Hoovey689

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IMO the latest Corolla, ES, and now this Mirai, make me feel ToMoCo has found a good direction for their future sedans

riredale

I saw the rather extensive comments on the car over at Ars. Surprised that some commenters said the car looked awful!

This really is a Lexus-class vehicle, and I like the grille a whole lot better than the spindle. It reminds me a lot of the Tesla3 snout.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/10...ury-less-ugly/

GS3Tek

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Wow, looks great!
Finally they're replacing the current dorky looking one

Interior looks high quality.

I'll have to say it has some minor zupra resemblance with the driver focused at the center dash area

and the extension to the passenger side

bitkahuna

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Looks like it could be a next gen GS.

mikedozz

Hope so! Looks sexy and sleek

corradoMR2

LS-like long hood and GT-coupe rear makes for a heck of a design!

ydooby

It technically is. The new Mirai is based on the RWD TNGA-N platform that underpins the Crown.

Great move. People who pay luxury car money should not be expected to settle for an econobox with a nerdy look. The new Mirai will now be a proper premium car that can live up to the expectations of luxury car buyers (save for perhaps a luxury car badge). The huge 30% increase in range to 400 miles certainly helps too. They now need to focus on a cheaper model to compete with the Model 3 so that more people who want one can afford one. And of course, build more refueling infrastructure.

Gojirra99

Best looking new sedan from Toyota in a LONG time

peteharvey

The way all you guys are talking, may as well bring the Toyota Crown over here.
The Mirai II is a hydrogen fuel cell powered electric Crown.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...over-here.html

bitkahuna

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have no idea what you base that on, they seem completely different to me.

mmarshall

According to Alex Dykes, who I generally trust more than any other reviewer, it is probably, though not confirmed, done off the LS500 platform, which, I believe, is related to the Crown. Here is a short video where Alex does a basic introduction.

You Tube

Toys4RJill

So this new Mirai is based on Toyota's "premiums RWD" platform.....

I had in previous Tesla criticism that eventually the big companies with their vast resources, they will start to use their money to attack the segment...in the Toyota press release: “

Toyota

plug-less” electric vehicle.,

Toyota is working to develop a line of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and includes FCEVs in its electrification roadmap.

Toyota remains committed to hydrogen fuel cell technology as a powertrain with tremendous potential. It’s a scalable technology, which means it can be made small enough to power a phone or large enough to power a building, or anything in between.



Happy to see Toyota is going after this segment.

bitkahuna

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i thought the crown and GS share a platform.

JDR76

The current GS is on the Toyota New N platform. The current Crown is on the TNGA-N (GA-N) platform.

I think the Crown and this upcoming Mirai are the only cars on TNGA-N.

peteharvey

Hi bit, I tried to summarize it for you in this post.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...l#post10617957