--- title: "How Do You Really Feel About the 2023 Toyota Crown’s Two-Tone?" date: "2022-07-23" modified: "2022-07-23" authors: - name: "Stef Schrader" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stef-schrader" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-do-you-really-feel-about-the-2023-toyota-crowns-two-tone" categories: - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Toyota News" tags: - "Toyota" --- # How Do You Really Feel About the 2023 Toyota Crown’s Two-Tone? ![2023 Toyota Crown]() *\Stef Schrader\* The [2023 Toyota Crown]() is one of the most unusual vehicles in a long time, and Toyota leaned into its weirdness hard. If you really want your [category-defying]() sedan-SUV mash-up to stand out, though, you need to spring for the top-trim Platinum model. Why? Because then you can spec it with two-tone paint. Of course, "two-tone" has somewhat of a retro connotation, so when we spoke to the marketing manager for the new Crown, Ash Hack, he referred to this paint option as a "bi-tone" instead. It's not a simple top/bottom paint split like you remember from your dad's K5 Blazer, but rather, a paint job that highlights some of the most interesting design elements and character lines of the car. "You've got the large black areas that extend down to the front of the vehicle that turns into what they call the hammerhead," Hack said, calling out the blunt, geometric front end of the car. "So, we're calling it bi-tone because two-tone just didn't seem to do it justice." ![This is the art deco district with a 1957 Chevrolet parked in front of a building, This area is also known as SOBE which stands for South Beach Miami. (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)]() *Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images* ![1959 Chevrolet Corvette, 2000. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)]() *Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images* ![CHICHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 13: 1958 Oldsmobile Super 88 Coupe at Vintage on August 13, 2010. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/Classic Rock Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty Images)]() *Kevin Nixon/Classic Rock Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty Images* Whether you call it bi-tone, two-tone, or just "that neat paint job with a strategically placed contrasting color," the concept is the same as it's always been. Two contrasting colors can be used to highlight different parts of an interesting car design. The flashiest mid-century cars always had big contrasting sections that stood out from the rest of a candy-colored car. What the Toyota Crown is doing really isn't new—it's a revival of a flashier, more classic two-tone style, if anything. The contrast is used like a highlighter to draw attention to some of the Crown's most unique design features, and personally, I'm here for it. It makes the regular single-color Crown look plain in comparison. All of this begs the question: Would you order a new car in two-tone? Is it time for two-tone to make a comeback? ![]() *Toyota* *Got tips? Email the author: stef@thedrive.com* ## Author Stef Schrader is a former senior staff writer for The Drive. She started writing about cars in 2013 after meeting Jalopnik's editor-in-chief at a race track, where Stef can be found at every available opportunity. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Instagram]() [Twitter]()