Japanese Emperor Naruhito will go to the coronation in an open Toyota Century Convertible

19 September 2019

For the coronation of 126 th Emperor of Japan has created a unique convertible

The first of may this year, "Hrizantemovym the throne" was transferred from the 125th Emperor Akihito (the forsaken on April 30 in favor of the heir – Prince of Naruhito), ending the Heisei era, the 126-th Emperor of Japan, Naruhito, thus, opened the era of the Rave. The official coronation, however, will occur only on 22 October and the party will be unique, made by order of the Imperial garage, a four-door Toyota Century Convertible with the top down.

According to Japanese publication Nostalgiс Cars, this one is named "machine Royal parade", a convertible based on the premium of 5.43-metre sedan is the Toyota Century third generation (G60) with a hybrid powertrain, the Toyota Hybrid System II with 5-liter V8 of the current generation and electric motor with a total output of 431 HP from model Lexus LS600h (XF40) of the previous generation,

takes you Emperor Naruhito and his wife along the route with a length of 4.59 km from the Imperial Palace to the West to the Akasaka Palace for the ceremony of the coronation. The route takes 30 minutes and the track was specially laid to minimize disruption to road traffic and, simultaneously, providing the audience maximum opportunity for photography.

According Nostalgic Cars in addition to remove in the trunk the roof (the cover is raised against the movement), rear seat-mounted 40 mm higher than the base sedan, and their backs are fixed at an angle of 25°, to the audience of the ceremony could better see and capture the Royal couple. In addition, the front seats have no head restraints to improve visibility of senior riders.

Naturally the Imperial car number plate will show off the "Golden sign of the chrysanthemum," which also symbolizes the Imperial seal.

According to Japanese media reports, after the coronation ceremony, the car will be involved in service throughout the Imperial palaces in Tokyo and Kyoto, and will also be used during special events, such as, XXXII summer Olympic games of 2020.

On approval of Nostalgic Cars this is the first new ceremonial car of the Japanese Royal family over the past 30 years, replacing the seldom-used Rolls-Royce Corniche III edition, 1990 (photo).

The premium model Toyota Century third generation debuted at the Tokyo motor show in 2017, is designed, however, to all comers at a price of 19.6 million yen (about $180 thousand) for the base model up to 60 million yen for the version in the back of a limo. However, traditionally it is used only by the Imperial family, the government of Japan headed by the Prime Minister and top business elite. The volume of production Century G60 does not exceed 50 cars per month.

Interestingly, this exclusive version is not the first for Toyota, which in early 2019 demonstrated two prototypes of sport-sedans GRMN, one in white and another in black color, created at the direction of the President of Toyota, Akio Toyoda.