After deciding in 2021 to drop each its largest sedan and top-end SUV from U.S. showrooms, Toyota will exchange them beginning this yr with automobiles carrying a commemorated Japanese nameplate — although one largely unfamiliar to American shoppers.
Toyota Motor Corp. will launch an SUV model of the Crown sedan and promote it in North America starting in 2023 as a alternative for the Land Cruiser, Reuters reported final week, citing sources on the firm. The SUV would come initially as a hybrid, the sources stated, and could be exported from Japan to North America and China. A battery-electric model would comply with in 2024, whereas a plug-in hybrid model could be constructed for Japan’s home market.
A minimum of one variant of the redesigned Crown sedan — anticipated to be a efficiency hybrid — will go on sale this yr within the U.S., the place it’ll compete with the Audi A6 and comparable sedans, changing the Avalon, a supply advised Automotive Information.
