The official Toyota Crown Thread
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
I agree but it would require making the GS more sporty.
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With 3 versions of the Crown in Japan, no wonder they are not buying a lot of Lexus cars, particularly the GS. Their roads probably favour the Crown over the more sporty, bigger engine GS350/430 too. . .
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Originally Posted by MSMLexIS
I think he getting the pics of old crowns confused with the new models.
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
I have no problem with that
With 3 versions of the Crown in Japan, no wonder they are not buying a lot of Lexus cars, particularly the GS. Their roads probably favour the Crown over the more sporty, bigger engine GS350/430 too. . .
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With 3 versions of the Crown in Japan, no wonder they are not buying a lot of Lexus cars, particularly the GS. Their roads probably favour the Crown over the more sporty, bigger engine GS350/430 too. . .
and man, the athlete is so nice, and the majesta is not far behind imho as well!
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i think thats whats the toyota avalon should have looked like. i perfer that styling over the new avalon. even though i like the new avalon, i think that this could have been easily passed as the avalon if here in the US
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They need a large full size sedan as the Avalon here, & the Crown is smaller than the Avalon . . . I suppose they can make a LWB version of the crown & make it the Avalon ? They have to strip it down a bit too I think since the Crown's are more luxurious built than the Avalon, they can be more like a mid-sized LS430 . . .
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Forgot to put the link in for the 60th anniversary crown, well here it is. http://toyota.jp/crownathlete/60th/
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Is this the reason why Lexus is not doing well in japan? I mean, these are awesome looking cars
So I am thinking why would anyone (Japanese) pay more for the Lexus when these Toyota are pretty much the same? Unless the Lexus version in Japan is light years ahead of the Toyota copies, I don't see why would one foolishly buy one.
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correct, the crown is actually about the size of the US camry, so it's not a big car at all. it definitely can't replace the avalon here.
and about lexus vs toyota, like i said in the previous post, it will take time. japanese still associate toyota with lexus a lot, and lexus is doing very hard there now with all the new models to pull themselves away from toyota. these cars (crown for example) are nice, but then again lexus is now setting another bar even higher for their lineup
and about lexus vs toyota, like i said in the previous post, it will take time. japanese still associate toyota with lexus a lot, and lexus is doing very hard there now with all the new models to pull themselves away from toyota. these cars (crown for example) are nice, but then again lexus is now setting another bar even higher for their lineup
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LOL, Toyota Crown taxi cabs in Singapore.
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Here's a Hong Kong version...
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Damn are those things roomy in the back. I can cross my legs. RWD too. The ones in Singapore are naturally aspirated 4-cyl diesels and they do about 100-200k miles per year and can usually go about 1-2 yrs between engine/tranny rebuilds.
![](http://photos.interceptor.com/albums/Singapore-Sep-2004/CIMG0137.sized.jpg)
Here's a Hong Kong version...
![](http://www.minidome.nl/graphics/Taxi's/altaya%20Taxi%20Toyota%20crown%20HongKong.jpg)
Damn are those things roomy in the back. I can cross my legs. RWD too. The ones in Singapore are naturally aspirated 4-cyl diesels and they do about 100-200k miles per year and can usually go about 1-2 yrs between engine/tranny rebuilds.
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I think the taxi cab Crown (Deluxe or Comfort I think) could look pretty nice with some 20's and on bags.
Back to the Athlete, I didn't see lot's of them on the roads there. Over here, it would be nice to see a RWD sedan back in the Toyota lineup. I think it's close in size to the then '89+ Cressida.
Then, how much different is the Crown Athlete to the Chaser?
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Back to the Athlete, I didn't see lot's of them on the roads there. Over here, it would be nice to see a RWD sedan back in the Toyota lineup. I think it's close in size to the then '89+ Cressida.
Then, how much different is the Crown Athlete to the Chaser?
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