Toyota Redesigns 'Crown'

Tokyo - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today it has completely redesigned the "Crown Royal Saloon" and "Crown Athlete" series and added a hybrid model to the product lineup. The Royal Saloon and Athlete series go on sale in Japan today and the "Crown Hybrid" will be launched in Japan on May 6.

The 13th-generation Crown unveiled today retains the sense of poise and reliability that characterizes the Crown series, which has earned a reputation as the leader among luxury vehicles in Japan over the more than half a century since its debut in 1955. At the same time, the new Crown adopts advanced technologies to create luxury sedans that provide performance at the world's highest levels.

While the hybrid version delivers outstanding cruising and environmental performance, all three series benefit from the excellent vehicle stability and preventive safety performance offered by VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management).

Other advanced features include a Pre-crash Safety System that can determine - as a world's first* - whether the driver's eyes are properly open. Such features, together with an integrated navigation system, result in one of the world's highest levels of driver support.
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0to60 - 2/18/2008 10:10:37 AM

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Infiniti headlamps and grill.

DaHarder - 2/18/2008 10:11:02 AM

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Always a fine vehicle, but I'd swear that Toyota's been working these same 'tired' design themes for some 15 years now...

Summary: More Of The Same!

finishline - 2/18/2008 10:37:29 AM

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Is there an equivalent of this vehicle sold in the US?

DaHarder - 2/18/2008 11:05:54 AM

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NO, but the RWD platform is 'loosely' based on that of the GS-Series.

STJ88 - 2/18/2008 11:07:02 AM

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Looks very good.

Htay7500 - 2/18/2008 11:16:21 AM

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its ok...

silver1 - 2/18/2008 11:28:30 AM

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Looks like a bigger version of the Lexus IS

richard112360 - 2/18/2008 11:41:05 AM

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Geezzzzz...I wished the current Toyota Avalon should looked like this.

Autoegr525 - 2/18/2008 11:54:21 AM

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Looks like a Hyundia Genesis and the model in the back is a dead ringer for our IS350

silverarrow2 - 2/18/2008 12:04:43 PM

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And We stupid Americans call it Lexus.

VISO - 2/19/2008 4:17:54 PM

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Wow! I wish I was 14 and sublime.

JUGNU - 2/18/2008 1:42:15 PM

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That's a very good looking car.

JUGNU

pushrod27 - 2/18/2008 3:35:27 PM

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Incredibly bland.

Rupert - 2/18/2008 3:52:24 PM

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My Japanese friend' husband has a Crown in Japan - she says it's the most boring car in the world and doesn't drive it because people will think she's an old lady.

Homer008 - 2/18/2008 9:03:02 PM

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stop lying dude.

Rupert - 2/19/2008 1:29:10 PM

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I'm not...if you really want I can run over to her house, get Setsuko and she can tell you herself.

aanji - 2/18/2008 8:57:47 PM

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looks like next gen Camry to me !

Designer1 - 2/19/2008 12:29:41 AM

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What is this, this like 1 year old news, this Hybrid has been around for some time now, why is it coming up now?