[Auto] The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia Is a Lexus-Like SUV that Costs Toyota Money

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If you have your eye on a new Lexus RX luxury SUV, but just don't feel like swinging the price tag or cosplaying a real estate agent, has Toyota got the alternative for you: The 2025 Crown Signia. This new crossover is related to the unusual Crown sedan, a premium, high-riding sedan that replaced the Avalon in Toyota's lineup and leverages the iconic, up-market, heretofore mostly Japanese-market-only Crown name. The Crown SUV also happens to be pretty much exactly the same size as Lexus's RX, which plays in the same compact luxury SUV sandbox as the Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class. This isn't the first time we've compared the Toyota and Lexus, which even share a platform and essentially use the same three-motor hybrid powertrain.

 

Available only as a hybrid, the Crown Signia is priced thousands less than an equivalent Lexus RX350h hybrid (a cheaper gas-only RX350 bridges the gap somewhat), drives quietly and comfortably, and has a relatively premium interior compared to other mainstream Toyotas. Detailed pricing for the Crown Signia, including options and standard features, is now here. The Crown Signia is offered in XLE and Limited grades, which start at $44,985 and $49,385, including destination charges. You'll pay $52,100 for the least-expensive Lexus RX350h available, and prices on nicer versions can balloon to $61,230 before options if you opt for the top-of-the-line RX350h Luxury; add some options on, and that price tag can swell to nearly $70,000. Keep in mind, there are pricier RXs yet—the plug-in RX450h+ and sporty RX500h F Sport Performance come to mind.

 

 

Toyota Crown Signia XLE

 

Standard equipment on the Crown Signia XLE (pictured in Oxygen white, above) includes dual-zone automatic climate control; full leather upholstery; a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster and a 12.3-inch central touchscreen; 19-inch wheels; heated outboard rear seats; and heated, ventilated, and power-adjustable front seats. The look inside should be familiar to anyone who's spent time in a Crown sedan, though there are different colorways available here.

The hybrid setup delivers 240 hp in total from the combination of a 188-hp, 178-lb-ft 2.5-liter gas four-cylinder engine and a 180-hp electric drive motor (plus a starter/generator) driving the front axle and a 53-hp electric motor that spins the rear axle, giving the Crown Signia on-demand all-wheel drive. If you're wondering why the Toyota gives up 6 hp to the Lexus with the same powertrain, credit the Crown Signia's ability to drink regular gas, while the RX needs premium. Another plus in the Toyota's column? It gets better fuel economy, delivering an EPA-estimated 39 mpg city, 37 mpg highway, and 38 mpg combined to the RX's 37 mpg city, 34 mpg highway, and 36 mpg combined.

 

 

Toyota Crown Signia Limited

 

For the features that really transform the Crown Signia into a budget Lexus, you'll want to step up to the Limited trim level (Storm Cloud blue, above). This not only trades the XLE's six-speaker audio system for an 11-speaker JBL setup, it also brings auto-leveling to the LED headlights, a (fixed) panoramic glass roof, rain-sensing windshield wipers, 21-inch gray wheels, and Digital Key capability (in which users can operate their smartphone as the Crown Signia's key). The only options are premium paint ($495 for Finish Line Red, Oxygen White, or Bronze Age; Storm Cloud and Black are free) and the Advanced Technology package ($1,865, which adds a 360-degree parking camera, front cross-traffic alert, front and rear parking sensors, and puddle lamps).

 

Snagging a Crown Signia for way less than a Lexus RX—and then spending less on gas—seems to make it the perfect option for those who want premium without the premium price tag. Some might even prefer the Toyota's sleek appearance to that of the more angular Lexus. Interestingly, the Crown sedan is offered in nicer (and more powerful) Nightshade and Platinum trim levels in addition to the same XLE and Limited specs, but it doesn't have as close an analogue in the Lexus lineup as the Crown Signia has in the RX, so Toyota probably won't add those versions to the SUV to avoid overlap with its luxury division. If the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia sounds like your cup o' Lexus, it goes on sale later this summer.

 

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