The name "corolla" is part of Toyota's naming tradition of using names derived from the Toyota Crown for sedans.
Toyota also sold the Toyota Crown from 1965 to 1974 with very limited amount of sales.
Throughout the many versions of the Cedric, it was always considered to be the prime competitor to the Toyota Crown.
Sales of the Toyota Crown have reportedly been rising at a similar pace.
The daily transport of the president of Laos is a Toyota Crown.
Visiting heads of state or government are chauffeured in a Toyota Crown.
In other markets, the larger Toyota Crown remained available.
Toyota sold a mild hybrid version of the luxurious Toyota Crown beginning in 2002 only for the Japanese domestic market.
Toyota now sells a full hybrid with an electric motor for the new 2008 Toyota Crown.
The President appeared after the Toyota Crown Eight in April 1964.