You DON'T Know This About the $100,000 Toyota Century 👀

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You DON'T Know This About the $100,000 Toyota Century 👀

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AlexMartini

Күн бұрын

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@Loverboirider 2 ай бұрын

Toyota would be the ones to have the word “reliable” and “V12” in the same sentence

@nboccanfuso 2 ай бұрын

It's not that hard to make a reliable 276hp v12

@wellzy9819 2 ай бұрын

@@nboccanfuso google gentelmans agreement. That v12 is prob close to 350/400hp with with 500lb/ft

@BlairAir 2 ай бұрын

@wellzy9819 - If I google it, should I misspell "Gentlemen's" like you do, or spell it correctly? I want to get the same answer, so "gentelmens" it is!

@lust-sama3920 2 ай бұрын

@@BlairAirUr n0t c000l br0...

@ashes2ashes863 2 ай бұрын

V12s are actually fairly naturally balanced just like V8s are. The sad thing is with Toyota's reliability the last few years, I doubt they would have that kind of success with one they built today.

@NateDog_WDE 2 ай бұрын

The engine code on the century v12 is the 1GZ not the 1JZ just FYI

@ReleaseTheQuackin 2 ай бұрын

And he said it with so much confidence 🤣

@GoodOlPastaCake 2 ай бұрын

I was about to say this. Close in name, but half the engine

@SYYX 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction but sorry bro I have to do it 🤓☝️

@scar1874 2 ай бұрын

Which ironically is two 1JZs sharing a crank - the 1GZ even runs two 1JZ ECUs, throttle bodys, ignition system etc.. its how Toyota engineers in reliability 😅

@jordannorris2406 2 ай бұрын

@@GoodOlPastaCakeclearly you never saw Smokey Nagatas Supra with the 1GZ V12 swap

@jamesbogue8837 2 ай бұрын

I understand how it’s a luxury car but I still feel like 276 hp on a v-12 is a crime lmao.

@SparkyFYTGaming 2 ай бұрын

A lot of the Japanese car company’s claimed to have 276 hp but a lot of the cars were over that

@sargentpotato3333 2 ай бұрын

Wait till this guy hears about jaguar

@doodlebob1184 2 ай бұрын

They used the v12 because it was their most balanced and smooth engine at the time. But I agree. If I were to buy it im tuning it

@TheyCallMeMrMaybe 2 ай бұрын

The HP claims is normally a lie, but the point of having the V12 like that is if in an emergency occurs and one cylinder bank goes out, the other can still operate without an issue.

@DavidBrown-zg1qs 2 ай бұрын

@@sargentpotato3333or American cars in general

@TehDrewsus 2 ай бұрын

"highly elected" So like, officials that won by 3-4% still had to walk, or? 😂

@NeonSuperNovas 2 ай бұрын

Yep! This baby is for WINNERS not winners!

@samuelrodriguez6684 2 ай бұрын

@@NeonSuperNovas "it doesn't matter whether you win by an inch or a mile, a win is a win" but a win is not a WIN

@GeloNegron 2 ай бұрын

😂

@RamadaArtist Ай бұрын

Pretty sure "highly elected" means, "elected to a high position," not, "elected by a large margin."

@TehDrewsus Ай бұрын

@@RamadaArtist ok 👍 Was merely making light of the way it was said 🤣

@zxvadcsfbh 2 ай бұрын

It's a 1GZFE, not a "1JZ V12 BEAMS". Get your basic facts right. This engine has nothing to do with either the 1JZ or the Beams 3S lol.

@MorbidTorov 2 ай бұрын

I mean, it's two 1JZ's that share a crank, so saying the 1GZ has nothing to do with it is kind of a misnomer.

@zxvadcsfbh 2 ай бұрын

@@MorbidTorov that is incorrect. It is an entirely unique engine block that shares nothing in common with the 1JZ. Christ, just look at the difference in size between the cylinder bores or the completely different fuel pump configuration. That's like saying the 1UZ is just two 4G or 3S engines put together. The 1GZ is NOT 2 1JZ blocks put together.

@Instamatic898 2 ай бұрын

Same with the tank suspension "fact". This is what we get when people get their info from Facebook.

@jdjGSHBFjh68827 Ай бұрын

@@MorbidTorovMisinformation is STILL misinformation.

@6Mar99 2 ай бұрын

Didn't smokey nagata used this engine in one of his supras?

@nefariouscj9791 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the top secret supra ❤

@zedeg94 2 ай бұрын

I think his supra had custom engine, with custom block etc, based on 1JZ (like two JZ's sticked together). I might be confusing his engine with someone else's tho.

@nefariouscj9791 2 ай бұрын

@@zedeg94 if we are referring to the top secret supra that smokey built, it was the 5.0 V12 from the Toyota century, built with all forged internals and added twin turbos producing over 1000hp and around 700lbs of torque.

@DONTCALLMETHAT 2 ай бұрын

Old Smokey. Haven't heard that name in a while 😂

@aaronwoodcock4715 Ай бұрын

Makes me wonder where he got it from.

@aloniabasmerom8868 2 ай бұрын

The engine is actually called the 1GZ V12 engine

@AeraFlame666 2 ай бұрын

This car has even more features than my 2018 car 💀 Someguy in the comments is correcting me. If that guy is reading this, 💀

@ryankelsey3175 2 ай бұрын

well to be fair my phone doesnt have tires to start with XD

@AeraFlame666 2 ай бұрын

@@ryankelsey3175 Well atleast we have a engine (motherboard)

@ryankelsey3175 2 ай бұрын

@@AeraFlame666 think mines knocking then 😂

@gameisgame3000 2 ай бұрын

Not only that, it was made in the 90’s. All jokes aside this car was advanced and SO well crafted in it’s time, I would even say up there with the W140 S Class

@AeraFlame666 2 ай бұрын

@@ryankelsey3175 Sorry to ruin the joke, but I don't understand.

@randywissler9923 2 ай бұрын

There's a guy on KZfaq, can't remember his name, but he has one and put like a 30k exhaust in it. Sounds sweet and loud as hell!!

@1PARADOXXX Ай бұрын

You're thinking of effspot or something like that. It was an 18k exhaust but it was on a v12 Mercedes

@kallekas8551 2 ай бұрын

Stop telling people about it! Price is going up!!!😂

@Basslicks82 Ай бұрын

Lol... That's one of those cars that "if you need to know the price, you can't afford it"

@kallekas8551 Ай бұрын

@@Basslicks82 A few years ago here in Australia they were worth about $8-10k when people were not interested!🤣

@Basslicks82 Ай бұрын

@@kallekas8551 duuuuuude... That's a freakin bargain for a car if that caliber!

@kallekas8551 Ай бұрын

@@Basslicks82 Few years ago no one was interested….just like my R33 I paid $25K for it….here in Australia.🦘

@trentjefferies1030 Ай бұрын

@@Basslicks82it is now a days because every keeps hyping up old cars and driving up the price it doesnt help ofc that cars no adays are actual trash

@nathanludovina5111 2 ай бұрын

"Business women too". Bahahahaha! So you've never been to Japan, got it.

@obeseperson 2 ай бұрын

Why do so many people over there kill themselves

@Fatherfkkrs1610 2 ай бұрын

As if Japan has got the most feminine men pursued by women with fetisitic eye lens...😂😂 Or is asia really that developed?

@Peer_Teer 2 ай бұрын

He just tried to show a bit of wokeness.😂

@8visuals365 2 ай бұрын

I have never been to Japan.. what do you mean by your comment?

@Peer_Teer 2 ай бұрын

@@8visuals365 And you also know very little about Japan! It would take you in the right direction to visit Wikipedia 'women in Japan'.

@POLARTTYRTM 2 ай бұрын

put an $18,000 dollar exhaust in it.

@JDYTC 2 ай бұрын

@@KaiserSoze357 He is referring to a specific video 😉

@JDYTC 2 ай бұрын

@@KaiserSoze357 Yeah, no.

@aera6413 2 ай бұрын

Apparently Alex, you don't know about this car because a 1JZ, beams and a V12 all have different designations within toyota

@xn0gaming 2 ай бұрын

No. Just Businessmen. This is Japan, man. LOL

@peterhun1024 2 ай бұрын

And Emperor

@norwegianroads2152 Ай бұрын

You're misinforming. The 1967 Toyota Century had a V8, not a V12. The Century only got a V12 in 1997

@itsamepersonio7338 2 ай бұрын

There was a shop down the street from me that sold one for $47k, idk if it used to be $100k but definitely isn’t now

@jeremyclares4851 2 ай бұрын

*Century V12 - 5 liter || McLaren F1 V12 - 6.1 liter* *Therefore not the same exact displacement FYI*

@kamikaze4172 2 ай бұрын

For a company that usually goes with "cheap and reliable", I didn't think they'd do high class like this. Reminds me of old Lincoln Town Cars

@shehandamsara3695 2 ай бұрын

Have you heard about Lexus

@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor 2 ай бұрын

@@shehandamsara3695 yeah and I think Lexus are badged as Toyotas in Japan

@FabienTeulieres93 2 ай бұрын

@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor Not anymore

@chrisfurnier4790 Ай бұрын

You do know that Lexus a Lexus is a Toyota with a different emblem and a few luxury features added, right?

@ericstone8959 Ай бұрын

This is on a whole different level than anything an American car maker has ever thought of producing. This is closer to a Rolls Royce with a price tag that matches. The people that are responsible for building these are considered masters of their respective disciplines, most if not all spending over a decade as an apprentice. To really put things in perspective, the paint is polished to an undistorted mirror finish.

@dvaritek434 2 ай бұрын

Century with spinners is wild

@Slimmshhady 2 ай бұрын

Its extremely cheap is japan. Used one are for 5k usd in excellent condition

@leovillant768 Ай бұрын

This car is a perfect luxury car

@DaleEarndhardt Ай бұрын

Another fun fact: these engines can be crazy given you have the skills to handle never mind rebuild & tune one. Smokey Nagatas 1GZ swapped supra is a good example.

@jacksin3323 Ай бұрын

I almost bought one for mine. The split bank ecu is too much to tune, tho... so i got the 1jz.

@DaleEarndhardt Ай бұрын

@@jacksin3323 solid choice

@SI0AX Ай бұрын

@@jacksin3323Very few factory Toyota ECUs are tuneable because of how hard it's to decode the logic. Most people use aftermarket ECU's for Toyota cars. Modern aftermarket ECU's are capable of tuning V12s with just 1 ECU.

@Benderdonethat 2 ай бұрын

Sounding a whole lot like Scotty Kilmer at the end there, and I’m all for it 😂

@nabahmadi5012 2 ай бұрын

Initially they had a v8. Also, the 1uz is just as smooth, you can do the coin balancing act too.

@Cluelessracing 2 ай бұрын

The 1uz mostly came in the royal saloon and toyota crown, those cars are some of the smoothest cars you could drive or ride in.

@daddybotz 2 ай бұрын

I did the coin balance on top of my subaru engine, the coin suffered ringland failure

@Mister2j86 2 ай бұрын

Can we all just agree those Century wheels are absolutely baller

@elisetagtmeyer1803 2 ай бұрын

Yessssah

@thepointsnorth 9 күн бұрын

Highly elected= 20% more elected than your average politician

@catcaruso 2 ай бұрын

Gonna say it: The greatest luxury car ever made.

@legoferrari14 Ай бұрын

The fact that the 1GZ V12 was essentially two 1JZ Inline Sixes mated to a common crank means that it has about as much performance potential as you'd expect. Though due to the engine's (and by extension its original car's) rarity, the limits of the 1GZ V12 haven't been explored too much. The only 1GZ build I know of is the A80 Supra that received a 1GZ swap by tuning house TOP SECRET which became infamous for pursuing a speed record on UK public roads by one "Smokey" Nagata!

@dajam9035 2 ай бұрын

Mans had me stunned at v12 wtf 😂

@Speedy11201 2 ай бұрын

Part 3 of asking for Koenegsegg ghost logo backstory

@jakeh.5014 2 ай бұрын

The koenigsegg company bought the airplane hanger that housed the Swedish "ghost squadron" so it's a cool little nod to their Air Force

@ANomadWanderingTheBadlands Ай бұрын

That's a proper villain car

@BarneyBarnett Ай бұрын

The g50 1gz-fe v12 was made from 1997 to 2016 and had a advertised hp of 276 but was tested at around 300 It was built with smoothness and reliability in mind, shares some parts with jz series engines It has 2 independant ecus and quad cam vvt-i with 48 valves,and paired to a 4 later 6 speed automatic Its a very overbuilt. When builtvsnd tuned it could manage 600 n/a and 1200 with twin turbo

@TheTyrial86 Ай бұрын

I love how this car looks.

@ComeJesusChrist Ай бұрын

I would never touch a McLaren, they have hideous quality issues, but there is nothing wrong with a fine, understated limousine that’s been built and designed with great care.

@davids2629 Ай бұрын

As simple as ysl myslf is i love it. I love the orange blossom❤

@johnevans1969 Ай бұрын

I want one! Slick and graceful

@hommeboy Ай бұрын

That thing is so baller. A true VIP vehicle.

@majesticmajesta5463 2 ай бұрын

She's gonna meet the same fate as the Supra, Price wise.

@MadsMikkelsenisliterallyme 2 ай бұрын

They've been going for 10/15kish around where I live forever now. Everyone wants jz/x chassis, and the newly legal imports. I bought a 96 Crown Royal Saloon 2jz-ge VVT-i variant for 10k(30k km, everything in spec), and a few months later saw a fucking pristine low km 97(?) Century for 10k is. Wish I would've waited

@majesticmajesta5463 2 ай бұрын

@@MadsMikkelsenisliterallyme Thats rough man, Tho a Crown is also a really solid car, I just hope I can get one (Century) before they're all gone or too expensive. I see they just became legal in the U.S. and everyone on the internet going crazy over them, Couple this with the fact that less than 10,000 were ever made. Wich its genuinely concerning. Even more concerning are those bippu stans but thats another story.

@hazexo1131 2 ай бұрын

@@MadsMikkelsenisliterallymebro that happens to everyone after they buy a car I swear, a better one pops up within a week even tho you’ve been searching for months and years 😭

@RamadaArtist Ай бұрын

Context points: The "gentlemen's agreement" referred to was a non-binding agreement between Japanese car manufacturers to limit the engine power of any domestically produced sedans to 280 metric horsepower, (276hp.) In theory this was to prevent cars from becoming too fast, and as a result too dangerous, and could have resulted in unwanted regulations being imposed by the Japanese government. In practice, most manufacturers were making some cars that exceeded this limit, and were simply advertised in the Japanese market as having 276hp. Functionally identical cars sold in export markets would see gains of up to 50hp in their advertised performance specs, despite having no mechanical differences. The Century's engine, the 1GZ-FE, was stated to make 276hp, but has been estimated to make around 300hp, and was advertised in export markets as having a 295hp engine. It is _not_ the same size engine as a McLaren F1, it's merely the same configuration. The BMW S70/2 is a 6L engine compared to the 1GZ's 5L. (The engine the S70/2 is seemingly based on, the M70B50, _is_ a V12 with nearly identical performance specs to the 1GZ, but it only ever went in BMW 7 and 8 series cars, never a McLaren, and was phased out before the 1GZ was even built to begin with anyway.) Finally, they used the SAME engine in the Toyota Century, (the V12 1GZ-FE we've been talking about,) for *twenty* years of production, between 1997 and 2017.

@SurginersYT 2 ай бұрын

I’ve had one live at my property

@user-yc2oz8kc5k Ай бұрын

Amazing how it looks like the Toyota Crown sedan from the early1970s.

@Yida_Vilified 2 ай бұрын

When I get wealthy I'm buying one of these it's nice... salute Toyota

@JosephMcCallister-si4vn 2 ай бұрын

I’ve seen one on the roads 😳 tank ab- I mean talk about awesome 😅

@Real_British 2 ай бұрын

1967 was powered with 5L V8, then this V12 as for 2nd gen in 1997.

@ianendangan7462 Ай бұрын

Ive rode one in Ube City Yamaguchi Prefecture owned by a businessman. Really smooth and comfortable.

@jassbrar408 Ай бұрын

FYI.. I just googled Toyota Century coz of the rims it has in this video & found that there is this website called car from japan & has a 2018 Toyota Century with 12k miles & priced at $95k. It is parked at Baltimore Port & cars for Japan also has a KZfaq channel..

@Topthingnas_ Ай бұрын

Fun fact when straight pipped sounds crazy know about this car already

@dumpstajuice Ай бұрын

It's like the 8.1 gm big block. Laughable but sounded amazing.

@khamp6958 2 ай бұрын

Those wheels are sick

@Flamebeard0815 Ай бұрын

Wrong. They were first delivered with V8s, in 1997 they were upgraded to the V12, engine code 1GZ-FE. Nice thing regarding the engine: It'll still work if one bank is toast. Power as advertised in foreign markets is 220kw/295hp.

@edwardclark8808 Ай бұрын

The Toyota Century started 1967 with V8 engine to 1997 and V12 engine came in 1998 until 2017.

@nameredacted1176 Ай бұрын

Roaches, Glock pistols, Toyotas… Name three things that would survive a nuclear apocalypse

@lordzeuscannon6400 2 ай бұрын

Toyota century vs toyota crown. Heard the crown was basically a more premium century

@GabrielWilkes 2 ай бұрын

Opposite

@roland9367 Ай бұрын

They are not related at all. And the Century is the highest model you can get, higher than Lexus

@erintyres3609 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, I had never heard of the Toyota Century.

@rcfp2006 Ай бұрын

The C pliar was wide and polished to a mirror shine so the passenger could check themselves before going to their meetings.

@conneryates5073 Ай бұрын

I low key want one but I would tune the engine to get more power but still run smoothly and I would update and upgrade a couple things

@user-kp7xl9jo6l 2 ай бұрын

slam suspension down to the ground and cat back deleted , hack in the ECU and send it

@Superfastjellyfish669 Ай бұрын

I would love a second gen century

@aaroneckardt5514 Ай бұрын

I’ve always liked them and wanted one

@oneilbasdeo3286 2 ай бұрын

Mike devine century is so clean

@artist_with_dharma137 Ай бұрын

There's car manufacturers we don't even know about that were making incredible luxury cars and never reached export status to the western car market The one that I am crazy about was featured on one of the top gear episodes and it's the Japanese version of a Rolls-Royce x Bentley Weird looking thing it was, but the extras that come as a standard kick ass, and for the price of an entry level Rolls-Royce you could buy 3 of these Japanese super luxury vehicles and still have spare change left for a range rover

@thetriskett2633 Ай бұрын

Worth 25k - 30k in Canada for a v12 model

@Goose21995 2 ай бұрын

This is lowkey my fav "dailyable" car

@JonathanCarvajal03 2 ай бұрын

These are so slept on 😍❤

@majesticmajesta5463 2 ай бұрын

Not anymore😔

@Haqeldama 2 ай бұрын

@@majesticmajesta5463yeah they’re upwards of 20k

@JonathanCarvajal03 2 ай бұрын

Sorta you just got to know where to look for em. I know dealerships in the East Coast that got em for the low.

@majesticmajesta5463 2 ай бұрын

@@Haqeldama yeah its getting out of hand already

@jacobmoore4797 2 ай бұрын

I love this car. It is so nice.

@weirdsoupcartoonsyeah 2 ай бұрын

why does this guy sound exactly like linus tech tips

@ExecutiveAutomotiveSociety Ай бұрын

I love everything I’m seeing. It’s so crazy to see how different countries handled luxury and in some cases how organized crime evolved that thinking.

@donhagerty5669 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE TO HAVE A TUNE-UP ON THAT VEHICLE❤❤❤❤

@Coralalal Ай бұрын

Best jdm car.

@adamziolkowski2549 Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t want my suspension as smooth as a military vehicle… *shutters*

@Tamarlane389 Ай бұрын

Businesswomen? In Japan, 1967?

@stargazeronesixseven Ай бұрын

😮🙏 Datsun now renamed as NISSAN also had some Top Range Executive Limousines offered only to their top owners of their branches during the 1970s ... 🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊

@mattc8723 Ай бұрын

276 hp from a V-12 explains how they can balance a coin on its edge.

@theodricaethelfrith Ай бұрын

The McLaren F1 had a 6.1L, not 5.0. wtf?

@Mrcatno Ай бұрын

I thought this was used for people who lived in Japan for people who were presidents or something like that is that right but it looks so cool

@Evilboats__ Ай бұрын

feels like a crime that Toyota stopped making these kinda cars

@oliviersavard8676 Ай бұрын

...they still make the century

@SassquatchTX Ай бұрын

I need one for my family

@Gintoki881 2 ай бұрын

The coin in the video is not very round, so it’s much more easy for it to stay upright. Test the theory with a round coin.

@conradmaceo 2 ай бұрын

I don’t know about the lace curtains though.

@kirtthelander6912 Ай бұрын

Guaranteed better build quality too

@Billyjack-Two-Crows 2 ай бұрын

Whether you're highly elected or lowly elected you're still just elected

@zm321 15 күн бұрын

1) The V12 Century was introduced in 1997, and 2) It was not the same size engine as a McLaren F1, the F1 being 6064cc !!

@donmarleymall 2 ай бұрын

So basically this was a Toyota version of a Maybach 🤔

@wolfgangBuonarotti Ай бұрын

more reliable than a british supercar? woah!

@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317 2 ай бұрын

Except the coin isn't perfectly round but still impressive though.

@dapuncake3625 Ай бұрын

Saw one few days ago. Just casually drove past. See at least 1 every few weeks

@garysmith7212 Ай бұрын

I 1 n dc last week, beautiful

@lordgekko Ай бұрын

That's a Florida tag. You should blur it out. One of the only states that you can get info from a license plate.

@blakehenwood-9270 2 ай бұрын

Good cars. Miss mine

@nastystew6942 2 ай бұрын

This is the V12 that Smoky put in his Top Secret Supra

@user-ux3qu7mr2m 2 ай бұрын

A dude got 539 hp at 710 lb-ft with 10 pounds of boost out of that engine.

@thecarguy313 Ай бұрын

I saw one on the road in dallas, tx yesterday

@dopesquatch 2 ай бұрын

My girlfriends crown has the hole in the front seat also. Had it out in appleton the other night.

@venomousninetails 2 ай бұрын

If i ever get stupid rich i would buy One

@eriktheone8219 2 ай бұрын

Forget the supra I want this one😊

@deluxe1of1 2 ай бұрын

Yes they’re reliable but when they break, oh man you better have some money saved for repairs. I know because I occasionally work on these beautiful vehicles