Designer renders Toyota Crown as a sporty rear-wheel-drive sedan Toyota won't build

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A designer reimagined the Toyota Crown as a sporty rear-drive sports sedan.

The render sits on a BMW M5 body as their dimensions closely align.

A high-performance Crown sedan could use Toyota’s new 2.0-liter turbo.

Toyota probably suspects the numbers wouldn’t add up, which is why the Crown sedan stays in Japan rather than crossing over to the US the way it does back home. Reshape it into a sporty, rear-wheel-drive sedan, though, and it could carve out a decent little niche stateside.

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While there’s no indication that Toyota is working on a model like this, that hasn’t stopped designer Theottle from imagining a Crown sports sedan. As the dimensions of the standard Crown closely match those of the current BMW M5, the designer used that all-conquering performance sedan as the foundation for his model.

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Illustrations Theottle

The front fascia looks quite a bit different from Japan’s existing Crown sedan, adopting sharper, more aggressive headlights that work wonders for the overall design. It also gets a new grille, splitter, and air intakes, giving the sedan a sporty edge that could make it a fitting home for a TRD badge, or perhaps even a GR one.

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While the sedan shown is based on the M5 , it features new door skins with flowing lines that curve up from the side skirts towards the rear quarter panels. As for the rear, it includes a small lip spoiler, darkened taillights, and a blacked-out bumper.

A Crown GR?

Illustrations Theottle

There’s no word on whether a car like this is on the cards, but we wouldn’t put it past Toyota, knowing just how committed it is to building exciting models. Recently, it filed to trademark the name Camry Apex in the United States, indicating that its performance-car commitment extends to sedans, in addition to the hatches and two-door sports cars it already sells.

Of course, a Crown sedan with a sharp design would not guarantee the success of such a model. Toyota would need to give it a powertrain to match the design. Perhaps the best candidate would be the new 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder being developed by GR, likely to power the new MR-2, Celica, and perhaps future generations of the GR Yaris and GR Corolla.

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