Toyota Century has a Super Luxury car which competes with the high-end luxury segment. This car is none other than Toyota Century, which was first launched in Japan in 1967. It is a luxury sedan launched by Toyota and is known for its high level of features and carries traditional design. The Century is a flagship model for Toyota and is most often used by Japanese government officials and other businessmen especially in Japan. Toyota Century was launched on 100th anniversary of Sakichi Toyoda’s birthday.
The Toyota Century has primarily been a vehicle designed for and sold in the Japanese market. It has not been widely launched or available worldwide like some of Toyota’s other models. While there may have been a few select imports of the Century to other countries, it has not been part of Toyota’s global lineup for a long time, after Japan it was launched in USA in with the second generation of the Century in 1997.
The new Toyota Century SUV is launched to compete with the Rolls Royce Cullinan, and is priced 1/7 the price of the Rolls Royce.
Key features of the Toyota Century
The New Toyota Century gets a dual split bar style headlamps in the front with dual LEDs. In the front grill the Phoenix logo is placed which was designed only for the Century line up. To keep the the engine and the breaks cool there are three air intakes in the front. But the most sickening thing about the Century is that Toyota does not offer any fog lamps in the car priced this high.
The Century is available in dual tone colour theme where the upper body has a different colour theme from the lower body. The bonnet is mostly flat and have creases stretching throughout the hood. From the side look the Toyota Century somewhat resembles the Rolls Royce Cullinan. The Century offers 22 inches multi spokes alloy wheels with the Phoenix logo in the centre
In verge of doing something innovative and stand out from the cars of same segment the Toyota Century has sliding rear doors. Its get big quarter glass behind the rear door with a slanting D pillar which resembles the Rolls Royce Cullinan.
Ahh!!! Toyota where has your innovation gone now, stop copying Rolls Royce and get your own design.
Toyota Century VS Rolls Royce Cullinan
From a noticeable time is has can be seen that Rolls Royce Cullinan and Bentley Bentayga had a tough competition but now the Toyota also joined the race of making flagship, luxurious SUV, with 1/7 the price of both the cars. Even the looks of the Century are inspired by Cullinan, most of the design elements in the Century has been from the Roll Royce Cullinan.
The century could attract more buyers this time as it will be launched worldwide and offers almost same feature as in the Rolls Royce, with a way less price than the Cullinan. Toyota is Known for it’s reliability, so folks there is no change of a major breakdown or failure in the mechanicals of the Century.
Price Of Toyota Century In India?
Indian Buyers are excited for the launch of the Toyota Century, as it is a cheaper option of getting the features as in the Rolls Royce Cullinan, as Indian buyer always search for a value for money package.
The Toyota Century is said to be launched in India by 2024, with a ex-showroom price of 1.41 Crores, which is way less than other competitors expected price of the Toyota Century could be 1.63 crores to 1.72 crores on-road New Delhi. For the final pricing we should wait for the launch of Toyota Century in India in mid 2024.