Toyota is just about ready to debut the new Crown, and ahead of its official reveal on July 15, the Japanese automaker has teased the car one final time.
Like the last teaser they put out, this one poses the same “Sedan? SUV?” question to indicate how the car will blur the lines between the two. And thanks to a set of patent images that appeared online late last month, we know that to be true. Similar to cars like the Polestar 2 and Peugeot 408, the new Crown will adopt a high-riding sedan body style to cater more to the crossover crowd without completely giving up on its sedan roots.
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Later in the teaser, we get to see parts of the car that we haven’t seen before, at least not officially. Such details include the headlight area, front and rear light bars, wheels, fenders, and a top-down view of the hood, and they all match up to the patent images. Something that hasn’t been shown at all yet, patent images or otherwise, is the interior, so for that we’ll have to wait for the official reveal.
As far as powertrains are concerned, the lineup is expected to be hybrid-only. Contenders could include a 2.5-litre four-cylinder dynamic force hybrid making around 210 hp, as well as a range-topping plug-in hybrid, either with the same setup tuned to produce around 300 hp like the Toyota RAV4 Prime and Lexus NX450h+ or a 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with an electric motor making around 350 hp.
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Both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive options should be available, and reports say the car will be about as long as the axed Avalon it replaces while being about 2 inches (5.08 cm) taller than other SUV-sedan mashups like the ones mentioned above.
The video also features the same “Discover Your Crown” slogan as the last teaser as well as images of the revised Crown logo, followed by a reminder of the July 15 reveal date. After that debut, the Crown is set to go on sale as early as October, and for the first time in decades, it’s been said that the model will once again be sold in the U.S.