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Toyota Crown 2nd generation (RS40)

Years
1962–1967
Chassis
RS40
Drivetrain
FR
Toyota Crown 2nd generation (RS40)

Image: Jeremy from Sydney, Australia / CC BY 2.0

Story

It adopted a flat-deck style and four headlights, expanding the body to the limit of the small-car class of the time. The crown emblem was also stylized from this generation.

Chassis

Length 4,610 mmWB 2,690 mm1,460 mmHeightWidth 1,695 mm
Curb weight
1,265kg

Production plants

  1. Motomachi Plant

    Toyota, Aichi

  2. Honsha Plant

    Toyota, Aichi

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since October 198725 years after sales began in October 1962
Last cars
Eligible since 199225 years after sales ended in 1967 (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

Kenya Nakamura

Kenya Nakamura

Chief engineer of the first- and second-generation Crown.