After an interval of one generation, Toyota Crown once again entered the Chinese market, only this time it is no longer in the domestic way, but the original import.
At the 2022 Guangzhou Auto Show, the new generation of Toyota Crown was announced to officially start pre-sale in China, with a pre-sale price starting at 369,000 yuan, a substantial price increase compared to the last generation of domestic 14 generation models.
The new generation model is not only a substantial increase in price, in the design style is also a radical change, to enable a new design style, once 12 Crown set the image of elegance and atmosphere gone, but become avant-garde personality, the entire front styling style and Toyota's new generation of new energy models are basically the same.
The side of the car uses a coupé design style, with a sporty slinky shape, eliminating the classic wide C-pillar design and instead using a fixed triangular window shape on the C-pillar.
The rear end is also a hundred thousand miles away from the stable and atmospheric Crown image we remember, with the trunk lid painted in a different color than the body and the taillights in a horizontal shape.
The size of the new generation is 4930/1840/1540mm, with a wheelbase of 2850mm, which is much smaller than the 14th generation of the Crown, and has changed from a mid-size sedan to a mid-size sedan.
The interior part is also using a new avant-garde technology style, the center console is asymmetrical layout, using the currently popular suspended dual-link screen design.
In terms of power, the imported version of the new generation of Crown provides a 2.5L hybrid version and 2.4T hybrid version of two power options, of which the 2.5L hybrid maximum power of 249 horsepower, matched by the e-CVT continuously variable transmission. 2.4T hybrid version maximum power of 350 horsepower, matched by a 6-speed manual transmission.
So the question is, what do you think of the market prospects of the new generation of Crown?
