Toyota Crown Royal Saloon

The type of car the taxi is in the beginning of IQ84.

Maybe people who know about cards have a better idea how this works, but I have no clue. Definitely not a car person—in fact, I don't even have a license. But basically, the Royal Saloon is part of a broader Crown line that goes all the way back to the '50s. This picture (which I grabbed via Google from Free Notes) may or may not have anything to do with the car in the book, as there seem to be many colors and of course, the style changed a lot over the years. I did read on Wikipedia about some "sound-deadening" material they used for some of the recent models, so...yeah...

Sorry, I can't say I have any interest in cars. But now we know that it might look SOMETHING like the one pictured on the right. Maybe :P

UPDATE: Actually the book takes place in 1984, apparently, or at least the opening scene, so the one in the picture is too new.