2025 Toyota Crown Summary Points

Two years after debuting a returning nameplate, Toyota has given the 2025 Crown a Nightshade Edition with black-themed styling elements.

The 2025 Toyota Crown comes standard with a hybrid powertrain and electronic on-demand all-wheel drive; Crown Platinum has full-time AWD.

Standard in the range-topping Crown Platinum is Toyota?s Hybrid MAX powertrain with two electric motors and up to 340 horsepower.

2025 Toyota Crown: What?s New"

New for the 2025 model year is a Nightshade Edition based on the Limited. Typical of Nightshade-treated new Toyotas, the Crown’s Nightshade Edition adds dark exterior trim, matte black 21-inch wheels, and black badges. Moreover, all Crown trim levels receive a heated steering wheel and heated and ventilated front seats.
Available paint colors include Oxygen White, Black, Bronze Age, Supersonic Red, Storm Cloud, and Heavy Metal. The Platinum is available in two-tone paint, consisting of a black roof combined with either Oxygen White, Bronze Age, Heavy Metal, or Supersonic Red.

2025 Toyota Crown Hybrid Powertrains

The Toyota Crown XLE, Limited, and Nightshade have a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, a hybrid system with front and rear electric motors, and electronic on-demand all-wheel drive governed by a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). The gas engine and hybrid system produce 236 horsepower, returning an EPA-estimated 41 mpg combined.

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