1. Badge Engineering.

    In Japan Toyota cars don’t always have a Toyota badge. With 45% market share it pays to be a bit unpredictable.

    life-and-everything:

    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

     

  2. I’m not sure trying to sell royalty to the Americans (1776 and all that) was the wisest tactic.

    chromjuwelen:

    1965 Toyota Crown for USA by Hugo90 on Flickr.

    1965 Toyota Crown for USA

     

  3. How to make a sow’s ear from a silk purse.

    toyotatumblin:

    Century and a roofless X7 Mark II.

    (Source: bitchesanddiamonds)

     

  4. 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)

     

  5. The future’s so bright…

    chromjuwelen:

    Toyota Crown (via PIN-UPS)

     

  6. Tin Crown - a nice example of an old tin-plate toy car. Listed on eBay if you’re quick

     

  7. Tin Crown

     

  8. Tin Crown

     

  9. Crown, Tiara… by this logic an Aygo should be called the Broach

    chromjuwelen:

    Toyopet in USA (by JOHN LLOYD)

     

  10. Using the American Dream to sell Japanese cars

     

  11. Need to make your new car seem big?

    Easy, draw miniature people beside it

     

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  13. Toyota’s first works rally car - you don’t see white wall tyres in the WRC much these days..

     

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  15. Re-Origin