Want a Ferrari Purosangue without the massive price tag and the worry over the reliability of an Italian V12 exotic? If you don’t care about the noises coming from the tailpipes, then Japanese tuner Aero Over has just the ticket.
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2024 Ferrari Purosangue
- Engine
- 6.5L V12 Gas
- Horsepower
- 715 hp
- Torque
- 528 lb-ft
- Drivetrain
- All-wheel-drive
- 0-60 MPH
- Base MSRP
- $393,350
- Curb Weight
- 4,850 lbs
The lookalike, revealed at the Tokyo Auto Salon, is based on the Toyota Crown Sport. It’s one of the Crown variants not sold in North America, but with a few small changes and a couple of stickers on the fenders, it suddenly becomes a very convincing copy of the supercar. Has there ever been more of a case of champagne on a beer budget?
The Toyota That Looks Better Than A Ferrari
It’s not a perfect copy, but it’s shockingly close. The Crown Sport is a very curvy small crossover with haunches nearly as broad as the Ferrari SUVs. A new front bumper starts the conversion, where Toyota’s latest angular Prius-like lights are already a close match for the Ferrari’s.
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From there, moving rearward, Aero Over hasn’t had to do all that much, but what it has done is effective. The company took advantage of Toyota’s Purosangue-like rear lights and added a new lower bumper section with quad tailpipes.
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A set of large yellow shields along with some massive wheels with bright yellow calipers behind them and you have a convincing substitute. It’s a lot closer than the substitutions we’ve seen on TV and movies, at least.
The kit is listed for 250,000 yen. That’s less than $1,600, making this kit as much of a steal as the $36,000 Toyota is versus the $400,000 Ferrari.
Crown Sport Is One Of The Most Interesting Toyotas Not Sold Here
Toyota’s Crown Sport is one of the four different variants of the Crown the company sells today. The Crown Crossover model is the one sold in the US as the Crown, while the Crown Signia is also sold here, replacing the Venza in 2024. The Crown Sedan is the other one of the four that isn’t sold here. It’s on a shared platform with the Mirai, though it uses gas power as well as offering a fuel cell system.
The Crown Sport is an SUV-like model sold in Japan. Instead of a V12, it has a 2.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid system. The same system is used in base models of the Crown sold here.
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Body kit conversions aren’t Aero Over’s main look, but this isn’t the company’s first. It also sells a kit to make a Jimny that very closely resembles the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. It sells performance parts and air suspension kits for a wide range of Japanese-model vehicles.
Will Ferrari’s legendary lawyers be all over this one? They might be, especially as Aero Over had a real Purosangue at its booth beside this Crown. On the other hand, most of the resemblances already existed, and Toyota first showed its version of the idea. At least by a few months.
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