bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

yes but how do you really feel?

actually watching those videos... interior is great imo, and exterior looks better to me than first pics, probably because it's in a nice dark gray and doesn't have the awful two tone black back end. it does still have a dumb piece of black trim on the sides though. anyway, i guess i 'get it', in that if you have to do a next gen car like an avalon, it has to be higher (old people buy avalons and they want higher step in height) and making it hybrid will appeal to budgets.

Toys4RJill

The front might be not actually be heavier. Batteries weight a ton… plastics and aluminum metals might off set that.

I bet the LC hybrid is better balanced than your gas LC only because the LC hybrid has more weight back there because of the battery. So in the case of this hybrid Crown, the engine up front more than likely weighs the same or less than the battery out back

UTChE96

I do think there is too much wheel well gap in the Crown sedan. Other than that, I am really liking it. Hope to get a test drive in a few months.

SW17LS

Looks much better all one color...

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

sedan or this crossover? there's both. this thread's about the crossover.

Toys4RJill

I am so confused Is there one thread about the Crown? or multiple threads. You were referring to the hybrid sedan part on that pic you quoted.

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

this thread is about the 'toyota crown' vehicle (crossover, tall sedan, whatever), which is what toyota plans to launch in the u.s.

toyota however has also created a sub-brand 'crown' with 4(?) models in it, including this one. suv, sporty/coupe suv, this crossover, and the traditional-looking crown sedan which we won't see.

the crown brand thread was split off here:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...nd-models.html

UTChE96

I am referring to the Sedan (I think). The one in this picture:

Motorola

That's not the sedan, this is. The sedan is essentially a slightly retooled, longer wheelbase Mirai with an internal combustion engine. We don't get the sedan in the U.S.

Toys4RJill

If you put the 21" wheels form the Crown on the Camry, you'd have the same height Camry?

JDR76

I really, really dislike this thing...

UTChE96

I must be getting old but those two vehicles look very similar to me.

Toys4RJill

I wonder if they truly are the same. I guess someone should research the wheelbase

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

one's fwd-based and the other's rwd-based, so they have NOTHING in common platform-wise.

Toys4RJill

actually, all Crown models are based on the TNGA-K platform.

from the press release: