Toyota on Wednesday introduced plans to disclose a redesigned Crown on July 15.
The announcement comes simply weeks after patent drawings depicting a high-riding Toyota sedan (or probably hatchback) surfaced.
The thriller automobile is rumored to be a high-riding model of the redesigned Crown, to be referred to as a Crown Cross.
On a microsite for the redesigned Crown, Toyota poses the questions, “Sedan?” and “SUV?” after which ends with the assertion, “Uncover your Crown.” This means there will probably be multiple physique model to select from.
Additional complicated the matter, Reuters reported in April that Toyota will unveil a redesigned Crown this summer season, adopted by a Crown SUV a 12 months later. The SUV will reportedly embrace hybrid and plug-in hybrid variations that will probably be exported to the U.S. and China starting in mid-2023. An electrical model of the Crown SUV can also be reportedly deliberate, however it might not be offered within the U.S.
Toyota launched the Crown nameplate in 1955, on its first passenger automobile developed and constructed fully in Japan. The nameplate is at present into its fifteenth technology and options on a big sedan intently associated to the Toyota Mirai and Lexus LS. The Crown is at present not supplied within the U.S., however elsewhere it serves as Toyota’s mainstream flagship (the automaker additionally has the unique Century sedan that sells for Bentley cash).