Toyota’s new Crown Sport model is about to be officially released overseas. The new car, as a Crown high-performance sports SUV, is expected to be officially released in the second quarter of this year and may be introduced into China.
The new car continues the latest design language of the Toyota family, incorporating more trendy design elements on this basis, and looks more like a crossover SUV model. The front face adopts a semi-closed design, and the air intake grille is blackened. With split LED headlights on both sides, the entire front face has a strong visual impact.
The side is not embellished with too many redundant lines, and the smooth and simple waist line gradually extends back, outlining a sleek concave design. The effect of light and shadow brings a strong sense of rhythm, which is in line with the aesthetic trend of many young consumer audiences in modern times. In addition, the large-scale back shape also further highlights the positioning of the new crossover SUV. The length, width and height of the new car are 4710/1880/1550mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2770mm.
The rear part of the car is very simple. Although the taillight group does not adopt the popular through-type design, it is connected with blackened trim in the middle to widen the visual width of the tail, and the sense of unity is instantly revealed. The lower part is equipped with a spoiler design, which brings a touch of movement and helps to reduce the wind resistance coefficient during the driving of the vehicle.
The interior of the new car is made up of a 12.3-inch central control screen and an LCD instrument screen on one side to form a dual-screen design. The shift lever adopts the latest electronic gear lever similar to Lexus. The center console, center armrest, door trim and other places are wrapped in a lot of soft materials and high-grade leather where the skin touches, and the overall sense of high-end and atmosphere is quite good.
The new car is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system composed of a 2.4T turbocharged engine and an electric motor, matched with a 6-speed manual transmission, and equipped with a DIRECT 4 four-wheel drive system, with a maximum horsepower of 345Ps.
The new car is expected to cost about 450,000 yuan and will compete with BMW X3, Audi Q5L and other similar models. (Toyota, for pictures)