$41,055, 41-mpg begin for large hybrid sedan

Toyota this morning has introduced pricing and confirmed EPA gas financial system figures for its upcoming 2023 Crown sedan. 

The wanting it: The 2023 Toyota Crown is dearer and fewer fuel-efficient than the outgoing Toyota Avalon Hybrid. However just like the Venza crossover launched for 2021, all variations of the Crown are all-wheel-drive hybrids. And the Crown’s barely elevated seating place, faux-rugged packaging, and what Toyota describes as a “broad rear finish” could forged a wider internet than its posh however pigeonholed predecessor. 

The 2023 Toyota Crown begins at $41,055 for the XSE or $46,645 for the Restricted. Each of those get a revamped model of Toyota’s planetary hybrid system, with a deployment of its bipolar nickel-metal hydride battery serving to to realize 41 mpg mixed—3 mpg higher than Toyota had anticipated when it first revealed the Crown in July, and solely 2 mpg decrease than the outgoing Avalon Hybrid.

The Crown Platinum, for $53,445, has a unique set of elements beneath. It’s the primary mannequin within the U.S. to get Toyota’s Hybrid Max performance-hybrid system, which provides a higher-power motor to drive the rear wheels immediately and ditches the planetary torque cut up structure in entrance for a six-speed automated transmission and electrical motor system. 

Toyota describes the Hybrid Max system very like Lexus does the system within the top-performance model of the Lexus RX lineup, the RX 500h; right here within the Crown it achieves an estimated 30 mpg mixed—2 mpg higher than initially anticipated.

Platinum variations additionally get distinctive 21-inch wheels plus variable oil-pressure shocks and an e-axle system for traction. All Crowns are constructed on Toyota’s TNGA-Ok platform, and the automaker emphasizes that, as with the Avalon, quiet and refinement are high priorities and the Crown is a “sanctuary on the street.”

If these sound like conflicting however intriguing priorities, you’re not alone. We hope to drive the Crown Hybrid quickly and sit up for breaking down these variations for you proper right here.