{"id":34502,"date":"2022-10-25T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34502"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:03:50","slug":"1137595_2023-toyota-crown-price-mpg-big-hybrid-sedan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34502","title":{"rendered":"2023 Toyota Crown: $41,055, 41-mpg start for big hybrid sedan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toyota this morning has announced pricing and confirmed EPA fuel economy figures for its upcoming 2023 Crown sedan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The short of it: The 2023 Toyota Crown is more expensive and less fuel-efficient than the outgoing Toyota Avalon Hybrid<\/a>. But like the Venza crossover<\/a> introduced for 2021, all versions of the Crown are all-wheel-drive hybrids. And the Crown\u2019s slightly elevated seating position, faux-rugged packaging, and what Toyota describes as a \u201cbroad rear end\u201d may cast a wider net than its posh but pigeonholed predecessor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 2023 Toyota Crown starts at $41,055 for the XSE or $46,645 for the Limited. Both of these get a revamped version of Toyota\u2019s planetary hybrid system, with a deployment of its bipolar nickel-metal hydride battery<\/a> helping to achieve 41 mpg combined\u20143 mpg better than Toyota had anticipated when it first revealed the Crown in July, and only 2 mpg lower than the outgoing Avalon Hybrid.<\/p>\n

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2023 Toyota Crown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Crown Platinum, for $53,445, has a different set of components underneath. It\u2019s the first model in the U.S. to get Toyota\u2019s Hybrid Max performance-hybrid system, which adds a higher-power motor to drive the rear wheels directly and ditches the planetary torque split layout in front for a six-speed automatic transmission and electric motor system.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Toyota describes the Hybrid Max system much like Lexus does the system in the top-performance version of the Lexus RX lineup<\/a>, the RX 500h; here in the Crown it achieves an estimated 30 mpg combined\u20142 mpg better than originally anticipated.<\/p>\n

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2023 Toyota Crown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Platinum versions also get unique 21-inch wheels plus variable oil-pressure shocks and an e-axle system for traction. All Crowns are built on Toyota\u2019s TNGA-K platform, and the automaker emphasizes that, as with the Avalon, quiet and refinement are top priorities and the Crown is a \u201csanctuary on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

If these sound like conflicting but intriguing priorities, you\u2019re not alone. We hope to drive the Crown Hybrid soon and look forward to breaking down these differences for you right here.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toyota this morning has announced pricing and confirmed EPA fuel economy figures for its upcoming 2023 Crown sedan.\u00a0 The short of it: The 2023 Toyota Crown is more expensive and less fuel-efficient than the outgoing Toyota Avalon Hybrid. But like the Venza crossover introduced for 2021, all versions of the Crown are all-wheel-drive hybrids. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}