Toyota's President Is Using A Century GRMN Prototype As Official Transportation
豊田章男会長の公用車として、「センチュリーGRMN」がお披露目されました。本日の自工会会長定例会見（日本自動車会館）にて突如登場。「いいでしょこれ。市販の予定はまだないんですけどね」と豊田会長。すっげー！ 詳報はのちほど！！https://t.co/5m8Mp6FxI4 pic.twitter.com/jthmmKBkQ5
— ベストカーWeb編集部 (@bestcarmagazine) September 20, 2018
Earlier this week, we tried (and failed) to hide our excitement when news of a Century GRMN prototype emerged. The images weren’t great, but thankfully a load more have since been posted online.
They give a much clearer view of the car, and just how awesome it looks. But more to the point, they show a certain Akio Toyoda - Toyota’s current president - getting out of the car upon arrival for a meeting with the chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). Yep, it’s being used as the man’s official transportation, complete with a number plate which appears to reference the year Sakichi Toyoda - the founder of Toyota Industries and Akio’s great-grandfather - was born.
According to Japanese publication Best Car Web, Toyoda said (translated) “I do not have any plans to market yet”.
If making a sporty model of the most stately Toyota is wrong (it is), I don't want to be right (I'm not) pic.twitter.com/pJnOULM8JY
— Supcat @ Hot Sounds Island (@supcat) September 20, 2018
Let’s some ‘plans’ do eventually arrive - a GRMN version of the Century makes little sense, going against what the car is supposed to be about, but that’s half the joy. It’d be just the kind of well-executed silliness the motoring world needs right now.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
When you’re sucessful business man but you need to go for “Business Meeting” in hasty fastion, be chauffered by “Tamed Racing Driver”
Holy s h i t!
cries in American
I’m not wrong.
Rare pic of me wanting a luxury car so god damn badly
“this is a cool Toyota” is something i thought i’d never say, and i love my Toyota
not a huge fan of the front but man that rear end is so clean
I would love to have one but i dont have the money or the possibility to get one over here
Looks amazing! I want one so bad!!!
I love it