With the demise of the Ford Crown Victoria in a few short months, police departments around the nation are scrambling to find a replacement. Or, like the city of Austin, Texas, they're buying enough now to last five years.
Toyota Plans To Recall 270,000 Cars Over Defective Engines
Toyota plans to recall approximately 270,000 Lexus and Toyota models over engines that could stall due to defective valve springs. Soon-to-be recalled models include the Lexus GS and LS, and Toyota Crown. [WSJ]
Toyota Crown Majesta Trim Unveiled For JDM
Toyota's top-of-the-line Japanese model since the 1950s is the Crown, a JDM-only sedan. The Toyota Crown Majesta trim has been announced for Japanese execs with a nationalistic bent and a need for exclusiveness
Toyopet Crown For 1963, Now With More Toyoglide!
We've always loved Toyota's name for their Powerglide-based automatic transmission
Forget That Crass Mitsubishi Debonair In The 1971 Toyota Crown
The old Toyota Crown was all about the luxury
Toyota Night Vision System Recognizes Pedestrians
Toyota's Crown Hybrid is getting one hell of a feature that will make the walkers of the world happy: night vision pedestrian recognition. Complex pattern recognition system cameras will recognize when pedestrians are walking alongside the road and put a nice yellow square around them on a camera view on the…
PCH, Japanese Nostalgia Edition: 1969 Toyota Crown or 1959 Datsun 1000?
It would appear that our readers are Lamborghini purists, given the 82/18 shellacking the V12-powered Espada issued to the Chevy-powered Espada in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll.
Curtains And A Refrigerator: 1972 Toyota Crown Super Saloon
We used to dream about bringing over a full-zoot Mitsubishi Debonair from Japan, but that was before we met this '72 Toyota Crown Super Saloon in the flesh at the Motoring J Style show
Bearded Genius Creates Tric-Vic To Slow Speeders
Jim Hunt has channeled the power of the beard for good. Miffed at speeding motorists in front of his home in Summerville, South Carolina, Jim decided to build what has come to be known as the "Tric-Vic", a fake-out cop car which he says works to slow down the speeders. The clever lawn ornament is constructed of expanded…
Toyota Crownaminos!
Given Toyota's past association with GM, we think that a pickup truck made from a Crown should be called a Crownamino, rather than a Crownchero or Crownpage. BZR found this pair of Crownaminos (a '64 and a '67) on Moon of Japan's Cars For Sale page. Be sure to check out the Crown wagons while you're there! [Moon of…
