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Toyota Soarer 4.0 Coupe
Now here’s something you rarely see on UK roads.
You may actually be wondering if this is a Lexus or a Toyota. Well officially, the third generation (Z30) Soarer is a Lexus SC – 300 or 400, depending on what’s cooking under the bonnet. The sleek coupe was designed by Toyota in the early 90s to launch a new luxury division outside of Japan known as Lexus. Anyone know how these ‘Lexi’ got on?The car remained on sale in Japan as a Toyota and both versions only reached UK shores via grey importers. Finding one therefore, is a suitably tricky job. Finding a well kept one is even
harder, which is why the office went all wide-eyed at the sight of this 1991 Toyota-badged version.At £1,000 it hits our shed budget on the nail, and offers both a refined a fairly rapid driving experience. The 4.0-litre V8 was only available with a four-speed automatic, but this was quick to function and fairly intuitive. Thanks to Toyota build quality, mechanicals lasted forever too. Don’t be fooled by this car’s gallactical mileage, we reckon it probably has the legs to do at least another 100k. And have you ever seen a cleaner cabin than this?
Exclusivity doesn’t have to cost the earth either – a lot of this car’s suspension, brakes and engine parts were shared with the MkIV Supra, making them relatively easy and inexpensive to source. Go on admit it, you’re running out of excuses aren’t you?
Source: www.autotrader.co.uk
1991 H Reg Toyota Soarer 4.0 Coupe (trade)
220,000 miles, Automatic,GREEN
2 Doors, Automatic, Coupe, Petrol, 220,000 miles, Metallic Green. airconditioning, power steering, Radio CD, Service history, ABS, Adjustable steering column/wheel, Alloy wheels, Central locking, Cloth upholstery, Driver airbag, Electric mirrors, Electric windows, Electrically adjustable seats, Head restraints, Park distance control, Rear headrests. THIS CAR IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION, DOES NOT USE OIL AND DRIVES LIKE A DREAM. £1,000
Really good car and i enjoyed driving it. Had a good 400hp and was a really great car. As drift cars, they are really good for high speed stuff, but because of there weight (god damn there heavy) they are slow to change direction and make any drifting in 2nd gear very hard work indeed.
Original Factory manuals are hard to find but usualy very well kept. The 1jz-gte engine is faultless and highly reliable - 400-500hp is very do-able on a standard bottom end. Parts are easily available from toyota and because they are japanese, not silly prices.
"Both versions" in the article would actually be 4 engine variants.
I bet he's on first name terms with a few petrol station attendants?
The Twin Turbo 6 pot though is a different beast alltogether, these have to be the bargain performance cars of the century.
By and large, you don't have to worry about engine spares on any variant, because you won't need them, and service parts are no problem.
There was no 4.3 version of this Soarer.
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