I wonder how much longer the Lexus nameplate will last. Toyota seems to be putting all its efforts into pushing Toyota upmarket while letting Lexus play second fiddle with new but subpar products like the LS and new LX. This new Crown is basically mid to high end Lexus territory and then there's the Capstone Tundra and Sequoia.

 

Peugeot just revealed their new 408 today. Look familiar?

 

yea both are ugly

 

I was going to post the same thing. Funny...

 

It's so weird. After the Crosstour starting this not quite crossover, but not quite fastback either segment, there is all of a sudden multiple releases into this.

First the Ford Evos for China, then the Citroen C5 X, and now the Peugeot 408 and Toyota Crown Cross. How did this weird segment start all of a sudden lol.

 

not all of a sudden

 

The Honda Crosstour was ugly and so is this.

 

Interesting.

Forthcoming Crown Cross will be a GA-K based high rider with a fastback.

Not great, but I'd rather this than a full blown high riding SUV with 2 or 3 rows of seats.

 

Apparently the Toyota Crown will be coming to the US. Rumors say it will likely be a Hybrid Crossover arriving in October. I realize this isn't a Lexus but there have been some threads that have mentioned the possibility of this auto coming to the US.

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/07/10/...debut-july-15/

 

I have heard about that too...to be honest, it looks very much like the Honda Accord Crosstour....that didn't last very long....it was an answer to a question nobody asked.

 

It's sad to me they're calling this the Crown, since that name in Japan graces an elite true luxury car. Here it'll be basically the Avalon successor, a plushed-up Highlander.

 

More like a wanna be Highlander.

 

Not a fan of crossovers so am disappointed to see the Crown being released as this crossover type vehicle. The Crown used to be the ultimate luxury vehicle from Toyota. Now it's just like any other generic vehicle with a name for nostalgic purposes. (Looking at you Acura.)

 

i saw that the other day. that thing looks u-g-l-y. also... looks like a nissan. a maxima 4x4. ugly.

 

It'll be interesting to see whether the market is ready for the Crosstour now when it wasn't before. Honda has done several vehicles over the years that were ahead of their time, as measured by the fact that they sold poorly until discontinued and then went bonkers in value as used cars. The original NSX, Element and S2000 come to mind.

As for this one, we're definitely seeing more and more chopped-roof, sedan-like shapes sold as "crossovers," particularly by the Germans. Toyota is obviously reading the booming sales numbers for every conceivable variety of "SUV," the withering sales of the final Avalon, and thinking: Why not?