Ferrari and Toyota mightn’t have a lot in common, but a Japanese tuner has found a way to bridge the gap between the carmakers with a new set of exotic upgrades for the Crown Sport SUV.
Aero Over has taken the new JDM Crown Sport and transformed it into a budget Ferrari Purosangue with a comprehensive set of cosmetic enhancements, from a fresh bodykit to quad exhausts and yellow badging.
The Ferrari lookalike was displayed alongside a genuine Purosangue at the Tokyo Auto Salon event last weekend, demonstrating uncanny similarities between the two sleek SUVs.
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At the front-end, the Aero Over Crown scores a wider, meaner front grille to go with split horizontal light strips that already closely resembled those on the Ferrari super SUV.
A bright yellow Aero Over bonnet emblem takes the place of the Crown logo – a Japanese take on the iconic Prancing Horse badge.
Things take a turn for the worst down each side of the rebadged Crown, where it wears a new set of silver alloy wheels with black inserts, mimicking the Ferrari’s in colour but not design… think Temu-spec rather than replica.
That’s not to say Aero Over has half-assed its Crown build, as the modifications include yellow-painted brake calipers and attention to details such as custom wheel centre caps.
At the rear, the Aero Over Crown Sport adopts an aggressive new diffuser with quad exhaust outlets, just like the Purosangue. With that said, there’s no carbon-fibre to be found here.
The standard tail-lights have been retained, given their striking similarities to the Ferrari items.
Prices for the Toyota Crown Sport start at 5.9 million yen in Japan, or around AU$60,500.
It’s unclear how much the Aero Over kit will cost once it becomes available to the public, but it’s unlikely to surpass the $728,000 before on-road costs charged for the Ferrari Purosangue in Australia.
The Crown Sport, like the other members of the Crown family, isn’t officially available Down Under, so if the Purosangue takes your fancy there’s no way to cheap out!
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