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Toyota Turns Crown Car Seat Into ¥495,000 Desk Chair With Heating, Cooling and USB‑C Buckle

The Japan-only release brings car-seat comfort into the home office for a tiny pool of lottery-picked buyers.

Overview

  • Toyota Boshoku unveiled a limited Crown Seat Desk Chair for Japan as part of The Crown Collection.
  • Only 70 units will be sold through Toyota’s The Crown retail network, with buyers chosen by lottery if demand is high.
  • The chair costs ¥495,000 (about $3,500) and uses a real Crown power seat with electric recline, height, tilt, and lumbar support.
  • Comfort features include three-level heating and ventilation plus a USB‑C port in the original seatbelt buckle, all run by an internal battery, though Toyota has not shared its capacity or runtime.
  • Toyota partnered with office-furniture maker Itoki to engineer the base, height mechanism, and armrests so the automotive seat works as a proper desk chair.