Badge Engineering.
In Japan Toyota cars don’t always have a Toyota badge. With 45% market share it pays to be a bit unpredictable.
A collection of old Toyota badges. Can you name them all?
@grupertawesome, the griffin is a great one, and I still love the Celica dragon, but I’m thinking the Crown or Century might be even better
I’m not sure trying to sell royalty to the Americans (1776 and all that) was the wisest tactic.
1965 Toyota Crown for USA by Hugo90 on Flickr.
1965 Toyota Crown for USA
How to make a sow’s ear from a silk purse.
Century and a roofless X7 Mark II.
(Source: bitchesanddiamonds)
All it needs is the chequered stripe down the side for the full classic New York Taxi look, but I like it. Coolest Crown I’ve seen.
(Source: toyotatumblin)
Crown, Tiara… by this logic an Aygo should be called the Broach
Toyopet in USA (by JOHN LLOYD)