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01-29-20, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by doge

Is the crown a bespoke car or does it share its platform with the LS?

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Originally Posted by SW17LS

Its a different platform than the LS. The Crown is more closely related to the Aristo (GS).

The Crowns in the 1980's etc used a body on frame BOF chassis.
The Toyota N Platform was first used by the 1989 LS, and this was subsequently shared by the Toyota Crown, Toyota Aristo/Lexus GS.

By 2012, the 2012-onwards 4GS and 2013-onwards 3IS used the Toyota "New" N Platform.
However, the 2012-18 Toyota Crowns continued to use the Toyota old N Platform.

By late 2017 and 2018, the 2017 5LS and 2018 Toyota Crown shard the all new GA-L platform.

2012-18 Toyota Crown JDM Right Hand Drive

Chinese assembled 2015-onwards Toyota Crown in left hand drive arguably looks a bit more handsome, because it was released 3 years later.

Japanese 2012-18 Crown interior

Chinese 2015-onwards Toyota Crown interior

Old 2012-18 Toyota Crown JDM LHD in sporty Athlete bodystyle, not that different from Lexus GS.

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Originally Posted by rominl

have them run on the same grade of road and we can tell. for the most part, japan has some of the best road surfaces around. so it's hard to really test out comfort.

True, because such a small country has fewer million miles of bitumen.

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Originally Posted by swajames

My car from Beijing city center to PEK was a new S Class. Very nice. Now it may be the never ending gin and tonic talking, but goddammit if the Toyota Crown I'm taking to downtown Tokyo isn't smoother, quieter and more refined than the current generation S Class I took in China.

Honestly, if you'd blindfolded me and asked me to pick which car of the two today was the S Class out of the two I'd have picked the Toyota ten times out of ten.

Have to say I'm very impressed!

My 2012-onward series GS is significantly quieter cruising especially wind and tire noise than my friend's 2009-16 Series E350 sedan.
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Last edited by peteharvey; 01-29-20 at 01:37 PM.