John Elway’s Crown Toyota Scion history

The Crown holds the distinction of being the longest running production sedan in the world being produced for over 65 years but it is the second longest running nameplate of any Toyota vehicle behind only the Toyota Land Cruiser which went into production in 1951.

In September 1953, Toyota made a further step forward in saloon car manufacturing with the introduction of the SF’s successor, the RH model (above). Visually identical to the outgoing car, this ‘Super’ model was powered by a bigger 1.5-litre R-series engine.

First introduced in 1955 as the Toyopet Crown, this model serves as the flagship sedan from Toyota in Japan.

So in 1957 the Crown became the first Japanese-built car to enter the 10,000-mile Round Australia Rally, and to the surprise of many, came third among the foreign entries.

On its introduction in 1959, just one percent of Crown models were specified with Toyoglide, but within three years that figure had risen to 14 percent and was increasing rapidly.

From 1960, coil and double wishbone independent front suspension was standard with a two-speed Toyoglide automatic transmission as an option.

So in September 1963 the next generation, fully automatic Toyoglide transmission was made available in the Crown range.

In 1964, the Crown Eight was introduced as the top of the line full-sized Crown with Japan’s first mass-production V8 engine.

Further improvements were applied in November 1965 in the form of a newly developed in-line six-cylinder 2.0-litre M-series engine.

Introduced in 1967 the third generation Crown retained the same mechanicals as the previous second generation Crown with more additional equipment.

He purchased it in 1968 when he was stationed in Cyprus.

By May 1970, the cumulative total of Toyota Crown production had reached one million units.

All models were initially offered with a choice of 2.0-litre powerplants – 5R four-cylinder or M-series six-cylinder – although in May 1971 a larger 2.6-litre 4M straight six was introduced to saloon and coupe models to enlarge consumer choice.

1973 saw the 60 series Crown receive a facelift with minor styling changes and the introduction of the top of line "Royal Saloon" which added some features from the Century limousine.

The fifth-generation Crown saloon arrived on the market in October 1974, neatly coinciding with the model’s twentieth anniversary.

In October 1977, Toyota used the Crown to unveil its first diesel-powered passenger car.

Soon after launch, cumulative production topped 1,500,000 and by April 1979 the two millionth Crown had rolled off the assembly line.

A further innovation applied to this generation Crown included the arrival of Toyota’s first turbocharged passenger car engine in October 1980.

Ola sou cristiano tenho um toiotacrown super saloon de 1981 a gasolina 2800 preciso de um bloco de colasa ou compor podem dar me uma ajuda

Though Toyota was the first manufacturer to introduce parking sensors with the Corona back in 1982, the S180 was the first model where they were standard equipment.

The sixth-generation Toyota Crown ceased production in Japan in August 1983 and Toyota GB took the decision to discontinue the model line at this point in order to make room for the smaller Toyota Camry as the manufacturer’s largest family saloon car.

By comparison, during the height of the Bubble Era in 1990, Toyota sold over 200,000.

The Lexus GS replaced the Crown all over the world since its debut in 1991 and the Crown from then on was only a JDM model with some select Asian markets also included.

So, Toyota redesigned it in 1993 and brought back the older styling cues along with restoring the Crown badge on the C-pillars which was maybe the single reason that pissed people off the most.

Both the S150 Crown and Crown Majesta won the "Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference Car of the Year" in 1996.

In 2000, Toyota released a limited run of a modern rebuilt RS Crown called the Origin (which sold for ¥7,000,000)

It also is the first car in Toyota's lineup to use LED lighting technology in its taillights from the 2001 Athlete.

The Lexus LS was the largest car made by both Toyota and Lexus and the Toyota counterpart of the LS was the Celsior which shared the same platform until being discontinued from 2006.

Currently, the latest models are only offered in Southeast Asia with the most recent generation launched on Christmas of 2012.

Toyota changed all of their platforms and introduced the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) at the end of 2015 and the Crown incorporated this new platform along with the other vehicles in Toyota's lineup.

The production of the Crown Comfort ended sometime around 2017 and it was replaced by the new Toyota JPN Taxi.

The current gen Crown was introduced in 2018, and sold a healthy 50,000 units.

Last year, sales dropped to 36,000, and by October 2020 they’ve only sold 18,000.