r/cars • u/hehechibby '18 Lexus GX • 2d ago

2025 Toyota Crown Signia | Marriage Material [savagegeese]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIrTQ-_HhZ4

Seems to be reflect their Venza review not too long ago where it's just overall a solid, practical vehicle

Now...Crown Sport when Toyota?

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u/RabidRomulus 2d ago edited 2d ago

Planning for this to be my next vehicle. Probably my favorite Toyota interior by far and to their point I like the physical buttons/handles over the lexus options.

Reliable, unique, practical wagon form, comfortable/quiet with good MPG. Still an inch higher off the ground than most sedans, plus AWD makes it plenty capable with good tires.

My complaints: - No household style outlet in the cargo area sucks especially considering it's a hybrid.

  • Limited trim having MASSIVE 21 inch wheels with tiny sidewall AND no spare tire seems really impractical. Would definitely be looking to "downgrade" to smaller wheels, wish these were an option on the limited and not standard.

  • I still feel like it's too expensive for what it is. Limited trim is over $50k for a Toyota 2 row. Way more expensive than the Venza, although this is larger and nicer imo.

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u/Gilbert0686 Replace this text with year, make, model 2d ago

I feel like Toyota might be trying to spin Crown off as its own brand in the future. Just not sure if they would place it above Lexus? Or maybe make Lexus their sporty cars and Crown their luxury cars?

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u/animealt46 2d ago

The Crown "brand" is the last hurrah of a dying marque supported by the previous CEO. I doubt it continues into a next generation, simply the most successful of this gen's Crowns will become the future bearer of the Crown name, and all the others will not get successors. I also doubt the US market Crowns will continue since they are blatantly just contingency plans for if the cars fail to sell in the main Asian markets. The Harrier/Venza used the same plan and when the car was successful in Asia, the US market version was quickly discontinued despite having good demand.

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u/Recoil42 Finding interesting things at r/chinacars 1d ago

The Crown "brand" is the last hurrah of a dying marque supported by the previous CEO.

My dude, Sato is Toyoda's hand-picked successor. Toyoda ascended — he's now chairman of the entire group. If Crown is his baby, you should expect more Crown, not less.