What kind of gigantic cuck does Toyota market the Century to?
>still produced in the year of our lord 2016
>starts at 111k USD
>cloth seats
>cassette player
>interior hasn't been updated since 1997
>V12 engine that makes 280hp
>halogen headlights
>no kind of collision avoidance whatsoever
>total lack of any post 90s technology
>everything dated as fuck
Meanwhile a brand new Mercedes S class starts at a lower price and you get:
>standard AIRMATIC air suspension with continuously Adaptive Damping System Plus
>Magic Body Control suspension (optional on V8 and higher models)
>Nine airbags as standard
>ESP Dynamic Cornering Assist
>Traffic Sign Assist with Speed Limit Assist and wrong-way driving warning function
>COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PLUS (as standard)
>ATTENTION ASSIST (as standard)
>ADAPTIVE BRAKE (as standard)
>DISTRONIC PLUS with Steering Assist
>Brake Assist system BAS PLUS with Cross-Traffic Assist
>NECK-PRO crash-responsive head restraints
>PRE-SAFE, PRE-SAFE Brake, PRE-SAFE PLUS, PRE-SAFE Impulse, Pre-Safe with pedestrian detection and City Brake function
>Beltbags
>Active bonnet
>Active Lane Keeping Assist
>Full-LED headlamps with Intelligent Light System and Adaptive Highbeam Assist PLUS
>Night View Assist PLUS (pedestrian/animal detection) with flashing Spotlight Function
>Head-up display
>COMAND Online with Touchpad
>Active Parking Assist
>Active Blind Spot Assist
>Crosswind Assist
>Torque Vectoring Brake
>Active Parking Assist
>Backup camera
>Electric parking brake with emergency braking function
>Direct-Steer Electromechanical steering with Steer Assist electromechanical steering power assistance
>MAGIC VISION CONTROL wipers
Old Japanese businessmen are weird
Is that good enough?
What the fuck is an active bonnet? My bonnet is supposed to stay closed when I want it to and stay open when I want it to, not be active.
You know how people on this board like old Japanese cars and refuse to buy new cars?
Now imagine if you had a lot of money and were that much of a samefag, but didn't want to buy a used car.
If they sold stock AE86s, they'd sell. If they sold stock RX-7s, they'd sell. Cars always have have a market, and especially Japanese conservative businessmen would buy into this.
If they sold the dictator Mercedes still, people would buy it.
>>14907756
old statesmen and japanese aristocrats who don't require gadgets
back in the 80s when there was a market for tech among these people these cars were decked to fuck
>>14907796
also, I believe if you really desperately want tech in your Century you can ask to have it put in
>>14907756
Well it looks nice
>>14907780
>In a collision the rear of the active bonnet is raised in an instant, thus increasing the available deformation space and substantially reducing the risk of injury to pedestrians.
http://techcenter.mercedes-benz.com/en/active_hood/detail.html
>>14907816
so basically it breaks more of your car in the event that something might be there
Pedestrian safety is so fucking irritating
>>14907816
>get decapitated by bonnet being pushed through windscreen in 5mph accident
10/10
>>14907820
How does it break anything
>>14907820
If nothing hits it, you just press down on the bonnet to reset the system.
Centuries are custom made to the order of the customer. That's just a baseline car. Literally anything you want will be put in it.
http://bringatrailer.com/2015/04/16/hand-built-flagship-2500-1991-toyota-century/
http://bringatrailer.com/2015/04/18/japans-only-v12-2003-toyota-century/
When you get above a hundred grand and start paying other people to drive you, the features of the car itself start to matter less. Then you start thinking about the looks of the car, seats, media players, and so on.
Also
>2016
>wanting any post-90s tech in your car
>>14907828
like most instant safety measure this wont be instantly resettable, for example the instant roll bar on R129s or accident seatbelts on S classes.
>super conservative upper class
Japanese society has a strict hierarchy.
The Century is not a car, it is symbol of social status.
>>14907845
Even though the looks are horridly outdated
>>14907843
I don't see how lowering a bonnet would be hard to do.
>>14907827
>thinking ZE GERMANS would engineer a car where the bonnet can be pushed through the windshield
The mere thought of this happening is pretty Detroit tier.
>>14907852
delete this
>>14907875
All that two tone paint and chrome trim just screams nigger whip
>>14907852
It looks like asian old money.
>>14907852
>outdated
formal and conservative senpai
the s-class looks like a banana
>>14907898
Yeah, old being the focal point
>>14907957
You can be formal and conservative and not drive a design that was originally penned over 30 years ago
>>14907879
Not in Japan. Can't your autism allow you to accept things are different in different cultures?
>>14907845
It looks like the front body of a Mercedes, the back body of a GM G-body and the entire roof and windows from a Crown Victoria.
>>14907756
>caring about driver options
>in a car you'll be chauffeured in
ok
>>14907756
>crashing your century
>implying japanese peasant cars crumble on contact of true nippon vehicular prowess
>>14907756
>cloth seats
The "cloth" fabric in the Toyota Century is not the same renewable nasty polyester shit found in your Tata Nano, but actually sublime quality 100% wool which feels far more comfy and luxurious to the touch than cheap slippery leather in modern pricey cars.
It was adopted to keep your perfectly tailored suits from getting worn out and wrinkled while spending a lot of time in one of the Japanese presidential saloons.
>>14908051
The Toyota Century was pretty much designed along the same idea as the LS400, except for the fact that the Century may very well be better.
>>14907967
Old money is worth infinitely more than new money.
>>14908062
I wasn't arguing that, all I was arguing is that the Crown is ugly
>>14908071
That's nice dear.
>>14908051
the queen of england has wool seats in her bentley
one of the other reasons is leather squeaks
>>14908062
That's a really cute idea. considering the Rockefeller's and Koch's are technically new money and they own half the fucking world.
>>14907957
>those qt Japanese princesses in the back
Hnnnnnnngh
>>14908111
The rockefellers are new world old money
>this car sucks, it doesn't wipe my ass and change my tampon while I drive
interior cucks are the worse.
>>14907816
>>14907756
>still produced in 2016
Why change perfection
>$111k
Not for plebs
>Cloth seats
Good. Leather is fucking shit.
>cassette player
You're sitting in the back talking on the phone or gently listening to music, you don't care
>Interior hasn't been updated
See 'perfection' above
>V12 that makes 280hp
And is built so well it can have one half of its engine block literally blown to pieces and continue to operate on the other bank of 6 cylinders, because each bank is completely independent
>halogen headlights
Your driver will have good night vision
>collision avoidance
Your driver does this
>any post 90s technology
>dated as fuck
It's for old people, nigger. They don't care how much cute electrical shit the car has in it, they want comfy and the century has comfy.
>>14907852
it looks cool as fuck
>Merc w123 is practically indestructible and extremely desirable in Africa, but after all these years, supply is running low since no new ones are made
>oldschool looks extremely attractive too
>idea: aquire ancient tooling from Daimler and restart production in Africa since they neither have emissions nor car safety laws there
>the tankbenz lives on
>smuggle New Old Stock to countries where rich people still want the good old car feels
>/o/tomobile manufacture Inc.
>
>>14908203
WAT Manufacturing Co
'For the future of the old'
jdm tite
Leave it to /o/ to praise a fucking extended corolla that costs more than an S-Class and has less equipment than a Dacia Sandero.
Those are all good things. I'd drive one.
>>14907854
I don't see how repacking an airbag would be hard to do. I mean, it's just a balloon right?
>>14907756
>he doesn't use casettes
How to spot the pleb? They have a spotify subscription kek
you forgot two main points
Toyota Century
>looks ill as fuck
Mercedes S class
>looks kind of gay
>>14907816
If it makes it so the beltline can be lower because of the requirement of a certain amount of space above the engine, I'm for it. I just want it to be selective about when it activates so I don't have to pay for new pyrotechnics that activate it when it goes off unnecessarily/because of vandalism.
>>14908093
>gets BTFO
>resorts to smug anime faces
>>14907816
That's really pushing it.
>>14907756
Compared to the mercedes, the century will last a century.
>>14907875
>>14908153
t. weeb hipsters
>>14907756
>collision avoidance
wew
i would buy it then VIP the shit out of it
>>14908467
>>14907756
The Yakuza doesn't need all of your gaijin fancy-sounding bullshit
>>14908815
The Yakuza rolls almost exclusively in Mercs, silly.
Mercedes is seen as the holy grail of luxury in Japan.
>>14907756
can i drift one of these
>implying that in 2011 the town car wasn't the luxury you could get brand new
>>14908141
So basically for people who are so set in their ways, they'll buy an inferior product for insane money.
Gotcha.
It's baffling to me how all you burgerland dumb fucks don't understand the concept of a large displacement and SMOOTH engine. I bet it sounds glorious too
>>14909033
Get back to your 1.2l diesel you peasant fuck.
>>14909033
t. Ahmed the refugee.
>>14909033
https://youtu.be/FbPrWgLtGcE
It's a luxury car. It's not supposed to sound like a race car.
>>14908859
>Mercedes is seen as the holy grail of luxury in Japan.
*among old people in Japan
>>14909281
among japanese delinquents and plebs
>>14907756
>be in century
>turn key buckle belt, and go
>be in s class
>look down at cell phone
>BEEP BEEP BEEP
>>14908621
slamming a car that cost a lot when it was new does not make you a very important person
>>14907983
>it is what it is
>N-no it's not!
>>14907756
What the fuck is an active bonnet?
>>14907756
I was considering importing one
>>14907756
>>14908051
In Japan, cloth is favored over leather because squeaking on leather is considered embarrassing to the dignity of the passenger. Even Celsiors (LS 400) were mostly cloth interior.
It's a status symbol. If live in japan and manage own one, you'd be treated very differently
>>14907854
Most applications like this involve small explosives that act on the bonnet hinge. Until you replace the hinge, you're gonna have an SRS light stuck on your dash and likely won't be able to properly close the bonnet.
I'd like to know if idiot pedestrians - drunkards who walk out in front of cars for no good reason - can be sued for the damage they cause to cars with these systems.
>>14907756
its 2 2jz's mated together, ill pay 11K for that.
>>14907852
just like the supper conservative position
it's 2016 after all
>>14907756
The cloth seats are a cultural thing and a scientific marvel, the interior doesn't need to be updated, its already luxurious and just because something looks new and exciting doesn't automatically make it better. The V-12 is there because you can set it up to run in such a way that it is practically silent but still has enough pull to move your car, because it is smooth as fuck, and because it is extremely expensive to maintain. And I'm sorry to break it to you, anon, but xenon headlights, active avoidance technology, and touchscreens as every surface are nothing but extremely expensive memes that do nothing to make the car better, but are not quite expensive enough to exude an air of exclusivity.
>>14912850
>pedestrians
>ever at fault
>/o/ defends Toyota Century despite almost never talking about it
>meanwhile shits on Panther platform because it's American but otherwise very similar to Century in terms of specs and options
weeb much? rarity? i don't understand
>>14914679
other than you forget that one is a top market luxury sedan for people of prestige and power. It was never intended to be flashy or gaudy, but to capture the style of the 60's executive cars. It and the President became the gold standard for showing your social status, but still remaining conservative. Importing an American or European executive car would have made you appear to be new money, a try-hard. It would potentially have the opposite effect of what you want to show.
The other is a mid tier boring sedan old white people buy, then sell to young black men when the airsprings leak because they don't wish to pay 1600 bucks for new springs and air compressor.
>>14914742
>Missy
who the fuck are you
>>14914775
>>14912850
The mercedes active bonnet has no pyrotechnics and can be reset manually.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N8Os5AFXUp4
>>14908621
But would you VIP a VIP?
Doesn't the Japanese Emperor have one of these?
>>14907756
I don't like Jap cars, but I like them. They have the things I wish new cars still had. Tires with sidewall, chrome/stainless trim, overhangs. Kind of like if 60's/70's luxury styling cues on a newer body.
>>14914679
The century and a shit box retired police car with plastic seats are two entirely different vehicles you tard
It's like comparing an s class and base model camry
>>14914965
yes and no
I think it's it's a slightly modified normal Century underneath
>>14909048
I live in the USA and my engine is a 2.2L flat four
>>14909114
Again, murican.
>>14909120
Impossible to tell what it really sounds like from this shit teir video. I didn't say it would sound like a racecar.
>>14907756
300 lbf·ft of torque available at 1200rpm
>>14914987
Slightly modified? Bitch, anyone can see that that thing carries around at least one metric ton of armor.
>>14908203
>African manufacturing quality
Nigga, plz
>>14914975
>both are indestructible
>both have classic boxy look
>both have spartan interior despite the 21st century
>both are comfy RWD landbarges
>>14915410
More like
>twenty ragged autists from 4chan with wrenching skills anwhere between 'can do an oil change without destroying the car' and 'actual german engineer' move to an african country and purchase an old warehouse
>enact Rhodesia 2.0 on the factory floor since nobody in the area is smart enough to run the place but them
>>14907791
>If they sold stock AE86s, they'd sell. If they sold stock RX-7s, they'd sell. Cars always have have a market
Okay buddy...
>>14907820
4chan is full of mouth breathers nowadays.
>>14907816
What? Only bonnet? No pedestrian airbag like Volvo has?
>>14908203
they're actually manufacturing 190 in north korea
Has anyone said it looks fucking awesome yet?
>>14915680
No, they tried and failed back in the 90's. They got themselves a few of the cars and tried to copy the construction 1:1 and it ended up falling the fuck apart because Norks can't do shit right.
>>14915687
yeah, every weeb itt including you
>>14915678
>run over pedestrian
>blind yourself
>render car undriveable because the hood won't close anymore and the expensive as fuck airbag and pyrotechnics have to be replaced
>>14915689
They're still common daily drivers over there.
>>14915707
Sweden YES
![toyota-crown-taxi-07[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/C7jMKio.jpg "toyota-crown-taxi-07[1].jpg")
Toyota still makes this car new specifically for the taxi and company fleet car market. The taxis are almost always propane fueled with a huge tank in the trunk.
Nissan may or may not still make a similar car.
>>14915709
Those are actual fucking Benzes, imported. Only the party functionaries get to be driven around in them. Putting the word "common" and "daily" and "driver" into one sentence with North Korea is a joke, you still get to wait decades for your state-issued car to arrive.
>>14915722
Kim Jong IL banned toyotas from the country because he once had to wait behind one in what passes for traffic in North Korea.
>>14915424
>Century
>spartan interior
>>14915731
GM products are still allowed though.
>weebs BTFO
>>14915740
Compared to the interiors of other luxury cars they are very spartan
>>14915896
Please list some differences then, because I didn't know massaging and reclining seats with a rear entertainment system constitute as a spartan interior
>>14915722
Stop believing the Western propaganda so much. It's not so bad there.
![maxresdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nPpM1Tc.jpg "maxresdefault[1].jpg")
>>14915992
For example the interior of the new 7 series has way too much shit for me to even be bothered listing but the toyota century that you can buy today still probably has only a cassette player. Look at the differences between the trim as well. Since the vegetables that buy these cars have no use for anything more advanced. The century probably still costs more than a 740li
>>14915865
Isn't that a Hiace behind it though? Or a Chinese knock-off
>>14916030
Yeah nah. I'm German, I know first hand what happens when the other half of your country goes down the communism drain. Their manufacturing technology and workplace safety standards will be from the 60s even today. That's a long, long way to catch up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emoF0EFxjjA
Here, this video was made about Trabant production in 1990, just after VW took over the East German factories after the fall of the wall and mere months before they died an inglorious death on the free market. Everything is slow, hazardous to the workers, inefficient, outdated. Nork is likely worse when they can't evne copy a relatively simple 190.
>>14915504
More like
>niggers sack the factory for scrap metal even before any production can start.
>>14916124
>cash money outside investors not getting their dicks sucked in Africa
lmao the money always wins, if someone like that tells the mayor of the town that they were slightly bothered by some ruffians the mayor will have eight nogs swinging by the gallows at the end of the week if they were guilty or not
corruption's great when you're holding the wad of cash
>>14916035
Oh yes, because what people really need is to spin their fingers in the air to adjust volume instead of moving their hand 2 inches forward and using the fucking knob
>>14915717
the tsuru? it's everywhere
>>14907820
>so basically it breaks more of your car in the event that something might be there
Yes, but you're missing the point.
With "active bonnet", they can meet pedestrian safety requirements without resorting to a big fat crash-landing pad for a nose.
>>14916303
no, the nissan cedric from the late 80s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Cedric_Y31
>>14916466
>The Nissan Cedric Y31 is a large automobile.
>>14916030
>Stop believing the Western propaganda so much. It's not so bad there.
Nork propogandist pls go
>>14916466
>tfw I almost bought a last gen Cedric for $5500
Damn thing had the turbocharged straight 6 from an R34 GTR
>>14907756
You're a fucking idiot.
The centuries interior has been updated several times over the years.
The seats were never cloth they've been suede.
Suspension and engine have been updated
And the car is still used for many government higherups and royalty.
Sure I will agree its missing a lot of safety gizmos, but I think their viewpoint is that the driver is your crash prevention. Because its not a car you're supposed to drive yourself.
Also
>has electronic pop-out window shades
>>14914679
Rarity I guess, I've seen one and amusingly it was at a classic car drag racing meet, I don't recall its time but I did spend some time gawking over it, especially all the little features for the passengers.
>>14915722
>I've never been to North Korea: the post
>>14908621
I would buy one and swap the engine into a Supra with twin turbos
>>14916899
And you have been?
>>14916901
>smoky will never be your limo driver
>>14916904
Yes.
>>14917001
Go on.
>>14917004
What do you want to know?
>>14907756
A Century will outlast 10 S-Class generations.
>>14917068
Everything.
>>14911175
japs are weird
>>14907756
It says 280hp but isnt that because japenese agreed something about having 280hp max, thats why the supra skyline etc are claimed 276 but are actually more powerful
>>14915658
Hey, not a lot. But someone would buy it. Just like the century. there's a reason it hasn't been discontinued. You know ladas? They still make those shitty cars in egypt. many older designs are still made for sale in smaller markets.
>tfw no factory white walled Gran Marquis
>tfw powertrain warranty for the last Gran Marquis made expires this year
I want a New Gran Marquis so bad, with aluminum body with the Voodoo Engine. We need to make America Great Again.
>>14917140
I concur. I went to the USA for 3 months and Im glad I bought one of these. (panther body right?)
>>14909048
>>14909114
Wow you really are retarded. The point he was making was that as americans, the inventors of the smooth lazy v8, you should understand the point of a smooth lazy engine in a car.
>>14917166
Yeah, I have a Marauder.
It saddens me the Marauder is the last of it's kind, and I won't be able to buy another like it.
>>14917195
Best american car imo
>>14917195
The interior is pure shite though whoever created it should be shot.
>>14914679
>>14915707
>don't kill a innocent cock sucker
>don't get charged with man slaughter
>don't go to jail for years
Yeah. How silly.
>>14917287
>handmade piece-by-piece
>Japanese artisanry: the car
>>14916191
>IT WORKS FINE DONT EVEN TRY TO IMPROVE ANYTHING BY EXPERIMENTING
>>14917422
>try to improve a volume knob
>make it worse by introducing another point of failure and lag while not reducing effort in the slightest
probably rich Japanese executives or important political figures.
a really important person with his own driver doesn't need all the extra 2 million little tiddly electronic bits in an S class, they are just there to get there from point A to B in comfort. and since it costs so much it is obviously a status symbol as well.
>>14917673
and considering the century is devoid of any complex electronics or stupid automated shit, it will most likely outlast an S class by a long shot
>mfw a bunch of faggots who don't get that muh gadgets and muh latest tech aren't the bee-all and end-all in cars
>mfw a bunch of faggots who don't get that features != luxury
>mfw a bunch of faggots who don't get that options are a good thing and not all richfags want what beverly hills richfags want
This is a bait thread.
The Century is for understated luxury, not flash in the pan gizmos to impress people. The Century is not for the driver. The Century is for the one being driven.
>>14917500
>no moving parts
>point of failure
>>14917948
>electronics can't fail
Do you have brain damage?
It's amazing that Toyota hasn't been able to transition all the Crown and Century customers over to Lexus LS customers in their own homeland. But maybe that's due in part because Toyota knew from the start that the Century wouldn't cut in in the States and created Lexus exclusively for Americans that like gadgets and gizmos.
Perhaps this will change now that Toyota made Lexus a global brand in 2007.
>>14917957
Exactly how many times have you changed the ECU on your 20 year old shitbox? You know, the thing that takes input from dozens of sensors and precisely times when to ignite the spark and inject fuel?
Go be a boomer somewhere else.
>>14919361
>he thinks the ECU is the only computer in a modern luxury car
>>14919361
GO play with a wii and tell me how many times your magic perfect electronic inputs are misread
>>14917293
>instead get sued for injuries and hate crimes which will leave you bankrupt for decades
Back to the cuck shed, sven
>>14907756
The fucking Imperial Family, especially the Emperor.
>>14919394
>an ECU takes less abuse in the engine compartment than the lighting control module, climate control computer, airbag computer, lane departure system, DSC, ABS, and automatic braking computers
>>14919418
A shitty gimmick box (first generation) cooked up by a literal toy maker to jew more shekels out of people wanting to play Mario games that uses two IR LEDs from your TV's remote as reference for reading position and sending this information to be interpreted by third party software programmed by any old retard
>the same as a purpose built component developed for one purpose that uses high refresh rate rate radar to read and interpret hand gestures using software made by the same people who made the hardware
I don't even think this hand flailing maestro shit is even that ground breaking of a feature but for fucks sake Edison didn't think the phonograph was that important of an invention, resigning it to be used as a device to record the last thoughts of the dying.
>>14919760
C'mon, really?
Look at voice control for example. It's common, and very well documented, that voice control in cars doesn't work well. Even in very expensive S Class mercs it works only for the simplest of things and only if you have good diction and an american accent.
>>14919781
This is a software problem, not a hardware problem.
Not to mention Android Auto and Apple Carplay are "fixing" it.
>>14919781
>moving the goalposts
First it was air motion control and now it's voice control? C'mon anon.
>>14919361
When it does fail though...
>>14919361
>implying solenoids, switches, motors, and pumps never fail
>>14919857
>electromechanical parts fail
>mechanical parts fail
Electric water pumps and electric motors have much higher efficiency and service lifetime than engine driven water pumps. Electric motors only fail if they have shit bearings or brushes, only one of these things is exclusive to electric motors.
The solid state control boards won't fail unless you get really retarded and park your car in some lava or something.
>>14919898
Then why do electric water pumps on BMWs fail so commonly after only 3 years, when my belt driven water pump didn't need replacing until 166k/15 years?
>>14919361
Once.
>>14919836
Both are electronic features that require some sort of analog interaction with the driver, whether through voice or hand movement, and both can be hard to work with because of software issues. It's simple to understand really.
>>14919361
The ECU on my 7 year old EFI-equipped scooter has already burned out.
![1GZ-FE[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/THuW0wM.jpg "1GZ-FE[1].jpg")
>5l v12
How much power can you get out of it?
>>14908993
>supremely conservative Japanese old people
Yeah that's pretty much it
>>14907796
I really want to hire a chauffeur to drive me around in this. Holy fuck. Every time I see it it gets better.. looks like I'll be adding a century to my list.
>>14909033
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRneIRzMzsk
Sounds fucking sick brah
>>14920591
It kinda sounds like a 1989 Chevy Cavalier with the 2.8L V6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cASKlEhhU
>>14915678
sweden
YES
>>14907756
Highly conservative, very wealthy Japanese officials and old school yakuza who value quality craftsmanship, smoothness and reliability
>>14919760
>he thinks the ECU and motion gesture controllers are made to the same standard
>>14914658
They'll hold a cyclist at fault before they ever do that, and as we all know cyclists are never at fault.
>>14919361
This statement would make sense if the following were true:
>modern cars only have one computer
or
>it was proven that modern computerized components were as reliable as an ECU
But both are false.
>>14907756
>What kind of gigantic cuck does Toyota market the Century to?
the emperor?
>>14916030
My father has visited NK, it was just as bad people are describing it.
Fuck off nork shill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXykBO-c6M8
YES.
>>14921761
shit, that sounds good
>>14916030
didnt an american tourist get sentenced to 15 years hard labor recently for stealing something from a hotel
>>14908621
>VIP
>JDM TYTE STANCENATION #GOLFWANG BMW
>pick one
>>14915658
Dude if the FD Rx7 was still made like the do with 80's Jap Bikes, I'd fucking buy one.
>>14917293
>Getting charged with manslaughter.
>Pedestrians dumbass fault for jay walking.
>>14920591
>an aftermarket muffler designed to amplificate exhaust sound to make the car ricest
>engine sound like shit
cool reasoning m8
>>14920553
It's the engine used in the Top Secret Supra for Nardo
>>14908374
1 (ONE) inch above the engine is not what caused this you cuck
>>14924510
People saying they would buy one usually don't have the money for it
How many of these exist outside of Japan?
>>14925790
No idea, but I intend to add 1 more to that number
>>14907756
>germans think luxury is having loads of gizmos
not really, but they know it gets idiots to part with their money so it's all good
>>14907756
I've never seen one of these
what does a 2016 version look like?
>>14925916
>>14925928
does it really have a cassette player in 2016?
Like Toyota still makes them which means theres SOME kind of demand out there for it
>>14925951
Yes, old Japanese people
>>14920589
You're the market, congrats
(It's ok I want one too)
Lmao 111k for that? I guess Toyota has to make some money somewhere from as many Camrys I see on the road they have to be giving them away for free
>>14927412
>Lmao 111k for that?
The pricing can be entirely justifiable though.
All the ornaments and final touches are carefully hand crafted by Toyota's master builders which there are only four in the company at the moment.
Also one of the most important purposes of still having this fossil of a car in their domestic lineup is not make a profit (actually it's hardly profitable as the V12 engine exclusively developed for the model is extraordinarily expensive to build), but to have the godlike skills and honor of top ranked artisans keep inherited within Toyota for centuries.
This is what 2017 next gen Century will look like
>>14927860
Damn
looks like a niggermobile in comparison
>>14927860
Why do people go for thin tires and big rims? I personally think the exact opposite is super sexy. Pic related.
>>14928242
It says W124 but that's a W116
What the actual fuck who is that blind?
>>14907756
OP, I'm guessing you were just rambling off of an S-class sales brochure there, but if you need that many safety features in car you need to take the bus.
"MAGIC VISION CONTROL wipers"? The fuck? What the hell does that do, pipe LSD in through the air vents every time you turn the wipers on?
Obviously this car is not aimed at a large audience. It's the same way manufacturers like Bristol are still around.
There are a handful of moneyed people who prefer a simpler take on a luxury car like this and will pay to do so.
Plus it's Japan's sort of dignitary vehicle of choice so I imagine it holds a cult status there as a symbol of opulence and social standing.
And for that matter, it's probably still a halo car for Toyota over there. Remember, brands like Lexus, Infiniti, Acura, etc. are a North American thing. In Japan they utilize different dealerships but market all their cars under one larger brand so Toyota does manufacture and sell higher end vehicles unlike here in the U.S. where they're all badged as Lexus.
And for what it's worth, when you haven't done any R&D work in twenty plus years you aren't swallowing all the car's profit (whatever there is to be had) up in overhead expenses.
>>14928284
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07AZHkkLR0k
>>14928248
>Being this autistic about Mercedes
>>14909114
What the fuck is "t."
>>14928499
Same as calling the miata an s2000 or the ae86 a mustang
>>14928505
He's probably "Finnish", a refugee in reality
>>14928484
wow that must be real cheap to replace
>>14928512
It's not the same at all you fucking idiot.
>two different manufactures
>two different models by the same manufacturer
>>14927603
Still doesn't justify the price because muh feels tho
>>14909478
This is accurate
>>14928524
Wow, is that a moostang?
>>14928539
>Ford European
>Ford domestic
>moving goalposts
>Having an autistic fit because the of the wrong model in a filename
Jesus Christ man, get a grip
>>14928573
I can't, I've lost control of my miserable excuse of a life. Just fucking kill me now and burry me in a grave with my W123, E32 and LeBaron
>>14928242
>Why do people go for thin tires and big rims?
Because motoring journalists, most of whom are known to be bribed by German auto makers and wheel suppliers, have successfully brainwashed self-proclaimed car enthusiasts like retarded ones on /o/ into believing that if you are a true car guy you must appreciate costly big-footed cars with a spine-crashing harsh ride such as recent Audis and BMWs.
It has a cutting board in the rear armrest for severing fingers. Cool !
Now that's old school.
>>14917742
perfect response
