After deciding in 2021 to descend both its supreme sedan and top-end SUV from U.S. showrooms, Toyota will substitute them starting this year with automobiles carrying a honored Eastern nameplate — though one largely habitual to American consumers.

Toyota Motor Corp. will initiate an SUV model of the Crown sedan and promote it in North The US starting in 2023 as a replacement for the Land Cruiser, Reuters reported closing week, citing sources on the company. The SUV would come in the origin as a hybrid, the sources acknowledged, and will be exported from Japan to North The US and China. A battery-electrical model would prepare in 2024, whereas a drag-in hybrid model will be built for Japan’s domestic market.

A minimal of 1 variant of the redesigned Crown sedan — expected to be a efficiency hybrid — will go on sale this year in the U.S., the place it will compete with the Audi A6 and equivalent sedans, replacing the Avalon, a source told Automobile Data.

The Crown SUV would slot above the redesigned Toyota Sequoia nice SUV, which works on sale this year. It be unclear whether or no longer the Crown SUV will delight in three-row or two-row seating or both.

The Crown used to be the first vehicle Toyota exported to the U.S., in 1958. On the different hand, two years later, Toyota used to be compelled to droop exports because the Crown engine wasn’t able to speeds wanted on U.S. freeways. The nameplate has remained a staple of the automaker’s home market for 67 years.