Toyota Crown

Yeah, you guys have got it all wrong with the car she needs to drive.

She needs to drive an old Toyota Crown.

Are you with me? Oh, yeah, the Toyota Crown.

You know, my favourite...

I used to work in a building.

Remember the old Channel 9 building in Richmond? Yes.

The newsreader in Bendigo Street, the newsreader was Eric Pearce.

And he used to park his car, which was a Toyota Crown.

We're looking for dealership discount, and then you want to subtract that rebate or separate that rebate.

Make sense? The number eight car is the Toyota Crown Signia with an median discount of $4,514 off.

I've talked about the Crown Signia over and over.

I think it's one of the best cars in the market for somebody who wants a Lexus, doesn't want to spend Lexus money.

They're looking for an alternative to the RAV4 and they have a little bit higher of a budget.

I love the Crown Signia.

I think you drive this car once and it makes sense.

Not a big fan of the Crown, but the Crown Signia gives a thumbs up for delivery.

I think a lot of people that were buying 5 Series BMWs and E-Class Mercs are kind of getting sick of the constant maintenance and expense of those, and they're starting to lean into the Lexus GS, especially the 350 F Sport, as sort of, hang on, this is sort of affordable, yet cool, and they last.

Also, honourable mention to this generation Toyota Crown.

Actually, to any Toyota Crown.

Good things.

Now this next one, this is close to your heart.

It's been the number one selling sedan in America forever.

But if it were me, based on what you've just told me, The Toyota Crown sedan has got a very nice ride height.

Yes, we looked at those.

And was that about the right size and right height?

Yes, you can.

Uh, my wife was in a fender bender with our brand-new 2026 Toyota Crown, and I'm wondering what shall I expect for diminished value on this?

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Did she get hit or she was hit? Our-

Craig's got a diminished value, uh, question.

So Craig's car, his wife was driving and got rear-ended or bumped into in a parking lot, and basically he wants to know how much the diminished value is.

It's a 2025 Toyota Crown, which I never heard of before.

'26.

Japan was the biggest threat.

In 1958, Toyota introduced the first Japanese car into the US market, the Toyota Crown, and over the next decade others would join like Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Mazda.

The timing couldn't have been better as Americans faced not one but two oil crises during the 1970s.

The more fuel-efficient Japanese vehicles were increasingly attractive, and the country's exports to the United States more than tripled in five years to upward of 650,000 cars delivered to America by 1980.

Yep.

And also, we've driven a Toyota Crown Signia Limited.

Right.

And she only drives less than 5,000 miles a year.

She had a Toyota Avalon Limited, and we already sold that, so we need to get a car pretty quick.

Okay.

I love the Crown Signia.

It hasn't sold very well, which is a little bit of a surprise.

You're on the board.

All right, the Toyota Crown.

Toyota's slightly larger than midsize sedan-ish vehicle that's also available as a very attractive wagon called the Signia.

Is that built in Aki, Japan, or in Princeton, Indiana?

You can just go with the four-cylinder in that thing.

It's plenty of power.

I really, really like the Toyota Crown Signia.

That's a good station wagon look.