Toyota Crown

The Toyota Crown is a Japanese full-size sedan built by Toyota, introduced in 1955 as the company's first passenger car developed entirely in-house rather than under foreign license, and produced continuously across many generations since, making it one of the longest-running nameplates in Toyota's history. Built initially for the Japanese domestic market as a comfortable, well-appointed car for business and official use, the Crown became closely associated in Japan with taxi fleets, corporate fleets and government service, a role it has retained even as Toyota expanded the model's export presence to other markets over the decades. The Crown's continuous production history closely tracks the broader development of Toyota's own engineering capability, from an early car reliant on foreign-derived technology to a flagship sedan showcasing Toyota's most advanced contemporary engineering and, in later generations, hybrid powertrains.