Toyota Century Recently Launched, Carrying The Luxury Of Premium Hybrid SUVs

Toyota Century. (Doc. Global Toyota)

JAKARTA - A Japanese automotive company, Toyota, officially introduced the latest Century model. Just like the growing rumors, Century was presented in the form of an SUV.

The Century Model is known as Toyota's most premium vehicle. Introduced since 1967, Toyota made a breakthrough by creating luxury vehicles that are no less than foreign brands but are thick with Japanese cultural values.

For more than four decades, Century offers the luxury, comfort, and composure of a car either when driven by a driver or when driven by himself. No wonder Century has always been the driver's favorite car in Japan, considered capable of realizing the spirit of automotenashi, or unrivaled hospitality.

Toyota presents this latest luxury SUV with an elegant design that shows the characteristics of the series. However, Toyota certainly also presents the latest technology in it.

Reported by Toyota Global's official website, Wednesday, September 6, the design on Century looks very magnificent and elegant with a large gate panel flowing through the side body. The large size comes from a length dimension of 5,205 mm, a width of 1,990 mm, a height of 1,805 mm, and a wheelbase of 2,950 mm. The Century can accommodate four people.

Toyota is also able to present a neat Century detailed design thanks to the expertise of its craftsmen. And Toyota still retains the Phoenix bird symbol which is its trademark and beautifully and luxuriously engraved.

Century is coated with elegant black exterior colors with chrom accents on body and LED lights that provide maximum lighting. Meanwhile. details such as embedding lights and luxury elements in the D pillar, as well as a strong elegant character, make Century SUV have similarities in design language with Rolls-Royce Cullinan.

The new Century provides a comfortable and spacious interior space with functions that can be used in various situations. The back seat can also be completely donated to allow passengers in the back seat to be completely relaxed. The wide-open backdoor with a 75-degree angle and a wide cabin floor provides the convenience of getting in and out of the car very well. In addition, the automatic power step that can be pulled and the easy-to-hold pillar C handle also provide convenience.

Meanwhile, the wheelhouse is also designed as comfortably as possible to be equipped with supporting functions and features to focus either when the car is driven by the driver or when the owner himself drives it.

Toyota seems to include the Century model in its electrification lineup. This is because this luxury car is equipped with a Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) system of 3.5 liters of V6 engines, which produces powerful performance while maintaining a silent rider that is suitable for Century. This new PHEV system is also designed to function as a BEV for daily use and as a HEV for long-distance travel. The machine is in collaboration with the e-CVT tang transmission developed by Toyota with an all-wheel drive system or E-Four Advanced.

Diplot as a luxury vehicle for conglomerates and royal families, the car produced at the Tahara Plant is priced at 25 million yen or equivalent to IDR 2.6 billion. Century will only be available on several special dealers networks in Japan and sales will be limited to only 30 units per month.