# Was the Toyota Camry ever offered in a vinyl-roof version? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 26, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825 "2008-07-26T04:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/1 "2008-07-26T04:53:57Z")
The other day I saw a tan Toyota Camry, looked like a 1995 or so, with a brown vinyl roof [(like on this car.)](http://members.fortunecity.com/ozfairlane/images/Mvc-047f.jpg) It was the _only_ one I’ve ever seen. Was this a custom job or did Toyota actually manufacture this as an official car? ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/2 "2008-07-26T13:34:34Z")
We bought a new 1996 and no vinyl roof was available. I have never ever seen a Camry with a vinyl roof. Sounds like a custom job, though I cannot imagine why anyone would bother to trick out a Camry. BTW your link comes up with a redirect, looks like no longer available or access not allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/3 "2008-07-26T13:36:29Z")
I have a hard time understanding why people would trick out a lot of cars. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/4 "2008-07-26T13:55:49Z")
Your link doesn’t work for me… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/5 "2008-07-26T14:16:23Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Your link doesn’t work for me… [/QUOTE] Copy & paste. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/6 "2008-07-26T15:09:20Z")
Once you get south of the famous “8 Mile Road” in my parts, you see all kinds of cars that don’t have factory vinyl roofs with vinyl roofs. Some of the cars are near and dear to my heart, and when I see such mistreatment, it makes me shudder and tear up. Some aspects of our local society think that it makes a car look more elegant, and by extension, the driver more elegant. I can’t blame them for wanting to look like they’re from some place that’s better, I guess, but being out of touch with what’s “elegant” seems counterproductive. Note that these cars look stock by all other appearances; no “spinners,” no gaudy rims, no gold trim. Just a stupid, ugly, vinyl roof. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/7 "2008-07-26T16:08:10Z")
Actually this particular Camry looked very nice. The brown vinyl roof went perfectly with the gold-tan color of the car. It didn’t have custom rims, custom tires, or any other kind of external or internal modification whatsoever. It looked like [this](http://www.carcare.org/Body_Paint_Chassis/landau.shtml) - supposedly it’s called a “Landau roof.” There was nothing “tricked out” whatsoever about the car, unless you include leather seats, which I don’t, and it looked like it probably belonged to old people. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-toyota-camry-ever-offered-in-a-vinyl-roof-version/457825/8 "2008-07-26T18:14:48Z")
IMO, if a fairly new vinyl roof is on a sedately styled larger sedan which is in good shape, it looks nice enough. Not my preference, but to each their own. If it’s on an old beater it looks silly. And whatever it’s on, they don’t hold up well, and a worn vinyl roof looks really horrible.