Taxi drivers everywhere, rejoice. Now Crown Comforts and Sedans come with a new, more efficient electronically controlled natural gas injection system and a start/stop system similar to Priuses that shut off the engine when the car comes to a stop.
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The seven most powerful men and one woman who lead the eight most powerful nations on the planet and make decisions that affect the lives of all of its inhabitants are meeting at a secret evil ice cave somewhere in Hokkaido right now. As part of the G8 Summit, Japan’s automakers are showing off their fleet of green vehicles. I can’t believe this, but I’m at a loss for what the first one on the left is, but the rest are the Subaru Stella electric vehicle, Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, and the Mazda RX-8 and Premacy hydrogen rotaries. Toyota donated 78 cars, ranging from a hydrogen-powered Kluger/Highlander to Crown and Lexus LS600h hybrids. Mitsubishi contributed i-MIEVs while Nissan showed off X-Trial clean diesels and Suzuki supplied SX4 FCVs.
[Image: Subaru]
Toyota wants to do a tie-in campaign with the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Lo and behold, they already have a car that’s called the Athlete. The Crown luxury sedan has two sub-models. The Crown Royal Saloon is the more luxurious version, while the Crown Athlete is the sportier one.
For this campaign, all you have to do is write a brief message cheering on the Japanese Olympic team and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a present. What present, it does not say. A new Crown would be nice. Again, Japanese residents only.
[Source: Toyota]