10 Facts About Toyota Celsior

At the time, Toyota Celsior's two existing flagship models were the Crown and Century models - both of which catered exclusively for the Japanese market and had little global appeal that could compete with international luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Jaguar.

In Japan, the launch of Lexus was complicated by Toyota Celsior's existing four domestic dealership networks at the time of its introduction.

The Toyota Celsior, named after the Latin word for "supreme", was largely identical to the LS.

Lexus' parent company Toyota Celsior had already established a strong reputation of reliability and quality among economy cars, and the Cressida sedan gave the American market some evidence that Toyota Celsior was capable of building competent, larger luxury flagships with equivalent reliability.

In 1992, the Toyota Celsior introduced the world's first GPS navigation system with voice instructions, supplied by Aisin.

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The MX83 Toyota Celsior Cressida was a first glimpse at the LS400 and SXV10 Camry to come following in 1992.

Additionally, Toyota Celsior saw it as an educational experience of refinement for engineering researchers in the United States market.

Toyota Celsior used the MX83 as a hollow shell to build the LS400 interior concept into, until that cabin was transferred to a larger, more bubble type body shell.

However, the complex flushed window stamping and flowing one piece roof were modelled from new processes learned by Toyota Celsior making the LS400, as were the triple sealing framed doors.

In Japan, the equivalent Toyota Celsior was sold from August 2000 until March 2006, when the long-awaited introduction of Lexus Japan saw the arrival of new generation Lexus models.