Toyota Motor Company (Toyota) unveiled a brand new Century mannequin and can start accepting orders at present. The brand new mannequin plans to be launched throughout 2023 whereas the Century sedan will nonetheless be obtainable.

Century
(PHEV, E-4 Superior) (Mannequin with choices proven)

The Century debuted in 1967 as Toyota’s premium chauffeur-driven automotive. Till then, the Japanese chauffeur automotive market had been dominated by Western luxurious manufacturers. Aiming for a breakthrough, Toyota got down to create a totally new luxurious Japanese automobile that would stand its floor on the world stage. The primary-generation Century was constructed with the perfect know-how Japan needed to provide on the time. It was based mostly on the idea of a dignified design incorporating conventional Japanese aesthetics mixed with a human-centered method to realize excellent quietness and luxury. For greater than 5 many years, the Century has served as Japan’s chauffeur automotive of selection, embodying an unequalled spirit of omotenashi, or hospitality, that ensures its vital passengers attain their locations in consolation.

Over that point, the event workforce has deliberated extensively on a future route for the Century to make sure that clients expertise a degree of hospitality exceeding their expectations. In recent times, chauffeur-driven automotive wants have diversified as passengers search to make the most of their time on the highway extra successfully by getting relaxation contained in the cabin or collaborating in on-line conferences. It was these circumstances that introduced the workforce round to the thought of introducing a brand new mannequin.

Underneath the idea of “The Chauffeur,” the brand new mannequin has advanced right into a chauffeur automotive that may proceed to satisfy buyer expectations within the years to return whereas pursuing the essence and inheriting the dignity, quietness, and journey consolation befitting a Century.

The brand new mannequin of the Century can be absolutely customizable on a worldwide foundation by listening to the wants of every particular person buyer. The intention is to ship “freedom in movement―the last word freedom of motion” to much more folks.

Particulars of the automobile are as follows.

Automobile Define

1) The “stately grandeur” theme reveals all through in a dignified automobile adorned with Japanese aesthetic components.

Majestic, dignified physique design with each horizontal and vertical type options

• Attribute chauffeur-driven automotive proportions, with a middle of gravity on the rear, mixed with a top level view impressed by a loom shuttle motif, with kichomen*2 chamfering delineating generously sized, smooth-flowing door panels, to present expression to the distinctive Century worldview.
• The outside is immaculately completed all the way down to the best element within the arms of grasp craftspeople, as illustrated by the exquisitely engraved phoenix emblem and the mirror end, an expensive shine ensuing from meticulous sprucing of painted surfaces.
• 4 set-back lamps for every of the headlights and taillights give the impression of a gaze filled with dignity

2) Inside area designed with the idea of being human-centered to comprehend comfy journey time

The brand new Century offers a cushty inside area with area and performance that can be utilized in quite a lot of conditions.

• Totally reclining rear seats with capabilities that permit rear-seat passengers to actually chill out, together with a refreshment operate.
• The finely honed auditory sensibilities and exemplary methods of a musical instrument manufacturing grasp have been included into the event of the audio system. The result’s a cushty listening area that envelops passengers with the sensation of a dwell efficiency.
• Rear doorways that open to a large 75-degree angle and a sweeping cabin flooring present glorious ease of entry and exit. As well as, handy computerized retractable energy steps and easy-to-grab C-pillar grips additionally assist pure and chic entry and exit by rear-seat passengers.
• The cockpit is supplied with capabilities and options that assist skilled drivers and improve ease of use. It’s a area that additionally permits homeowners to give attention to their driving when they’re on the wheel themselves.

3) A powertrain and driving management system realizing a efficiency for chauffeur or plain driving that exceeds expectations

The newly developed 3.5-liter V6 plug-in hybrid system achieves each a strong and exhilarating drive whereas retaining the quiet driving appropriate for a Century.

• The brand new plug-in hybrid system is designed to operate as a BEV for on a regular basis use and as an HEV for long-distance journey, making it the perfect powertrain for a chauffeur-driven automobile.
• The motor and engine present highly effective and exhilarating acceleration efficiency, guaranteeing that the automotive may be pushed not solely as a chauffeur automotive, but in addition as a driver’s automotive for private driving pleasure.
• The four-wheel steering system “Dynamic Rear Steering” offers straightforward dealing with at low speeds and seamless, pure dealing with at medium to excessive speeds.
• A Rear Consolation mode that helps the motive force’s management of the automobile to make sure a cushty journey for passengers within the rear is offered for the primary time. As well as, the Rear Consolation mode assists braking management to suppress jolts when the automobile involves a halt.

4) Physique construction and suspension supporting driving efficiency befitting a chauffeur-driven automotive

Newly developed “baggage compartment separate construction”

• The physique’s torsional rigidity and journey consolation have been vastly improved. Noise-reducing clear laminated glass is used on the cabin facet of the cargo area separator to correctly separate the cabin from the cargo space and obtain the privateness and astounding quietness related to chauffeur-driven autos.

*1 A chauffeur-driven automotive, chauffeur automobile, or chauffeur automotive is a high-end passenger automobile used primarily for chauffeur companies, whereby a devoted driver transports the proprietor of the automobile or different passengers who sit within the rear.
*2 Kichomen is a chamfering methodology initially used on posts of Heian-period (794-1185) room partitions.

SOURCE: Toyota