Avalon vs Crown
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Yeah, the Crown will stay as a Toyota in Japan.
The Crown is the most widely recognized car "name" in Japan. It's been around for 55 years or something like that. Quite a few corporate types use it as a chaffeur car.
The Crown is the most widely recognized car "name" in Japan. It's been around for 55 years or something like that. Quite a few corporate types use it as a chaffeur car.
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Funny how the Japanese domestic market on the other hand has been able to accomodate all of the above vehicles, Celsior, Aristo and Crown, without worrying about the lineup being overly crowded. 
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Funny how the Japanese domestic market on the other hand has been able to accomodate all of the above vehicles, Celsior, Aristo and Crown, without worrying about the lineup being overly crowded.
which wouldn't be good for lexus in the US, if the crowns steal to much of the lexus sales
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Originally Posted by xioix
but the crowns out sell the lexus models,
which wouldn't be good for lexus in the US, if the crowns steal to much of the lexus sales
which wouldn't be good for lexus in the US, if the crowns steal to much of the lexus sales
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
I meant to say, if Crown were brought in as a Lexus and slotted between the GS and the LS.
like i said originally Infiniti is able to sell their G35 sedan and their M cars why couldn't Lexus sell the Crown over here between the GS and LS and call it a junior executive sedan
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"It is built on a new FR platform that will be shared with the forthcoming new Lexus GS."
"Nevertheless, for those Japanese businessmen and company executives sitting at the rear, Crown is definitely the better choice. Before they learn to drive by themselves, Crown will continue to bias towards the rear passengers. This is the biggest difference between it and Lexus GS, and this guarantees its survival in the foreseeable future."
http://www.autozine.org/html/Toyota/Crown.html
I don't know, maybe it'll work as a plusher GS that has no aspirations on sport.
"Nevertheless, for those Japanese businessmen and company executives sitting at the rear, Crown is definitely the better choice. Before they learn to drive by themselves, Crown will continue to bias towards the rear passengers. This is the biggest difference between it and Lexus GS, and this guarantees its survival in the foreseeable future."
http://www.autozine.org/html/Toyota/Crown.html
I don't know, maybe it'll work as a plusher GS that has no aspirations on sport.
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Originally Posted by jrock65
"It is built on a new FR platform that will be shared with the forthcoming new Lexus GS."
"Nevertheless, for those Japanese businessmen and company executives sitting at the rear, Crown is definitely the better choice. Before they learn to drive by themselves, Crown will continue to bias towards the rear passengers . . .
"Nevertheless, for those Japanese businessmen and company executives sitting at the rear, Crown is definitely the better choice. Before they learn to drive by themselves, Crown will continue to bias towards the rear passengers . . .
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