Toyotas Unsuspecting Luxury Sleeper || Supercharged Crown Athlete

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Welcome to another Episode of Ross Reviews AU on this weeks Video we take out this 2009 1 of only 300 Supercharged by Modellista Crown Athletes with the + M option.. this JDM only super sedan is fully loaded with luxury and now Performance with its Supercharged V6 & RWD.. if your interested in this car click the link down below & visit NextRide.
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Toyotas Unexpected Luxury Sleeper || Supercharged Crown Athlete
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[@hugothecarguy8694]

I own one of these. It has an intake, exhaust, coilovers and a throttle controller and I can confirm with these extra bits it is an incredible car - the sound is transformed, you can hear the supercharger from a mile away and it handles 100x better than you would expect for a heavy luxury sedan. 190,000kms and nothing has gone wrong. Best car i've ever owned

[@lordflackoalmighthy159]

Where can you get parts?

[@cjhessels5093]

Are you selling it on Trade me by chance?

[@hugothecarguy8694]

@@cjhessels5093yes I am haha

[@hugothecarguy8694]

@@lordflackoalmighthy159 luckily haven't needed to buy specific engine parts yet but the rest of the car is the same as a regular Crown so not difficult to find parts

[@muhammadhassanhassan7514]

Are u selling yours?

[@audriusbaranauskas6227]

The lag in manual shifts...Move the gear lever....light up a cigarette...and bam there's your shift! :) But all jokes aside it's a rare, unique, luxurious and reliable car. Nice job finding one and bringing it up to the channel.

[@RossReviewsau]

lol pretty much🚬

[@ambientdrives3258]

Would love to see a Toyota Mark X 350s review if you can get your hands on one. Love the vids!

[@RossReviewsau]

If anyone has one let me know!!

[@truckingjamaicans5045]

​@@RossReviewsau get the gr sport

[@greatest.ute__]

Jamaicans inloved with mark x 😂😆 they are very neat but to get the perfect performance from the v6 it needs a turbo

[@yuxinyang7251]

@@RossReviewsau I have a 350s but I’m located on the Gold Coast😂 Its engine is powerful but definitely need aftermarket suspension to corner better

[@Geebvs]

This particular generation of Crown Athlete after this video becomes my top 3 JDM dream car, joining Chaser, Aristo and Soarer, it's even better because of not so advanced age. Damn, cars from 2009 are already becoming youngtimers! BTW, Imagine my face and reaction when I've driven for the first time with my wife through a road to our house we've just bought in a new city and realised that so close to new home is a workshop that specialises in importing and JDM maintenance, having on a display a few JDM sedans from early 2000's. In goddamn Poland, where JDM's are even more exotic than in OZ! Now I'll see JDM sedans everyday while going for groceries. Like could be great!

[@shaynestebbing5597]

Might have to find one to add to my collection of Crowns ..

[@MartinJones123]

I love the supercharger whine on this Crown and it's much better than the new one... Great review and hopefully we can see an L67 on this channel someday...

[@ThomasFG]

Hopefully a clean/stock well maintained example yes !

[@RossReviewsau]

we have a L67 coming soon

[@ThomasFG]

@@RossReviewsau Any mods or is it stock stock ?, to your knowledge

[@MartinJones123]

@@RossReviewsau Can't wait!

[@deanwharepapa8561]

Very cool the crown

[@RossReviewsau]

not bad at all

[@benombler4394]

I’ve had mine Black 2008 M+ for 7 months love it

[@RossReviewsau]

Awesome!!

[@muhammadhassanhassan7514]

Did u sell it already?

[@benombler4394]

No I’ve still got it nearly 17 months now just had brand new front headlights, fog and bumper fitted from Toyota so it looks brand new again 🙌🏻

[@habibshakil3391]

just bought 2008 crown hybrid today after watching your video, 12.5k CAD, 44k Km

[@RossReviewsau]

Nice work!

[@alvinjr7657]

if you dont mind me asking, how much do you pay for insurance ?

[@whatsgoodie5586]

Gday jono How the au falcon going bro

[@ezzysoft576]

Love your JDM reviews Ross. How does it compare with the hybrid version in terms of power and fuel economy. Seen all your review on all the s200 variants n/a, V8 majesta., Hybrid and Modellista so which in your opinion is the best variant? Looking again at your hybrid review it had 6.08 sec 0-100 so you reckon it's the best version to get?

[@RossReviewsau]

I think the hybrid is the best TBH.. (just in terms of practicality) but all of them are good..

[@petermanuel7128]

Interesting review of the Crown Athlete, Ross. They sure have been around for a long time. The first one I’ve seen with a supercharger and RWD. The supercharger sounded good but can hardly hear the exhaust. If the exhaust got a bit of work done to it then it would be a nice cruising car but not an off the line car for the price of this car. Thanks for the review.

[@RossReviewsau]

Cheers Peter! Not many supercharged ones around.. quite rare.. definitely a cool car a bit unusual

[@davidtranmedia5112]

As you know i have my Holdens WM & VF over here in the states. But i also have other cars. One of them is a 2014 IS250 which has the 4GR FSE which is the 2.5 V6 and it has a RR-Racing supercharger kit on it. Went from 200 crank hp to now over 400+ crank hp. So much fun! Luxury and toyota reliability with boost. Amazing fun and its decently quick. Yes the $25k i spent on the kit installed i could have built some other fast cars. But there is something about just building what you have and makinf it your own. For years i was the only 3rd gen IS with that supercharger kit. Now there is a hand full in the world. But if i want fast i can jump into my built and turbo VF with close to 1500hp and a LSA supercharged WM caprice that pushes 800hp. So I have quick cars. But that boosted lexus its something else.

[@zacapps5029]

I hoped your supercharged IS250 was manual but they stopped making them in 2013. You ever thought of manual swapping it now that you put that much into it? Wouldn't be much more. You can get a RA62 for $1600USD... manual swap parts for $400-$2500? Could be done for under $5k?

[@Alanst1xx]

Change up from second gear sooner and you'll save a fraction of a second but I think in 2006 the hsv ve had good tech too

[@lordbuckethead2022]

Wow 6.1 with a supercharger. Mate in Melbourne 2011 is350 4.7 but he guttered his rear seats n speakers. I have a 2015 is350 I have gotten 4.8 once. But I get 5.1-5.2 consistently. Still I think it's let done is the gearbox. It sounds laggy and unresponsive. I love the supercharger whine. Super cool

[@RossReviewsau]

yeh i was shocked it didnt do better

[@utgdan56]

Love this crown man by any chance are you selling it I would love to buy it it's my dream car.

[@RossReviewsau]

It’s for sale link in bio

[@MrHeath1971]

Sounds a lot better than the TRD camry! The supercharger whine sounds awesome

[@MartinJones123]

And you don't get FWD torque steer either

[@RossReviewsau]

It’s a little quieter than the TRD but I improved the audio on this video 😅

[@Baker_7498]

Price when new for the +M with supercharger was 6,445,000jpy or 7,245,000jpy for the G package trim

[@RossReviewsau]

thanks for the info

[@craigsampson3386]

Is it flex fuel capable? Possibly make more power on 95, 98 or even e85 fuel? Or maybe it requires a minimum of say 95 and the dealership might not of known and topped it off with 91, making a rough fuel mix cutting power under full throttle? 🤔

[@liamdeerz]

You’d say it would be minimum 95ron , like L67 powered commodores in aus.

[@pete508]

A supercharged Crown now that's pretty special man,just a great all rounder but she's a heavy girl lol & needs a ZF box for a better 0 to 100,nevertheless it's a beauty so thanks mate I enjoyed this review 👍

[@RossReviewsau]

def needed a better box but was nice

[@truckingjamaicans5045]

Dude it thought i was the only one that think it needs a zf8hp70 in my country we turbo the mark x n a few crowns the zf swap would be good for a nice 500whp

[@jimmyp1433]

Ross, re 0-100 , it's delayed off the line, but also choking at the top end, you can really see it in second, looks , sounds like has heaps of punch in the beginning of 2nd until between 90-100+ , takes forever. Definitely seems something's not quite right.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Probably something simple like a dirty MAF sensor, or worn out sparkplugs.

[@RossReviewsau]

i tried 7-8 times.. was always about the same.. i was shocked it was as slow as it was also

[@mr-iz8cx]

I'm pretty sure the S184 is quicker - under 6 seconds. It's NA. This is closer to the NA 3.0 S182 Athlete, which is odd

[@Ober1kenobi]

367lb torque at 3200rpm Double wishbone suspension 4.7kg per horsepower Curb weight is 1680kg whilst with all fluids etc, full tank etc, can be up to 1955kg,

[@mvnorsel6354]

Almost 300kg of fluids, has he just come back from the bottle O ?😅

[@Ober1kenobi]

@@mvnorsel6354 just going by the info I found. But yeh seems excessive. I can probably count like 150kg/l in fluids but not 275kg

[@dorron2595]

The crown is the first luxury car for Toyota.before the Lexus came in 1989

[@RossReviewsau]

They are so nice

[@bashanganyitjeshango1957]

I OWN A NATURALLY ASPIRATED GRS 184 AND IT DOES 0-100 AROUND 5 SECONDS I CANNOT MAKE SENSE OF THIS

[@RossReviewsau]

i also dont know whats happened.. should be a low 5 second car all day

[@mick_0359]

These Toyota Crown’s are the top of the line sedans in Japan . They’re excellent cars luxury the PM’s of Japan are driven in this model Crown model Toyota .. it’s like the Holden statesman that our PM used to be chauffeured driven in … being a car the PM is chauffeured driven in both have special modifications for safety and speed handling … they’re beautifully Japanese made attention to detail and specs …it’s a more a grand tourer line the Cadillacs in America … they can be tuned with the ECU remapped to get better performance … they’re more for chauffeured /family use of car so performance is okay but not spectacular bottom end … a European equivalent would cost 150k plus just for a base model of same quality …

[@RossReviewsau]

They are a lot of car for the money

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Seems like it is hesitating, probably due to age & lack of maintenance - probably still running on original sparkplugs, MAF sensor has likely never been cleaned - could be someone put 91 octane fuel in it and so on - transmission could be part of the problem, but often if it's an ignition or fuel/mix issue, the ECU will pull a load of timing at low RPM/high load, and it can feel a lot like the transmission is not responding. I suspect with a thorough service it'd behave itself a lot better.

[@RossReviewsau]

the box def is laggy.. but most toyota boxes ive been in are.. it would take off in an odd way.. im not sure i tried the launch 7-8 times with all different settings applied.. same result very slow initially then gets going after a few seconds

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@RossReviewsau Yes Aisin Warner definitely don't make the snappiest systems in the game for sure 😀 I've owned a slew of Toyota and Lexus (Lexi?) used JDM imports over the years, and they all do benefit from new plugs and a good clean of the whole intake from the MAF to the throttle body though. One 2JZ Soarer I had the entire intake system including the butterfly was caked in some kind of yellow crud when I got it, never seen anything like it before - it was like a different car when I cleaned it up.

[@TheRealWagyu]

How did you manage to get this in the states?

[@RossReviewsau]

I’m in Australia 🇦🇺

[@JDMNZ]

Hopefully you get a nice 184 crown athlete for the channel theyr the best ones rip harder than this 👌👌

[@RossReviewsau]

I’ve done one ☝️

[@laureus31]

wheels are TRD tf-2 forged by rays

[@RossReviewsau]

Cheers I had no idea

[@laureus31]

@@RossReviewsau I have been looking for a while but don't have a clue on where to buy the modellista/tom's supercharger parts.

[@Holyghost707]

Please do a Toyota Mark X review with the same engine and Supercharger Modellista version if you can get your hands on one lol I believe you will find that one quicker.

[@gavinr9107]

If you can find one. I know of two that made it to Australia. One was sold at a dealership in SA and another for sale over in QLD I think.

[@Holyghost707]

@gavinr9107 You're correct about the one in SA or it used to be. It was at the dealership @Tokyo Prestige. I know cause I was eyeing to buy that one which was selling for $21990 about 6 months ago but instead I bought the 2009 Crown Hybrid instead, which is surprisingly quicker than this Crown Athlete with Supercharger.

[@dorron2595]

Not the mark x 3.5 V6 supercharge same 360 in the market 3.0 supercharge 320hp

[@alexzaitsev366]

@@Holyghost707hows the hybrid going?

[@starletnights1]

I don't know why but I kinda want it now...

[@RossReviewsau]

It’s a mad car

[@orthodoxoutlaw]

I'm in two minds here to get myself either a WN Series II Caprice V or One of these Crown Athlete's?

[@RossReviewsau]

both good

[@j0hn-e]

So the hybrid one is quicker?

[@RossReviewsau]

Honestly about the same from testing.. but on a roll this will walk it

[@andrewzuiderduyn3159]

Never new that Toyota did a supercharged engine

[@RossReviewsau]

they have done a few ;)TRD also

[@ameraboukoura6091]

I don’t like how those S200 crowns look small on paper, still, they are far more superior than Camrys and japan will always have the worlds coolest Toyota lineup

[@craigdavid6519]

trick up the trans??

[@RossReviewsau]

It’s laggy eh

[@ytthecommunistplatform.2675]

We didnt get jdm cars because they would have been the only things been bought . Thats why the gov let us get the povo cars and tax the hell out of the imports so nobody could afford them . Im a holden man but my best car was my imported mr30 1985 skyline . The vk commy or xf falcon of the same time were like a horse and cart compaired to my skyline . Its like the powers to be didnt want us to have the jap tech even though we were building them here at toyota nissan mitsubishi . We get the povo cars .

[@mvnorsel6354]

Wonder how this would compare to the very rare supercharged Mitsubishi 380😅?

[@MartinJones123]

Better in every way 😂

[@RossReviewsau]

I’m yet to try one! Still looking

[@dhivyagalappaththi4130]

One in Melbourne for sale, with a body kit, 150000kms, AUD30000, and black in colour

[@nine8three310]

Through who mate? JDM HQ?

[@Ez-tk1xy]

You're doing something wrong The 2004 - 2007 grs184 crowns do low 5s 0-60 mph

[@RossReviewsau]

i tried MANY TIMES in Multiple ways

[@Cryptik1912]

Interesting 0 to 100 results. This japanese channel tests the non-supercharged variant and gets 5.1 seconds. Though he is measuring from when the speedo starts moving. Assuming its even a 200ms delay, that still puts it at 5.3 seconds which is still way faster than the 6.1 seconds you clocked... I have heard anecdotes from others that the supercharged GRS204 should be hitting high 4s and low 5s consistently. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6a9aZuPiZmMgcU

[@putnamehereholdmadoodle]

Yeah I've seen one do it in 3.9

[@lukemothug]

​@@putnamehereholdmadoodle 😂

[@Daavemacc]

timestamp your videos Please 🙏

[@bentaylor3730]

They don't weigh nearly 1.9tonne, maybe you are getting mixed up with the gws Ross? It's about 1,680kg from memory.

[@RossReviewsau]

Majesta is close to 1.9... this maybe slightly less but they are a BIG HEAVY CAR

[@bentaylor3730]

@@RossReviewsau but this is a athlete not a Majesta, don't know why you would call the two both close to 1.9. 1680kg v 1900 is quite a difference mate. And it's not hard to google either.

[@truckingjamaicans5045]

3600 plus pounds yes

[@zorankarabeleski392]

The Camry is direct comparison to the Falcon and Commodore not this Car.The Crown is one level down from the LS and GS Lexus as it has 4.3 and 4.6 LS engines and 3.5 NA engines from the GS Lexus.Engines in the Crown are Direct injection system while the LS and GS V8 and V6 are direct and port injection system.Interior features are very similar in The Crown LS and GS with the Lexus being another level up in fit and finish.

[@Baker_7498]

the 3.5L 2GR-FSE in this Crown has direct and port injection same as IS350/GS350

[@zorankarabeleski392]

@@Baker_7498 2009 onwards 2008 and earlier they had Direct Injection only which were problematic with Carbon build up in Cylinder heads and piston rings

[@bentaylor3730]

​@@zorankarabeleski392 but the video is about the s200 not 182 so why are you bringing that into the comments?

[@KIN350O]

The main issue with all Toyota's/Lexus of this era (as well as the Aurion's) is the slow 6 speed Aisin box. They are super reliable, but totally unresponsive and not suited to 'sports' driving. Not aware of any aftermarket valve bodies either to fix this. Pretty funny how this example is no faster than the NA version. Kinda defeats the purpose.

[@stevemoncaster2560]

How come when Ross timed is 350 with the 6 speed he go 5.4 second’s that’s faster than most the car he reviews

[@lancewood1410]

This or you can get a 4th gen GS350.

[@willm687]

How are all these jdm cars coming into Australia when they’re not 25 years old. I’ve been seeing crowns and blades and kei trucks that were never ADM. it it’s different because japan is also right hand drive. Or that we just like the Japanese a bit more than goofy Americans

[@RossReviewsau]

we dont have the same import laws as the USA

[@willm687]

@@RossReviewsau yeah but what’re the rules as I’ve seen vids from mcm about cutting up cars etc

[@AvenirRacing]

@@willm687 I know this is an old comment, but in the 90's our government started a scheme to allow Aussies to import JDM vehicles due to the value for money aspect - a very rare Australian government w. We have no minimum age laws, and we can essentially import anything we want. They just need to pass a few compliance tests upon registering for public road use. Very, very easy to get JDM cars in Aus.

[@willm687]

@@AvenirRacing yeah I realised they have to of never been sold here.

[@user-yl9sz2ye1m]

俺のgrs200アスリートは本当に遅い笑笑

[@Barra.The.World.]

Change camera man, video quality Is terrible.. buy a 4k resolution camera, 1080p isn't the best with the camera you got.

[@RossReviewsau]

Terrible? Really? I am planing to upgrade but i wouldn’t say it’s terrible

[@Barra.The.World.]

@@RossReviewsau need one that is 2160p60 resolution man

[@iggynor5007]

The problem with this cars is when things go wrong and they will, good luck in finding parts

[@Kdubzlovescars]

Nothing will break it’s a Toyota

[@ambientdrives3258]

That's not strictly true. These cars are practically identical underneath to the Lexus IS350s. Not to mention the amount of Toyota's and Lexus models that have a 2GR in them means that there's actually a fair amount of parts around for them. Also most of the import places are able to work on the cars that they import as they are usually the most knowledgeable about them and can get the parts shipped over easily enough. At least my local import yard is like that 😅

[@gavinr9107]

@@ambientdrives3258 100%, not to mention how common Crowns are in Japan as well. Getting parts from Toyota would be very easy.

[@RossReviewsau]

lots of parts available but some need to be shipped from Japan.. that will be $$$

[@iggynor5007]

@@gavinr9107 Not always the case, my friend David H. Had to wait 6 months for a part to come for his hybrid Rav 4

[@deathrager2404]

og version sounded better. supercharged cars sound like trash.