Toyota Camry Wagon MPG by year — every rating on record

The Toyota Camry Wagon has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 10 model years, from 1987 to 1996. Across those years its best rated version returned 26 mpg (1987) and its thirstiest returned 18 mpg (1994). The EPA record holds 22 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Midsize-Large Station Wagons.

Year-by-year EPA ratings

Where it has stood in its class

Ranked against every other nameplate the EPA filed under the same class that year. The Toyota Camry Wagon placed highest in 1996 at #6 of 14, and lowest in 1988 at #14 of 25. It spent 6 of its 10 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 22 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 0 of 3 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Camry Wagon fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 1996 Toyota Camry Wagon burns 548 to 548 gallons depending on configuration. Below is what that costs at three pump prices, and how much more the thirstiest configuration costs than the most efficient one.

EPA’s own estimate for the 1996 model year is $2,950 to $2,950 a year in fuel, or $3,500 more than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Small Station Wagons

Across the 142 nameplates EPA classifies as Small Station Wagons, the median best combined rating is 27 mpg. At 21 mpg the Toyota Camry Wagon is 6 mpg below the median, which is worth about $426 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Small Station Wagons rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Toyota nameplates

Every Toyota model compared → — all nameplates ranked by best combined rating, with what each one costs a year.