2016 Toyota Crown facelift – Official – Video

Toyota City, Japan, October 1, 2015?Toyota is ensuring that the Crown enters its seventh decade in style. The model is getting a new lease on life, courtesy of a major mid-cycle update adding a new direct-injection turbo engine, a broad new range of colors, and a world-first1 ITS safety package.

Since the debut of the original Crown in 1955, the nameplate has been a constant and reassuring presence in the Japanese market. Despite this consistency, it has never failed to adapt to the needs of each era. The most recent redesign focused on injecting liveliness and fun into the Crown, with particular emphasis placed on style, customization, and performance.

The Athlete and Royal series’ will see the most significant changes, while improvements will also be made to the Majesta series. All three will be sold through Toyota dealers across Japan, with a combined monthly sales target of 3,700 units.

A sportier Athlete series and a more refined Royal series

Crown Athlete

Crown RoyalThe thick front bumper and horizontal grille with an emphasized sense of depth create a front view that exudes a commanding presence and a greater sense of sophistication.

The grille has been lowered even further and a chrome finish extends from the center to both sides, encircling the fog lights and emphasizing a sense of quality as well as a low center of gravity.

The interior uses a lattice patterned panel based on a detailed wood-grain finish. In addition, combined with the new interior colors of black with brown accents, this contributes to conveying both a youthful and yet more sophisticated interior.

Special color selection packageTwelve subtle colors representative of Japanese aesthetics can be selected on certain grades in the Athlete series. Experienced professionals will adjust colors by a manual spray painting technique to achieve a higher-quality finish. A self-restoring clear coat that self-repairs small scratches will be used with the custom colors as well as the usual colors.

The new exterior colors can be combined with three new interior colors: white, black, and gold. All three colors create a sophisticated image in combination with the leather seats.

Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communication

Communicating Radar Cruise Control

The system responds almost instantaneously to the acceleration and deceleration of other vehicles equipped with Communicating Radar Cruise Control. This allows two or more vehicles to maintain a safe distance and minimize speed fluctuations, smoothing out traffic flow.

Emergency Vehicle Notification

When an ambulance equipped with a compatible communication device is sounding its siren nearby, the system notifies the driver with an audio alert and displays the approximate location and distance of the emergency vehicle, as well as the direction in which it is moving.

Other safety features

Blind Spot Monitor

The Blind Spot Monitor uses radar to detect vehicles traveling alongside that are present in the side mirror’s blind spot while driving. The side mirror’s LED indicator will light up or flash to warn the driver.

Intelligent Parking Assist

Intelligent Parking Assist (with Easy Set function, Parking Space Confirmation function, and Handle Select function) is available.

While many of the above features apply only to the Athlete and Royal series’, the Majesta series will now also be available with ITS Connect, a self-restoring clear coat, and other partial improvements that include reinforced rigidity of body junctions and optimized front/rear suspension.