2025 Toyota Crown Offers Darker Option With the Nightshade Trim

Like so many other models, the Crown has now gone to the dark side

You can configure a 2025 Toyota Crown Nightshade right now.

Fundamentally, the high-riding Crown sedan rolls into the 2025 model year without any radical changes. However, as is Toyota’s way over the past several years, there is a new “Nightshade” trim for those who are going for a stealthier look. Pricing for the Crown Nightshade starts at $49,860 including destination, which slots the model in right between the mid-range Limited and the top-end Platinum.

Opting for the Nightshade trim gets you a familiar set of styling elements that set this Crown apart from the rest of the lineup. Gloss black 21-inch wheels kick things off, while you also get black door handles, mirror caps and badging. To that, you can only get this trim with Black paint (naturally) or Storm Cloud gray, so we are talking about an under-the-radar sort of approach here.

2025 Toyota Crown Nightshade

The 2025 Toyota Crown Nightshade follows the standard Crown models on powertrain, offering up a hybrid setup with a 2.5-liter gasoline engine, putting out a total of 236 horsepower. The more potent, turbocharged “Hybrid Max” packing 340 horsepower still only comes with the top-dog Platinum. All-wheel drive is standard across the entire Crown range, though, regardless of which model you choose.

Every Crown model now gets standard heated and ventilated seats, while the Platinum gets a head-up display.

Pricing for the 2025 Toyota Crown lineup starts at $42,535 for the base XLE trim, then increases to $47,045 for the Limited. Past the $49,860 Nightshade, the only remaining trim is the substantially more expensive $56,085 Platinum. Not only do you get the full range of features with that model, but you also get the beefier powertrain. The Hybrid Max also uses a 6-speed automatic transmission paired to the 2.4-liter turbo engine, rather than the three electric motors and continuously variable transmission (CVT) you get with the standard Crown Hybrid models.

You can configure your 2025 Toyota Crown of choice right now.