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Toyota has elaborate the remainder of its new, expanded Crown scope aft launching the archetypal exemplary successful markets specified arsenic Japan and North America.
Crown Estate
Crown Sedan
Crown Sport
The Crown Crossover liftback volition beryllium joined by caller sedan, wagon and SUV assemblage styles, which connection immoderate akin plan cues wrong and retired but a scope of antithetic powertrains.
That includes, for the archetypal clip connected a Crown, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains.
While the Crown Crossover uses the front/all-wheel thrust TNGA-K underpinnings of models similar the Kluger, astatine slightest 1 of the caller Crown models volition beryllium offered with rear-wheel thrust successful keeping with contented of the nameplate.
Toyota hasn’t released specifics connected the Crowns’ powertrains, though the all-wheel thrust Crown Crossover offers a prime of 172kW 2.5-litre hybrid and 257kW/542Nm 2.4-litre turbocharged hybrid four-cylinder powertrains.
Crown Crossover
Toyota Australia said astatine the initial uncover of the Crown quartet that determination were nary plans to bring immoderate of the models here.
The Crown Crossover replaced the Avalon successful North America, and represented a instrumentality of that nameplate to the US marketplace aft a 50-year absence. It besides serves arsenic a replacement of sorts for the Camry successful Japan, which volition nary longer beryllium produced for that marketplace aft December.
While the Crown has agelong been a exemplary built mostly for the Japanese market, Toyota says Crown-badged models volition beryllium rolled retired successful a claimed 40 countries and regions.
Toyota has besides separately expanded its scope of Crown-badged models successful China, with highly specified versions of the Vellfire and Kluger wearing the Crown sanction arsenic a prefix.
Crown Sedan
The caller “formal” Crown Sedan goes connected merchantability successful Japan this autumn (our spring), offering a prime of hybrid oregon hydrogen fuel-cell (FCEV) powertrains.
It measures 5030mm long, 1890mm wide and 1470mm gangly connected a 3000mm wheelbase, oregon 80mm longer, 90mm wider and 15mm taller, with an 80mm longer wheelbase, than the previous-generation sedan that exited accumulation past year.
It’s besides 55mm longer and 5mm wider than the Mirai FCEV connected an 80mm longer wheelbase.
A abbreviated teaser video reveals a compartment awash successful wood trim and ambient lighting, with a surface for rear-seat occupants to set settings.
It’ll beryllium disposable with a prime of 19- oregon 20-inch alloy wheels, but dissimilar the different 3 Crown assemblage styles determination volition beryllium nary two-tone overgarment options available.
Like the erstwhile Crown sedan, and dissimilar the caller Crown Crossover, it’ll travel modular with rear-wheel drive.
Toyota hasn’t confirmed which level underpins the Crown Sedan, but the Mirai sits connected the aforesaid TNGA-L rear-wheel thrust level arsenic the previous-generation three-box Crown.
Crown Sport
The Crown Sport, a sporty-looking two-row crossover model, volition motorboat successful the bluish autumn successful hybrid guise and successful the bluish wintertime arsenic a plug-in hybrid.
It measures 4710mm long, 1880mm wide and 1560mm gangly with a 2770mm wheelbase; oregon 90mm longer, 25mm wider but 125mm little than a RAV4 connected an 80mm longer wheelbase.
It rides connected 21-inch alloy wheels and volition beryllium disposable exclusively with all-wheel drive.
Crown Estate
Finally, the Crown Estate, the archetypal wagon to deterioration this nameplate since 2007, measures 4930mm long, 1880mm wide and 1620mm gangly connected a 2850mm wheelbase.
It’ll spell connected merchantability successful Japan sometime successful 2024, offering a prime of hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains. Both are disposable exclusively with all-wheel drive, with 21-inch wheels standard.
Toyota calls it a “fusion of a wagon and an SUV” and touts its second-row seats that fold wholly flat.
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