I Just Bought A $20,000 Japanese Rolls-Royce - The V12 Toyota Century

The best part of this is you can tell how happy Thomas is for James. True friends show enthusiasm when their friend is happy.

License tag suggestion: "IMPORTED" as a double meaning for James.

Ever since seeing this review of the Toyota Century, I've been obsessed with this car. You guys perfectly showcased the elegance of this car. The luxuriousness of it, while it is still being subtle in many ways. This video made me want a Century of my own. I didn't have a driving license however, but this car combined with this review was the reason to finally get one. And so the journey began... I started taking driving lessons in the summer of 2023. Passed the exam first-try in December. Next step, finding a seller. This car is not sold where I live, and thus had to look in Japan for one. And so, since passing for the license, I have been looking at and bidding on auctions in Japan daily. Last weekend I finally won a bid at one of the Japanese auctions, and a Century is now being shipped to the EU! The Century I bought is very similarly specced as the one in this review. Black exterior. Wool interior. Fender wing mirrors. Shifter on the steering column. Even the granny lace curtains are included. I'm very very excited to have it delivered soon and to use it as a daily. Thanks Throttle House for this review and exposing me to this beautiful car (and making me get a driving license) 🔥

I legit couldn't care less about cars. I don't know why I clicked on it or decided to scroll to the middle of the video. But the guy who bought the car is so proud of it and so happy with it, it's almost infectious. It's nice seeing people have a childlike hapiness for something they got.

Toyota Century’s fail safe is amazing. Even if one bank of the V12 dies, it can still run with the other V bank. A chauffeur-driven car for VIP is not allowed to get stuck.

James! a stunning car, you can get a plug in replacement for a lexus and it will translate all of the navigation and let you add region appropriate maps (and radio). You'll keep all functionality but be able to read it. My mate did it on his, and it changed the game

I actually want one. I like its simplicity and it is definitely very reliable too.

This is so cool. Feels so fitting for James to have such a beautiful and unique car. Truly for a collector/car-enthusiast!

License Plate - “IM JAMES” Absolutely fantastic content as usual! Having just bought a new WRX, I now feel like I’ve made a mistake and should have went with a luxury Toyota from the early 2000s, haha.

19:37 Fun fact: those wing mirrors comes in handy when driving through the many narrow streets of Japan as they are situated far ahead and within the vehicle's width for the driver to be able to see the sides of the car, a normal side mirror would have been scraped as it protrudes out. Incidentally, such wing mirrors can also be found on all Japanese taxis.

Funny, I felt the same way about my LS430 the first time I drove it. It now has 170K miles on it and is still absolutely silent and the rear window shade still works. It is also an amazing car.

Saw one in Dallas over the summer for the first time ever and lost my mind. Such a cool car!

I’m a Honda guy, and I also love Lexus But I gotta admit the Toyota Century has always been a car I really wanted, as well as the VW Phaeton

I watched a special on the Toyota Century once and one of the reasons for the wool interior is that it is silent when you move over it and move around versus leather which makes noise. Plus the softness and longevity of the wool was superior to leather wearing out. Cool car!

There is something wonderful about knowing you own a car that was built by hand by men who are the best in the world at what they do. And that car is their proudest, most sincere work. It’s a work of art, and thus is timeless.

Last December i was in Tokyo for four days because i was looking at several AE86s. A friend of mine is Japanese and the guy he bought his 86 from knew a guy who had 5 sitting in a lot. I was picked up and driven to the airport and the other way around i a Century. I always kinda knew that it existed, but fell completely in love over it while i was driven through Tokyo in it. At the end of the trip, i had the same driver with the same car, the guy was delighted i loved his car. When i was in the plane home, i started looking for a century right away. It had to be light blue tho, the car i was driven in was this colour, and i think it suits the car very well. And it is something different than the black, i saw a black one at the hotel as well, its a beautiful colour, but i prefer the light blue.We actually had a light blue for sale here in Germany around that time, but when i inquired for the car it was already sold. So i asked my friend in Japan to look for one and he found mine. 1997 model year, light blue with dark blue wool seats, little bit less than 120.000km on it, one owner. He wanted to stay anonymous, but i was told that he was an older gentleman, who was only selling because he has another one and he got a new third gen Century. The cars are currently on there way to the Netherlands, cant wait to pick them up. I was a little bit worried about servicing my future Century, even got laughed at for asking ath the Toyota dealership, where my parents bought they're Mirais. But i found a smaller dealer who knows hot to service the car, they have another customer with a Century as well.

The Toyota Century is a dream car of mine. I'm so jealous. (Also if you could somehow squeeze Supra XXL onto the numberplate that would be hilarious)

Fun fact: The V12 in this car “1GZ-FE” is the same one which was used by Legendary tuner Kazuhiko Nagata aka Smokey Nagata in his V12 supra but in that it got the “Top Secret” (his tuning shop) treatment and it got fitted with twin HKS GT2540 turbos and two HKS ECUs (because technology wasn’t that advanced at that time and single ECU wasn’t enough to perform that many inputs and outputs) with in house custom made pistons and other engine parts built by “Top Secret” itself specifically for that car and all of this treatment turned that engine from making modest 280 hp to staggering 839HP and 1010NM of torque (it may not sound much now but these were numbers were unprecedented in that era) and he fitted this engine into his Supra and flew to Nardo, Italy at the famous Nardo ring test track to do a top speed run and he managed to 224mph. Thank you for reading all the way down :), like this so more and more people can know about this fact.

Really love to see such a fascinating voyage into Toyota most premium epic car. Didn't know even such a gem existed and hovering around for dignitories. The craftmanship and attention to details is on next level. Thanks TH

ive seen many car videos on youtube, but this is hands down the best one... i think your genuine joy and amazement made it