I believe that in the eyes of most people, Toyota's luxury brand is Lexus, but in fact, Toyota's real high-end is - century. Toyota Century was developed in 1967 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founder Sakichi Toyoda, a top-of-the-line luxury car, known as the Japanese version of "Rolls-Royce", mainly for the Japanese royal family and social elites. Now Toyota Century also has an SUV model, and it can also be sold globally, and there is a new name in the Chinese market called Toyota Seji.
In terms of appearance, Toyota Shiji has a very solid and heavy shape, and the overall feeling is similar to that of the Rouse Cullinan, and the aura is powerful. The square and full front face is equipped with rectangular headlight clusters layered up and down, and each light-emitting unit has built-in L-shaped daytime running lights, which are quite recognizable when lit. The grille has a rectangular grille with a semi-enclosed style from top to bottom, with an exclusive Phoenix logo in the middle. The lower bumper features a wide front bumper design with a three-section vent shape, which further enhances the layered sense of the front end.
On the side of the body, Toyota Seji also progressively follows the design ideas of Cullinan, with a large number of flat straight lines outlining a powerful body shape. At the same time, the tall body with the thick D-pillar and the chrome decoration everywhere are all asserting their ultra-luxury side.
At the rear of the car, Toyota Shiji adopts a large slip-back shape, which is also in line with Cullinan's styling concept, and the overall feeling is clean and concise, with a narrow upper and lower wide proportional design, which further reduces the visual center of gravity, and shows the luxurious atmosphere without too much modification. The tail light cluster also does not have too many decorative elements, only adopts the same design language as the headlights, and the double-layer four-point design also has an L-shaped light strip to enhance the recognition of the rear of the car.
In terms of interior, Toyota Seji also shows luxury attributes as much as possible, with a large amount of leather wrapping in brown interior, and the seats are padded very thick, which looks like it can bring a very good riding experience. The center console area does not have a large screen size, and it also retains a large number of physical buttons. Although it seems that the sense of science and technology is not particularly obvious, the embedded full LCD instrument, the floating central control screen and the HUD head-up display can realize the linkage of three screens.
In terms of power, Toyota Seji is equipped with a plug-in hybrid assembly composed of a 3.5 V6 engine and an electric motor, with a maximum engine power of 262 horsepower, a maximum electric motor of 291 horsepower, and a comprehensive maximum power of 412 horsepower. The power battery is matched with an 18.11 kWh lithium battery pack, the CLTC working condition of pure electric mileage is 70 kilometers, and the fuel consumption is 7.78 liters per 100 kilometers. Although Toyota Seji uses the same platform as Lexus TX and Grand Highlander, the price of Toyota Seji is expected to reach 1.98 million yuan, and it is still on sale in limited quantities. (Cars have culture, Leizi/text)