Toyota Century | Toyota century royal
Full-sizeluxurycarMotorvehicleTheToyotaCentury(Japanese:トヨタ・センチュリー,Hepburn:ToyotaSenchurī)isalineupoffull-sizeluxurycarsandlimousinesproducedmainlyfortheJapanesemarket,servingasToyotasflagshipcarwithinJapan;globallytheunrelatedLexusLSseriesisToyotasflagshipluxurymodel.ProductionoftheCenturybeganin1967,andthemodelreceivedonlyminorchangesuntilredesignsin1997and2018.TheCenturyderiveditsnamefromthe100thbirthdayofSakichiToyoda(born14February1867),thefounderofToyotaIndustries.Itisoftenus...
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The Toyota Century (Japanese: トヨタ・センチュリー, Hepburn: Toyota Senchurī) is a lineup of full-size luxury cars and limousines produced mainly for the Japanese market, serving as Toyotas flagship car within Japan; globally the unrelated Lexus LS series is Toyotas flagship luxury model. Production of the Century began in 1967, and the model received only minor changes until redesigns in 1997 and 2018.
The Century derived its name from the 100th birthday of Sakichi Toyoda (born 14 February 1867), the founder of Toyota Industries. It is often used by the Imperial House of Japan, the Prime Minister of Japan, senior Japanese government leaders, and high-level executive businessmen. The Century is comparable in purpose to the Austin Princess/Daimler DS420, Cadillac Series 70, Mercedes-Maybach, Chinese Hongqi, Rolls-Royce Phantom, and Russian ZIS/ZIL limousines.
The first-generation Century was available with only a V8 engine (the th...