Toyota launches redesigned Crown flagship in Japan
01-03-13, 04:49 AM
#32
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Knock off the personal commentary please. Just because another member disagrees with your opinion does not mean they shouldn't share their perspective here. Educate without the hate.
01-03-13, 09:53 AM
#33
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by RXSF
as said, grill is hideous
Originally Posted by Gojirra99
Grille looks awful
Last edited by mmarshall; 01-03-13 at 09:57 AM.
01-03-13, 09:59 AM
#34
Lexus Fanatic
I haven't seen it up close or in person yet (I hope to, if not sooner, at the D.C. Auto Show in a few weeks), but, from the image posted here, that new interior looks quite impressive......better, IMO, than the new Lexus ES350's.
01-03-13, 10:50 AM
#36
Pink 2013 Toyota Crown Shocks Japan
Source http://www.edmunds.com/car-news/pink...cks-japan.html
Just the Facts:
Toyota created a media firestorm in Japan last week when it took the wraps off a pink version of the 2013 Toyota Crown.
For generations, the Toyota Crown has been Japan's most conservative prestige sedan, aimed largely at executives.
Toyota wants to change the Crown's stuffy image with pink paint, and hopefully attract more women drivers.
TOKYO — Toyota created a media firestorm in Japan last week when it took the wraps off a pink version of the 2013 Toyota Crown.
Some likened it to seeing your grandmother in a miniskirt. Others keep frantically checking the calendar to see that it's not really April 1.
Give Toyota credit for trying something new. For generations, the Crown has been Japan's most prestigious domestic sedan, but with a stuffy old-boy image that stuffy old boys in Japan actually happen to like quite a lot.
The Crown — in pink or otherwise — is not for sale in the U.S.
Toyota dealers love the Crown, too, because it sells in strong numbers, at high margins, and for decades has effectively had no rivals.
But times change. The Japanese market is in the doldrums, and Crown sales are down as the German premium brands continue to step up their attack.
Enter a courageous Akio Toyoda, president and CEO of the Toyota Motor Corporation. As he told the media pack in Tokyo, at the last moment, he authorized a big design change on this latest Crown (which he admits some inside Toyota are against). Design and driving performance, he said, had to step up.
Along with this, he approved this new pink color, something never before seen (or dreamed of) on a Crown. The prime motive, said the Toyota boss, was to mount a dramatic change in the image of the Crown.
At the same time, the hope is to attract some new women buyers and drivers to the Crown family.
While the new pink hue has yet to be signed off for the production version of the car (although Akio Toyoda is personally pushing for it), Toyota has at least achieved one part of its mission, and how.
Japanese TV and media have been all over this new pink Crown in a way few of the preceding 13 generations (since 1955) have managed.
The most talked-about car in Japan in 2013? You may be looking at it right now.
Edmunds says: Genius or crazy? Maybe this new pink Toyota Crown is joyously a bit of both.
Just the Facts:
Toyota created a media firestorm in Japan last week when it took the wraps off a pink version of the 2013 Toyota Crown.
For generations, the Toyota Crown has been Japan's most conservative prestige sedan, aimed largely at executives.
Toyota wants to change the Crown's stuffy image with pink paint, and hopefully attract more women drivers.
TOKYO — Toyota created a media firestorm in Japan last week when it took the wraps off a pink version of the 2013 Toyota Crown.
Some likened it to seeing your grandmother in a miniskirt. Others keep frantically checking the calendar to see that it's not really April 1.
Give Toyota credit for trying something new. For generations, the Crown has been Japan's most prestigious domestic sedan, but with a stuffy old-boy image that stuffy old boys in Japan actually happen to like quite a lot.
The Crown — in pink or otherwise — is not for sale in the U.S.
Toyota dealers love the Crown, too, because it sells in strong numbers, at high margins, and for decades has effectively had no rivals.
But times change. The Japanese market is in the doldrums, and Crown sales are down as the German premium brands continue to step up their attack.
Enter a courageous Akio Toyoda, president and CEO of the Toyota Motor Corporation. As he told the media pack in Tokyo, at the last moment, he authorized a big design change on this latest Crown (which he admits some inside Toyota are against). Design and driving performance, he said, had to step up.
Along with this, he approved this new pink color, something never before seen (or dreamed of) on a Crown. The prime motive, said the Toyota boss, was to mount a dramatic change in the image of the Crown.
At the same time, the hope is to attract some new women buyers and drivers to the Crown family.
While the new pink hue has yet to be signed off for the production version of the car (although Akio Toyoda is personally pushing for it), Toyota has at least achieved one part of its mission, and how.
Japanese TV and media have been all over this new pink Crown in a way few of the preceding 13 generations (since 1955) have managed.
The most talked-about car in Japan in 2013? You may be looking at it right now.
Edmunds says: Genius or crazy? Maybe this new pink Toyota Crown is joyously a bit of both.
01-03-13, 03:18 PM
#40
a lot of T haters hated on it but actually I would hope they actually make it like that - for me it would symbolize choice, something that Japanese cars usually lack compared to Europeans. In reality, Crown sells in 6 colors only, 4 of which are variation of black/white.
01-03-13, 05:44 PM
#41
Hoovey,
You got me all excited with the 555 HP twin turbo talk.
I hit wiki and found a factory limited production version with a 652 HP twin turbo, the Toyota Crown VIP Majesta
Here is a link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Crown_Majesta
I wonder if this car has ever been reviewed?
I also wonder if the mill in the TMG LS is the same one used in this limited production Majesta?
You got me all excited with the 555 HP twin turbo talk.
I hit wiki and found a factory limited production version with a 652 HP twin turbo, the Toyota Crown VIP Majesta
Here is a link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Crown_Majesta
I wonder if this car has ever been reviewed?
I also wonder if the mill in the TMG LS is the same one used in this limited production Majesta?
01-03-13, 06:45 PM
#42
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by mmarshall
I haven't seen it up close or in person yet (I hope to, if not sooner, at the D.C. Auto Show in a few weeks), but, from the image posted here, that new interior looks quite impressive......better, IMO, than the new Lexus ES350's.
I probably should not have made that statement about (possibly) seeing it at next month's D.C. Auto Show. Obviously (and yes, the thought escaped me),
there would be no reason to show it off there, if they are not going to bring it to the U.S. Hyundai, though, showed off their Equus here at the D.C. Show (in South Korean home-market trim) several years before they actually decided to bring it here.
01-03-13, 06:56 PM
#43
Lexus Fanatic
I admit the shocking-pink looks a little garish, but at least it isn't one of those endless funeral-home shades that so many conservative luxury-cars seem addicted to. The Hyundai Equus, for example, IMO, insults its buyers with only four available colors....black, gray, silver, and white.
And, BTW, in the mid-late 1950s, pink was a hot automotive color.....it wasn't considered effeminate back then. Elvis Presley, for example, used to give away pink Cadillacs as gifts, and owned a couple of them himself. One of them is still on display at his Graceland estate.
And, BTW, in the mid-late 1950s, pink was a hot automotive color.....it wasn't considered effeminate back then. Elvis Presley, for example, used to give away pink Cadillacs as gifts, and owned a couple of them himself. One of them is still on display at his Graceland estate.
Last edited by mmarshall; 01-03-13 at 07:04 PM.
01-03-13, 07:59 PM
#44
Lexus Champion
That engine is pretty amazing-
6.0 L TRD V8 Biturbo 653 hp@3800-4900rpm, 1,125 NM/830lb-ft torque@2000-4000rpm
The engine in the TMG LS is a 5.0 L V8 Biturbo.
6.0 L TRD V8 Biturbo 653 hp@3800-4900rpm, 1,125 NM/830lb-ft torque@2000-4000rpm
The engine in the TMG LS is a 5.0 L V8 Biturbo.
Last edited by TF109B; 01-03-13 at 08:06 PM.
01-03-13, 09:14 PM
#45
Lexus Champion
