Altezza, Celsior etc..?

[acdbx]

Can anyone provide a short summary of the Japanese names of certain cars?

I know Altezza = IS, but RS200 = IS300??
Celsior = LS400?
what is GS, and what are some other cars seen in the States that are made into models, with their other names?

And also, clearcoat (TS13) seems to be running and cracking my decals on my tamiya subaru wrc 2001 gb.. does it do this to all decals? I used sharpie and fine-tip pen for the window trim, and that started running too..


Thanks!

[digitalbanzai]

It would take weeks to change them all, because most of them change names when coming to the states from pretty much every manufacturer

[malsheem]

Originally Posted by acdbx

Can anyone provide a short summary of the Japanese names of certain cars?

I know Altezza = IS, but RS200 = IS300??
Celsior = LS400?
what is GS, and what are some other cars seen in the States that are made into models, with their other names?

Thanks!

Toyota Aristo = Lexus GS
Toyota Soarer = Lexus SC
Toyota Estima = Toyota Previa
Nissan Cima = Infiniti Q's
Nissan Terrano = Nissan Pathfinder
Toyota Hilux = Toyota Tacoma
Nissan Silvia = Nissan 240SX
Toyota Vitz = Toyota Echo
Toyota Bb = Scion xB

I think these are all correct. There's more. I just can't think of them right now.

[Vric]

IS200 and IS300 are the same car (Altezza) except few change (light on the side of the car (orange) aren't in the same place on IS200 (front bumper) and IS300(near doors))

[Kasso]

Originally Posted by malsheem

Nissan Silvia = Nissan 240SX

are these really the same cars??

[pettercardoso]

Originally Posted by Kasso

are these really the same cars??

yep!

BTW, IS200 and IS300 are too the same car, the main difference being the engine (at least here in Portugal).

Toyota Vitz = Toyota Echo = Toyota Yaris

[chrismcgee]

well to clarify the lexus stuff:-

IS200 - Inline 6 cylinder 2 litre 6 speed gear box n/a 160bhp (can be supercharged )
IS300 - Inline 6 cylinder 3 litre 5 speed gear box n/a (converted supra n/a engine) 210bhp
IS430 - TTE Promotional car 4.3 litre V8 6 speed getrag gearbox n/a

Altezza - inline 4 cylinder 2 litre 3S-GT 5 speed gear box n/a 210bhp

here is an altezza engine from HKS



supercharged IS200 engine

[malsheem]

Originally Posted by Kasso

are these really the same cars??

Yes, except for the engine. Silvia's use the ever popular SR20, 2.0l turbo. The 240SX's use an 2.4l NA.

[Vric]

The IS200 and IS300 are different not only by the engin, you can clearly see which model it is even if you don't open the hood

take a look:



btw i'm an IS*00 and Altezza Fan

[Jay!]

I know a few.

Honda / Acura
- - Acura CL/TL = Honda Inspire/Saber
- - Honda Integra = Acura RSX
- - Honda Legend = Acura RL
- - Acura MDX = Honda PIlot
- - Honda Accord = Acura TSX
- - Honda '92+ Civic/Del Sol = Acura EL

Nissan / Infiniti
- - 240SX/Silvia/200SX/Gazelle/180SX
- - Almera/Sunny/Pulsar/NX/Avenir/Tino
- - Cedric/M45/J30/Gloria
- - Cefiro/Maxima/I30/I35
- - Cima/President/Q45
- - Frontier/Navara
- - March/Micra
- - Murano/FX45
- - Pathfinder/Teranno/QX4
- - Primera/G20
- - Skyline/G35/Stagea

Toyota / Lexus / Scion
- - Altezza / IS200 / IS300
- - Aristo / GS300 / GS400 / GS430
- - Avalon / Pronard
- - Camry/Vista
- - Celsior / LS430
- - Corolla / Matrix / Voltz
- - Corona/Caldina/Carnia
- - ECHO / Vitz / Yaris / Platz / Sienta / FunCarGo / bB / WiLL Cypha / ist / xA / xB
- - Harrier / RX300 / RX330
- - Highlander/Kluger
- - Ipsum/Picnic
- - Land Cruiser / GX470
- - Soarer / SC300 / SC400 / SC430
- - Windom / ES300

[digitalbanzai]

Pontiac Vibe - Toyota Voltz
Chevrolet Cavalier - Toyota Cavalier

[pettercardoso]

Originally Posted by Vric

The IS200 and IS300 are different not only by the engin, you can clearly see which model it is even if you don't open the hood

take a look:



btw i'm an IS*00 and Altezza Fan

That's not really true.. That is only on the US-spec models. If you take a look at US Golfs and European Golfs, you'll see that they, too, have different bumpers.



See what I mean?

[chrismcgee]

not only am i a Lexus fan but a lexus owner and lexus owners club member. And peter is right, there is no external diferences between the IS200 and IS300 except the Badges and maybe a couple of little interior bits.

One thing i cant understand for the life of me is why in the uk the IS300 is only aviailiable in Auto box, and in the US you can get it in manual and auto.

Manual gear boxes are so much fun and would suit the UK's roads a lot more i think, the extra power would make it a lot more fun.

(Am considering getting the HKS stroker crank for my IS200 as it takes the displacement to 2.4 litres. should be fun!) hehe gotta get new badges IS240

[tpliquid]

i wish they imported the previa here sigh

[digitalbanzai]

Originally Posted by tpliquid

i wish they imported the previa here sigh

Are you serious?