TOYOTA CROWN vs TOYOTA CENTURY - NEW FLAGSHIP vs OLD FLAGSHIP - HOW MUCH HAS THINGS CHANGED?

The new flagship sedan within Toyota is the all-new Toyota Crown, but in Japan, the true flagship is the Toyota Century - positioned well above the Crown models. Would it not be interesting to compare the all-new Toyota Crown to the old Toyota Century from Japan? This is the question David wanted to explore as he embarked on a fascinating comparison between the 2023 Toyota Crown and 2002 Toyota Century - imported from Japan. David compares everything to see how things have changed over the last two decades in terms of the definition of world-class luxury.

Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, engineering, and strategy. With over 35 years of engineering experience, David is able to review vehicles from unique perspectives utilizing technical and specialized methods. David is a board member and a director at AJAC (Automobile Journalist Association of Canada).

David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean/Agile Thinking, and travels all around the world to review vehicles and teach latest engineering methods. Born and raised in Japan, David has an engineering degree from University of British Columbia and post-graduate education from MIT and Harvard Business School in Boston.