54 Facts About Toyota Crown

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Toyota Crown is an automobile which has been produced by Toyota in Japan since 1955.

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The Toyota Crown nameplate returned to the North American market in 2022, when the sixteenth-generation model was released.

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The Crown has been partially succeeded in export markets by its closely related sibling, the Lexus GS, which since its debut in 1991 as the Toyota Aristo has always shared the Crown's platform and powertrain options.

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Later models of the GS and Toyota Crown have taken on a very strong aesthetic kinship through shared design cues.

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In 2022, Toyota unveiled four different Crown models to replace the fifteenth-generation model.

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The first model that is available is the Crossover-type Toyota Crown, which is marketed in North America as the sole Toyota Crown model.

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The Corona, introduced as a smaller companion to the Toyota Crown means "crown" in Latin and was initially exported as the "Tiara", while the Corolla took its name from the corolla in Latin.

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In 1960, Toyota temporarily suspended exports to the region as the Crown was not capable of speeds needed on American freeways, before introducing an improved model.

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The Toyota Crown was exported to Canada from 1964 to 1972, and Mexico from 1959 to 1964.

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10.

Island nations of Aruba and Curacao in the Southern Caribbean imported the Toyota Crown starting from the second generation in 1965 in Curacao up until importation of the tenth generation .

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Toyota Crown was introduced in 1955 in Japan to meet the demands of public transportation.

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12.

The Toyota Crown was intended for private purchase, while the Master served in a commercial form as a taxi, both with the same 1.

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13.

The Toyota Patrol was a police car version of the 1955 Crown.

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The Crown was designed to replace the Super but Toyota was not sure if its independent front coil suspension and its suicide type rear doors were too radical for the taxi market to bear.

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When sales of the Toyota Crown proved worthwhile, the Master was discontinued in November 1956 after being in production for only one year, and production facilities for the Master were transferred to the Toyota Crown.

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16.

In December 1955, the Toyota Crown Deluxe was introduced, a posher model equipped with a radio and heater as standard.

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The "Toyota Crown" name was previously in use by the Imperial limousine manufactured by Chrysler in the early 1950s.

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18.

For 1960, Toyota Crown added a wagon body style but in the midst of Detroit's Big Three compact cars, sales fell to 659 units.

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For 1961, the Toyota Crown was being sold with the newer 3R engine and alongside the new smaller Tiara model with the Toyota Crown's outgoing 1.

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20.

In November 2000, Toyota released the Origin, a retro version of the RS series Crown to celebrate 100 million vehicles having been built in Japan.

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21.

Two-door Toyota Crown Convertible was displayed at the 1963 Tokyo Motor Show, based on the Toyota Crown 1900 sedan.

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22.

Longer, wider and more upmarket Toyota Crown Eight was introduced in 1964 for the Japanese market, powered by a 2.

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23.

Toyota Crown Eight was designed primarily to replace full-sized American automobiles that were commonly used by major corporations.

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24.

The Toyota Crown Eight represents the first Japanese mass-produced vehicle with an 8-cylinder engine.

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25.

Toyota Crown Eight was considered as a possible submission for use by the Japanese Imperial Household Agency as a car to be used by senior members of the Imperial House of Japan, but it lost out to the Nissan Prince Royal.

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26.

The Toyota Crown Eight was replaced in 1967 by the first Century with the model code VG20.

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27.

Some items that were exclusive to the Toyota Crown Eight were climate control, automatic headlamps, electrically powered windows, electric cruise control, a three-speed "Toyoglide" automatic transmission, and electromagnetic door latches, which were installed on the Toyota Crown Eight successor, the Century.

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Toyota Crown vehicles meant for commercial use had received the Masterline nameplate until the introduction of this generation; they were now badged "Toyota Crown" as well.

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29.

In 1969 the Toyota Crown received a facelift for the headlight, grill and trim arrangement.

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30.

The first Toyota Crown Turbo was launched in October 1980 for Japanese market only.

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31.

Toyota Crown then made a business deal with Shanxi-based small bus manufacturer, Datong Saibeijian Auto Works, to use their licensed brand for selling these cars and one of them was the Saibeijian Crown.

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32.

The S150 Toyota Crown would be the last generation to be offered with a manual transmission.

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33.

The 170-series Toyota Crown replaced the aging 130-series in the Indonesian market.

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34.

S180 model of the Toyota Crown, released in late 2003, was based on the Zero Toyota Crown concept car.

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Toyota Crown is set to rival the European BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Audi A6, Jaguar XF, the American Cadillac CTS, and the Japanese Acura RLX, Honda Legend, Infiniti M and Nissan Fuga.

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36.

Fourteenth generation Toyota Crown was launched on 25 December 2012 with new styling, with the Royal series front styling theme paying homage to the fifth generation MS105 series.

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The Toyota Crown currently uses the 2-liter 8AR-FTS turbocharged four-cylinder engine paired to an 8-speed automatic gearbox.

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In Japan, the S210 series Toyota Crown was discontinued in June 2018, where it was replaced by the S220 model.

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Toyota Crown stated that they received 650 orders for the car, of which were mostly from male customers.

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40.

Fifteenth-generation Toyota Crown was unveiled as a concept at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show in October 2017 and went on sale on 26 June 2018.

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41.

In October 2019, the S220 Toyota Crown was selected by the government of Indonesia to serve as an official vehicle for cabinet ministers, replacing the older Toyota Crown Royal Saloon which had been in use since 2009.

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In 2020, a facelift of the S220 Toyota Crown was planned but rejected by president Akio Toyoda and scrapped in favour of developing a new generation.

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43.

Toyota Crown aimed to further advance its technology toward supporting administrative services that implement road maintenance and inspection work in Toyota Crown City more accurately and appropriately.

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Crossover-type Toyota Crown was released on 15 July 2022 as the first body style of the sixteenth-generation Toyota Crown family to be launched.

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Design of the Crossover-type Toyota Crown was described as a combination between a sedan and an SUV, with a sloping roof and a conventional sedan trunk opening.

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Mass production of the Toyota Crown Crossover was started at the Tsutsumi plant from around late August 2022, and at the Motomachi plant from mid-September 2022.

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In Japan, grade levels offered for the Toyota Crown Crossover are the X, G, and RS, with the latter equipped with the T24A-FTS engine.

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North American market Toyota Crown will be released as the 2023 model year vehicle, available only in the Crossover body style.

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The Toyota Crown will be the replacement of Avalon after being phased out.

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50.

Toyota Crown Sport was previewed as a mock-up model in July 2022 and was scheduled for 2023 release.

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Toyota Crown Sedan is a four-door sedan that was previewed as a mock-up model in July 2022 and was scheduled for 2023 release.

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52.

Toyota Crown Estate was previewed as a mock-up model in July 2022 and was scheduled for 2023 release.

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53.

The Toyota Crown Comfort was popular among taxicab operators in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, but is gradually falling out of favour as better-appointed vehicles become available at competitive cost.

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54.

Toyota Crown had requested cancellation of this trademark registration in December 2014, but its request was denied by the China Trademark Office .

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