E · 5-speed automatic U151E
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
Service information
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