Altezza in Classifieds - buyer beware

[todd69]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1707381.htm

Being sold as having 240bhp!

Any potential buyers please note the engine is NOT the more powerful black top beams (RS200) it's the AS200 straight six variant which only puts out 160bhp!

Dropped a note to the seller but just in case anyone here was thinking of buying it I thought I'd best post this.

Cheers

Todd

PS, this is what the more powerful engine looks like

[EDLT]

So, how can you tell its a 6-pot from the (rubbish) picture in the advert?

[todd69]

This is the 6pot version



same as photo in sellers advert

Edited by todd69 on Friday 14th May 22:10

[Graham E]

An IS200 that isn't gutless?

Would be a hell of a car. Wonder why we never got it in the UK?

[Steameh]

Graham E said:

An IS200 that isn't gutless?

Would be a hell of a car. Wonder why we never got it in the UK?

IIRC we got the IS300, same body, same engine just in a higher state of tune pushing about 220bhp.

[TheTardis]

EDLT said:

So, how can you tell its a 6-pot from the (rubbish) picture in the advert?

Count the number of intake pipe thingys.

[205jsy]

Seems a bit strange that there is a Lexus badge on the front.

[todd69]

Steameh said:

IIRC we got the IS300, same body, same engine just in a higher state of tune pushing about 220bhp.

Not quite, engine was a 3ltr in the IS300 not the 2ltr found in the IS200, hence the extra power

[rfn]

205jsy said:

Seems a bit strange that there is a Lexus badge on the front.

Because in the UK it was sold as the Lexus IS - that's just an imported one. I guess the previous owner wanted it to look like a standard UK car from the outside.

[fluffnik]

todd69 said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1707381.htm

Being sold as having 240bhp!

Any potential buyers please note the engine is NOT the more powerful black top beams (RS200) it's the AS200 straight six variant which only puts out 160bhp!

Even the RS200 only has 210bhp.

[eliot]

Advert in CAPS = Walk away.

[Pentoman]

Is the RS200 a 2.0 four with 210bhp? Kind of interesting....

[Steameh]

todd69 said:

Steameh said:

IIRC we got the IS300, same body, same engine just in a higher state of tune pushing about 220bhp.

Not quite, engine was a 3ltr in the IS300 not the 2ltr found in the IS200, hence the extra power

Ah yes, my mistake, the IS300 is the same engine as in the N/A Supra, hence my random confusion

[soad]

Is this one genuine then:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1631312.htm

Same seller- had the engine transplant.

Edited by soad on Saturday 15th May 13:12

[t84]

IS200 Sport sounds like a nice car, LSD, loads of kit, Lexus reliability!

[todd69]

Pentoman said:

Is the RS200 a 2.0 four with 210bhp? Kind of interesting....

Yes, the auto comes with a 5speed box running 200 with the manual getting an extra 10.

[marshalla]

eliot said:

Advert in CAPS = Walk away.

Likewise any advert that begins with "Here we have"

[Monkeylegend]

marshalla said:

eliot said:

Advert in CAPS = Walk away.

Likewise any advert that begins with "Here we have"

Followed by the words "a very cheap"