Lets get it cracking this week

 

 

Love this car.

The "Athlete" series is pretty agressive IMO. The insert that is in the '06 brochure has all kinds of nice tuner parts to option. Styling Package Ver A, Modellista version, TRD version, TOM's version.

Could only find these in a quick search.

http://www.modellista.co.jp/impression/crown/index.html
http://toyota.jp/customize/news/2006...r/athlete.html


http://toyota.jp/

 

My favorite Crown is the Athlete...it's all about the sport styling of that car.



The JP Sports parts for this car is outstanding!



So is the Tom's S740:


And so is Tom's Compressor kit......yummmmm....

FIT TO: CAR:CROWN ATHLETE
MODEL:GRS182
MANUFACTURE YEAR: 2003.12~2005.09 CAR
(EQUIP WITH 3GR-FSE(3L) ENGINE MODEL ONLY)

 

I love it! Why can't we have this car in the U.S.?

 

such a nice car, too bad we don't have it here in the US

i actually talked to some toyota/lexus marketing people about this, and they said they would love to bring the car over, but it's just too hard to position the car here in the US. keep in mind the US market is very different from the japanese market, and if they bring over the car it's just too hard to position it either within lexus or toyota.

so the end results is not having the car here at all. what a shame

 

Why so hard? Put it in the Lexus lineup. It could be between ES350 and LS460. So there would be three comfort luxury sedans(LS, Lexus version of Crown, ES) and two luxury sports sedans(GS, IS). It probably would be another home-run for Lexus.

 

i guess their research shows that it will be hurting the sales of the gs?

plus from what i heard (i was a bit confused), the size of camry / es here is bigger than that in japan, so this will collide with the size of the crown too

 

And here we go!


Crown Athlete


Crown Majesta







Crown Athlete, Big-body Pimpin'!

 

More Crown for ya'

Crown Athlete




Crown Majesta

 

I agree but it would require making the GS more sporty.

 

That's up there with the fugliest cars of all time.

 

I usually like the majesta but with the new style the majesta has gone ugly i like the royal the best now.

 

Oh wow, these Crowns are incredible. Keep them coming.

 

This is actually the first time I've seen the car for more than 5 seconds. As nice as it is, it does seem a bit old fashioned (alright, let me just say it: outdated). They all look a bit boxy, and the interior is nice but reminds me of older (and current) MB interiors. The Majesta looks good, but when people try to bling it, it ends up looking disproportionate. When is the Crown due for an update?