Toyota Crown Flagship Now Infected With The SUV Plague

In production since 1955 and with a history of no fewer than 15 generations, the Crown is one of Toyota’s oldest nameplates still in production. It’s also widely regarded as the first Japanese car to be sold in North America, launching in the United States as the Toyopet Crown in 1958 or around the same time when Datsun arrived stateside.

The current-generation model (codenamed S220) was launched in 2018 and recently went through a minor update bringing a larger infotainment system to unify the previously two individual displays. A worrying report from Japan claims the Crown could become an entirely new vehicle for what would be its sixteenth generation – an SUV.

scenicbyway12 - 11/13/2020 1:27:36 PM

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Wow, Toyota does have an uglier grill then the Lexus, Still need to up their ugly grill game to beat BMW.

Car4life1 - 11/13/2020 4:16:22 PM

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At first glance I saw Nissan Altima

PUGPROUD - 11/13/2020 4:22:40 PM

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Face of the "Predator" movie alien.

MDarringer - 11/13/2020 4:56:00 PM

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Toyota has too many premium sedans. Meanwhile, the Century would be a great replacement for the horrible LS.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 11/13/2020 6:30:52 PM

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The LS and the Crown are said to be basically the same car and have been for a long while. In the past the Crown had a V12 engine too. In the photo it looks like nothing special. And for the brand it may have outlived it usefulness.