Any US equavalent to one ? God I fucking love these cars. I've seen so many sick looking ones recently.

 

um crap, i don't think we got that body style here in america, i think its similar to the LS400.

sc300/400 = Soarer in japan
gs300/400= Aristo in japan
is300 = Altessa in japan

this would be a better topic for toyota tech.

 

cressida, in earlier body styles, nothing too close after, soarer/sc300 would be closest drivetrain wise, but not looks.

 

USA equivalent is the cressida. We only had them until 1991. So the last chaser/mark2/cresta chassis we got here was closest to the X81 models. That chassis is known here as the MX83 cressida. In the USA they only came in automatic tranny with all sorts of luxo shit. Here's how toyota breaks down their chassis codes.

First letters are engine family ie: jz,a,m,s
Second letters are chassis family ie: a,t,x,e
third set is for generation and model designation ie: 73,81,91

In this case you're looking at an MX83. So the engine is in the "M" family in this case it's a 7mge. The Chassis is in the "X" family ie: chaser, mark2, cressida, cresta. The 83 is used to designate which model it is within the family. For instance, the jzx90, jzx91, and mx83 are all the same chassis. Chassis parts like diff, and suspension are interchangeable between the different "X" models of the same generation. But body, trim, interior, electronics etc might not be interchangeable.

There are also cars of the same family with different engines like the GX90 which is a mark2 with a 1GGE instead of the 1JZGTE. And also one engine is not limited to any chassis family. Like the MZ20 Soarer. So there are some interesting swaps you can think about, The X, A, and Z chassis families all shared engines.

Simple huh?

The coolest USDM one I know of is a guy in WA state. Here's a pic of his car:

Oh yeh, here's a breakdown of the Chaser model history:

1998, august SX100, GX100, LX100, GX105, JZX100, JZX105, JZX101
1997, april SX100, LX100, GX100, JZX100, JZX105, JZX101
1996, september LX100, GX100, JZX100, JZX105, JZX101
1994, september JZX90
1992, october SX90, LX90, GX90, JZX90, JZX91
1990, august JZX81, MX83, SX80, LX80, GX81
1989, august GX81, MX83
1989, april GX81, SX80, LX80
1988 X81
1984 X71
1980 X61
1977 X51

And mark2 model history:

2002, october GX110, GX115, JZX110, JZX115
2000, october GX110, GX115, JZX110, JZX115
1998, august GX100, LX100, GX105, JZX100, JZX105, JZX101
1996, september LX100, GX100, JZX100, JZX105, JZX101
1994, september SX90, LX90, GX90, JZX90, JZX93, JZX91
1993, october SX90, LX90, GX90, JZX90, JZX93, JZX91
1993, february SX80, GX81
1992, october SX90, LX90, GX90, JZX90, JZX91
1990, august GX81, JZX81, MX83, SX80, LX80
1989, august GX81, MX83, SX80, LX80
1988 X81
1984 X71
1980 60 XEMNS


As you can see there have been a lot of models that have interchangeable parts with the Cressida. They are IMOP one of the most overlooked cars out there.

Ok I'm done

 

ive seen pics of that car before.
so awesome.

 

i was soo close to picking up a 90 Cressida.. pictures looked perfect.. one owner.. 75k miles.. was only 1900$! then the guy sold it
I like em! especially since 1jz motors are cheap if you can get ahold of one.

 

OMFG what year is that ? *drool*
Mark I have NO idea what you just blathered on about chassis and what not.

 

ok, i think i just got own3d in my toyota model history. nice!!!!!

 

That is an 89-92

 

satanshatch your sig scares the fucking shit outta me.........i love it.