id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Toyota's most expensive car is also among its best-kept secrets. If you're familiar with the Toyota Century at all, you've probably heard it referred to as "Japan's Rolls-Royce," or maybe you learned that Japan's heir apparent emperor, Crown Prince Naruhito, has just selected one for his royal limo. In fact, when this new third-generation model was introduced earlier this year, Roadshow's own headline trumpeted: "Toyota's Century is Japan's $180,000 Rolls-Royce rival." As nobody outside the company had driven the new car yet, our news editor, Andrew Krok, could not have known how on-target and yet simultaneously how spectacularly off-base he was. As I recently became the first -- and perhaps only -- member of the Western media to drive the new Toyota Century, allow me to explain.
Considering its sizable dimensions, formal body lines and six-figure price tag, it's understandable that many people would leap to make Rolls-Royce comp
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