What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Toyota Crown? What does it compare to?
The 2025 Toyota Crown is either the automaker’s biggest sedan or, in Crown Signia form, its most wagon-like SUV (or its most SUV-like wagon, depending on your perspective). Compare these vehicles to the Subaru Legacy and Outback, Volvo S90 and V90, and perhaps the Nissan Murano.
Is the 2025 Toyota Crown a good car?
Though it fulfills an unusual niche, the 2025 Toyota Crown lineup is comfortable and can get great fuel efficiency. It’s rated at 6.8 on the TCC scale. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
What’s new for the 2025 Toyota Crown?
The Crown name applies to both a high-riding sedan and an even taller quasi-wagon called Crown Signia, which Toyota markets as an SUV. We’ll cover them together here since they are very similar vehicles.
A new Nightshade trim level joins the sedan lineup above the XLE and Limited trims and below the top Platinum. It features black interior and exterior accents. Also, all Crown trims now have heated front seats and a heated steering wheel.
Both Crowns have relatively tame styling, at least compared to some of Toyota’s other models. They share most of their design elements up front, including a tall fascia and narrow headlights, which give way to a fairly long roof and a sleek windshield. Sedans have a fastback profile, but look a bit awkward given just how needlessly high up their seating position is, which requires a thick profile. The Signia finishes out the design language better, with its long roof that gives way to a thin bar of taillights at the rear. It’s a wagon, albeit without the rugged touches you’ll find in, say, the Subaru Outback.
The two Crowns are dead ringers inside, with nice materials and a modern design. They have a hint of upscale charm, but without much flash. A wide 12.3-inch central touchscreen sits above a console that seems to flow toward the driver. While attractive, the design doesn’t look particularly high-end.
Toyota offers two Crown powertrains, both of which are hybrids. The base 2.5-liter 4-cylinder has front and rear electric motors for a net output of 236 hp. These models are refined but definitely not quick, with a 0-60 mph sprint of in the mid-seven second range. The available, sedan-only Hybrid Max setup swaps in a 2.4-liter turbo-4 and ups the ante to 340 hp, which slices a couple of seconds off of that acceleration run. All that power has a cost, though. The base powertrain is estimated as high as 41 mpg combined, while the Hybrid Max is good for just 30 mpg combined in sedan form.
The Crown models float over rough surfaces and are comfortable but with plenty of body lean in hard cornering.
These are quiet vehicles inside, but don’t look for a lot of stretch-out space. The low roof limits headroom, particularly in the second row. Even trunk space is modest in the sedan, though the Signia is much more spacious.
The Crown sedan has done well in crash testing, including a five-star rating from the NHTSA and a Top Safety Pick score from the IIHS. All models have plenty of driver-assistance and crash-avoidance tech.
How much does the 2025 Toyota Crown cost?
The Crown sedan starts at $42,535 in base XLE trim, which includes cloth and synthetic suede upholstery, 8-way power-adjustable front seats, a pair of 12.3-inch screens, wireless Android Auto/Apple CarPlay, and built-in navigation. The only way to get the Hybrid Max powertrain is to step up to the $56,090 Platinum. The Signia costs about $1,500 more, but it comes in just two trim levels.
Where is the 2025 Toyota Crown made?
In Japan.
