Toyota Comfort

"Toyota Crown Sedan" redirects here. For the unrelated executive car model sold under the Crown nameplate, see Toyota Crown.
For the unrelated purpose-built taxicab model sold in Hong Kong as the "Comfort Hybrid" since 2018, see Toyota JPN Taxi.

Toyota Comfort (XS10)
Overview
ManufacturerToyota
Also calledToyota Crown Comfort
Toyota Crown Sedan
ProductionDecember 1995–January 2018[1]
AssemblyJapan: Susono, Shizuoka (Higashi Fuji plant)[2][3]
Body and chassis
ClassMid-size car (D)
Body style4-door notchback sedan
LayoutFront-engine, rear-wheel-drive
RelatedToyota Mark II (X80)
Powertrain
Engine
Electric motor4 hp (3.0 kW; 4.1 PS) 1GM belted alternator starter (GBS12)
Transmission
Hybrid drivetrainMild hybrid (THS-M) (GBS12)
Battery36 V Lead-acid (GBS12)
Dimensions
Wheelbase
  • 2,680 mm (105.5 in)
  • 2,785 mm (109.6 in) (LWB)
Length
  • 4,590 mm (180.7 in)
  • 4,695 mm (184.8 in) (LWB)
Width1,695 mm (66.7 in)
Height1,525 mm (60.0 in)
Chronology
Predecessor
Successor

The Toyota Comfort (Japanese: トヨタ・コンフォート, Hepburn: Toyota Konfōto) and the long-wheelbase Toyota Crown Comfort are a line of mid-size sedans produced by Toyota between 1995 and 2018. A platform derivative of the Toyota Mark II (X80), the Comfort was aimed at fleet buyers with a primary focus on taxicab operators.[5][6] A third model was released in 2001 as the 11th generation Crown Sedan (the first Crown Sedan not based on the normal Crown executive car) for the Japanese market only.[7] The Crown Sedan was also aimed at fleet buyers, as a high end taxi or for corporate use.

Its main competitors were the Nissan Crew (discontinued in June 2009) and the Nissan Cedric Y31 (discontinued in 2015). Production of the Comfort ceased in January 2018, after more than 22 years in production, and it was subsequently replaced by the Toyota JPN Taxi which was launched at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show in October 2017.[1][8]

  1. ^ a b "トヨタ 取扱説明書 クラウン セダン" [TOYOTA INSTRUCTION MANUAL CROWN SEDAN] (in Japanese). Toyota. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  2. ^ "Kanto Auto Works, Ltd". Japan: Kanto Auto Works, Ltd. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.
  3. ^ "Affiliates (Toyota wholly-owned subsidiaries)-Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc". Toyota. 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  4. ^ a b c d "Partial engine assembly for Toyota CROWN COMFORT LXS10 1996...1999". MegaZip online shop. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  5. ^ "History of Toyota - 75 years - Mark II vehicle lineage". Toyota. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  6. ^ "Toyota Introduces Crown Comfort and Comfort for Taxi Use". global.toyota (Press release). 1995-12-19. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  7. ^ "History of Toyota - 75 years - Crown vehicle lineage". Toyota. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  8. ^ Nishimoto, Alex (2017-10-23). "Toyota JPN Taxi is Japan's New Hybrid Cab". Motor Trend. US. Retrieved 2017-11-08.