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Royal Toyota: Automaker Delivers $500K Limo for Imperial Family

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Old 10-02-06, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by mavericck
Looks cool, is it armored?
From the pictures & videos we saw, it seems it is not yet armored...
But the Toyota Century for the chief executive of Hong Kong is armored~
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Old 10-02-06, 05:46 AM
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Oooh, V12 5 liter. Like two 1jz engines slapped together? A potential 1200-1500 hp with twin turbos...
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Old 10-02-06, 03:53 PM
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hmm, it doesn't use a push button start? haha.

Well, not bad for a one off. (or.. 4??). The old Century (haha.. old Century) was really getting... umm... o.l..d.. yeah <shifts eyes>Anyway, glad to see they updated it.
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Old 10-02-06, 04:18 PM
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Wow, what a car. I wonder if they went with Toyota b/c Nissan is now owned by Renault and no longer a Japanese company.
 
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a V12 with 350hp.. boring
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Old 10-02-06, 09:23 PM
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They don't need that much hp in Japan, & this model is not really meant for overseas . . .
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Originally Posted by newr
a V12 with 350hp.. boring
And why does the Royal family need more? especially in Japan where most commuter cars are within an earshot of 100hp.
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Old 10-02-06, 11:51 PM
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as nice as some of the stuff on this car are, man, talk about an ugly exterior.... at least to me
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