Toyota unveils hybrid version of flagship Crown
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday unveiled the latest lineup of its flagship Crown series featuring for the first time a hybrid engine and a safety system to make sure drivers are fully awake. Toyota is expected this year to move past Detroit giant General Motors as the world's top-selling automaker, in part due to its success in pioneering eco-friendly hybrid cars at a time of high prices at the pump. Toyota introduced three models of its Crown, its flagship domestic line, including one with a petrol-electric hybrid engine. |
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The new models to be sold in Japan are installed with a pre-crash safety system, billed as a world first by Toyota, which detects if drivers' eyes are fully open, the company said. Once the system catches that a driver's eyes are closed for a while, it gives out an alert and forces the vehicle to stop when a risk of collision arises, the company said. |
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"The Lexus is the universal brand while we target a different customer group with the Crown," Watanabe said. I've always thought of the Crown as the "Buick" equivalent although it may be more of a Cadillac-killer. Bob Wilson |
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Wasn't there already a hybrid Crown a few years ago in Japan? If memory serves, it used the mild-hybrid THS/M architecture instead of HSD. THS/M was never sold in the States, but it greatly resembles BAS in that it is a 36v start/stop system.
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The THS-M mild hybrid Crown is on sale since August 2001 and is still listed on their web.
It is not popular, though. http://toyota.jp/Showroom/All_toyota...mechanism.html Ken@Japan |
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The THS-M mild hybrid Crown is on sale since August 2001 and is still listed on their web.
It is not popular, though. http://toyota.jp/Showroom/All_toyota...mechanism.html GACK!!! Bob Wilson |
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GM's mild BAS hybrid was 5 years later than THS-M.
GM's full two-mode hybrid was 10 years later than THS in 1997. :) Ken@Japan |
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