Lexus/Toyota thingy IS 200

[Nigel Worc's]

Anyone know what engine these have ?

I woke one up on the A44 today, he was daydreaming and dawdling, he tried to act a bit upset and take off when he noticed me, and I wasn't overly impressed at his effort !

I'd always thought they were quick(ish).

[ocrx8]

2.0 straight six, 153bhp IIRC. Not fast.

[Jimmy No Hands]

They're an inline 6 and they're slow and thirsty.


HTH.

[fieldmau5]

ocrx8 said:

2.0 straight four, 153bhp IIRC. Not fast.

EFA

[Jimmy No Hands]

fieldmau5 said:

EFA

There's an I4 and an I6 so he isn't wrong

[fieldmau5]

True that actually, depending on the market the 2.0 can be a 4 or a 6. My bad, carry on!

[Nigel Worc's]

Cheers chaps, that explains it, he really didn't like me "appearing", and he tried to gun it (game on lol), they don't seem to handle too well either !

[Jimmy No Hands]

I like the styling and the looks but theres just no go. Contemplated one a while back but decided against.

[skene]

My old man had a sport with the LSD. His handles quite well and there wasn't an issue getting the arse out! But yes not very fast (he got embarrassed my me in my '01 ZS) and very thirsty.

[Arenki]

IS200s aren't fast, they drink like a fish and if they've got an auto, slowest 4speed known to mankind. My IS300 however, wasn't slow and made an awesome sound!

[Nigel Worc's]

Cheers chaps, it did look very nice, black, all shiney, and on a private plate, I've no idea why, but I just expected a bit more from it ....... he'll probably think twice about trying to outrun a 5 series in the future lol.

[MarJay]

The Lexus IS200 is a 2 litre straight six with about 150bhp. Good gearshift and fairly pretty but thats about all that is going for them.

On the other hand... the JDM Toyota Altezza has a BEAMS 3S-GE engine which makes about 200bhp. Its a lot better, but almost impossible to insure because its an 'import' despite being identical to the IS200 in everything except the engine.

HTH.

[NateWM]

IS200's are indeed slow. However, an IS300 (particularly in sport trim.) would eat your 5-series alive.

[veevee]

Isn't an IS200 ~10 secs and IS300 over 7 to 60. Not exactly warp speed!

[Arenki]

Certainly far from warp speed, but they do pull well. iirc the engine is a very similar to a Supra block, 2jz or 2jy, i forget. I remember a close friend had a nutty 700odd bhp supra and lifted the lid on my IS300 and said 'this looks vaguely familiar'.

[k-ink]

IS300 is certainly fast enough for a road going family car. Much swifter than the IS200 and uses the same amount of fuel. Totally reliable cars too.

[NateWM]

Arenki said:

Certainly far from warp speed, but they do pull well. iirc the engine is a very similar to a Supra block, 2jz or 2jy, i forget. I remember a close friend had a nutty 700odd bhp supra and lifted the lid on my IS300 and said 'this looks vaguely familiar'.

That's correct. It uses the same VVTi 2jz-ge lump as the non-turbo Supras, putting out around 225hp.

My GS300 uses the same lump, and it's a fine one at that. Ultra reliable and sounds lovely with an aftermarket exhaust. As for 0-60 times, my GS says 7.5 seconds in the book. I've never timed it myself, but it does go well for a 2-tonne barge with the smoothest auto box known to man kind!

As for the IS300, I had the pleasure of driving one as a courtesy car when my GS was at the dealers. It was a sport model with the manual gearbox. 0-60 times for them are closer to 6 seconds.

Both cars are brilliant, and the turbo engine can be fitted very easily as everything is the same as the Supras and can easily see you into large hp numbers with just a few changes. GS's require major modifications to the gearbox tunnel if you decide to do a manual conversion though.

[s m]

NateWM said:

As for the IS300, I had the pleasure of driving one as a courtesy car when my GS was at the dealers. It was a sport model with the manual gearbox. 0-60 times for them are closer to 6 seconds.

I never realised they did the IS300 with a manual box over here - must have a look on Autotrader

[NateWM]

s m said:

I never realised they did the IS300 with a manual box over here - must have a look on Autotrader

Indeed they do, however I believe that it was only available on the sport models. I could be wrong, but those were the only manuals I found.

[s m]

NateWM said:

s m said:

I never realised they did the IS300 with a manual box over here - must have a look on Autotrader

Indeed they do, however I believe that it was only available on the sport models. I could be wrong, but those were the only manuals I found.

Can't see a single one on Autotrader or PH classifieds/Ebay with manual box

Shame as I quite liked the IS200 and the idea of the 3 litre appealed, esp as the smaller engined Sports had a Torsen diff