The Toyota rational [if that's the word] was to associate every name with a
crown as in the leader.  Look at the names again and you'll see that.

Mike
'85 Westy [no crown]

> The Toyota names originally all began with 'C' - Corona, Corolla,
> Carina, Crown, Cressida, Camry. I think the Starlet was the first
> non-'C' Toyota name.