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Toyota Crown 8th generation (MS130/GS130)

Years
1987–1999
Chassis
MS130/GS130
Drivetrain
FR
Toyota Crown 8th generation (MS130/GS130)

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Story

It was the first in Japan to put traction control into practical use, and also promoted the Electro Multi Vision with navigation functions.

Stories

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Record Sales for the Crown

With the eighth generation, which Imaizumi took on after the seventh, the Crown recorded the highest sales in its history. In his speech at the launch of the new Crown, President Akio Toyoda said that after joining the company, he took part in production preparations for the eighth-generation model change at Motomachi Plant, his first workplace. He says he still remembers how proudly everyone worked.

Chassis

Length 4,860 mmWB 2,730 mm1,400 mmHeightWidth 1,745 mm
Curb weight
1,670kg

Production plants

  1. Motomachi Plant

    Toyota, Aichi

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since September 201225 years after sales began in September 1987
Last cars
Eligible since 202425 years after sales ended in 1999 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Kenichi Imaizumi

Kenichi Imaizumi

Chief engineer of the seventh- and eighth-generation Crown.