Altezza?
I saw an Altezza on the road the other day. I tried searching for info on it but didn't learn much. Is it a Lexus version not sold in the U.S.?
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Altezza is the Japanese equivalent to the Lexus IS300, it is made by Toyota, and is widely responsible for over 90% of riced out Civic tailights (hehe) what you may have seen was an IS300 with JDM badges, kinda' the thing to do now with the whole "import craze" etc., If I see one more 240sx with Silvia badges and stickers everywhere I may have to hurl :D
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Yeah, unless it was right hand drive, you saw an IS300 with an altezza badge on it. I've seen one before too
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from what i know it is actually 2l and not 3l
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Originally Posted by chaona
from what i know it is actually 2l and not 3l
someone plays gt3 lol. |
Originally Posted by MazdaspeedFeras
someone plays gt3 lol.
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It's just an Altezza badge? That's hilarious!
This car wasn't all riced up. In a way, I can kinda, sorta understand why people rice their cars -- they like the looks. But why pretend your car is just some other vehicle? Maybe I'll get a Yukon badge for my '8 so people will think I'm driving an SUV. |
Originally Posted by canaryrx8
Altezza is the Japanese equivalent to the Lexus IS300, it is made by Toyota, and is widely responsible for over 90% of riced out Civic tailights (hehe)
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Yeah, the Altezza is just an IS300. People adopted that name to use for their super cool clear tail lights.
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:( I had those lights on my accord...they looked a lot better than the stock ones though. The "altezza" I saw was nothing more than a black onyx IS300 with the L's and "IS300" taken off and toyota emblems and "altezza" put on. The steering wheel still had the L on it :)
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I've seen Lexus SC300/400 with Toyota Soarer badges and Aristo badges on the Lexus GSs.
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Originally Posted by No More Oldsmobiles
This clears up the mystery of why, when I searched for Altezza, I got a bunch of Japanese-language websites with pictures of ugly taillights.
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I hear ya.
I've also read about kids who try to rice up their cars with decals -- but they put on decals that say "VTEK" -- that's right, with a "K." This has to be the international symbol for "dumbass." |
It's like a dumbass flag...they put it up to attract other dumbasses
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the saddest part about the whole v-tec thing is that it is actually not a bad engine, too bad all the wannabe's have given it a bad name, kinda like how they did with the srt-4, that little car is crazy, but they priced it so cheap all the morons can afford one :D
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Update: I just saw another "Altezza" today -- with ugly taillights and an "Altezza" license frame. But thanks to this thread, I had a good laugh this time.
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Originally Posted by No More Oldsmobiles
I saw an Altezza on the road the other day. I tried searching for info on it but didn't learn much. Is it a Lexus version not sold in the U.S.?
I think,and are pretty sure,that the Altezza only comes with RHD. Here in Europe there are some import cars from Japan in England,but newcar dealers in England only sold it as the Lexus IS. Lexus has not been sold in Japan,but they're starting this year... http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/04/0526.html The Altezza came in Japan with two different engines. The fastest sounds a bit fun:) The RS200 gets the "BEAMS" 3S-GE Dual VVT-i 4 Cyl engine. 1.998L 154kw (210PS) about 210 HP @ 7,600 rpm (6 spd M or 5 spd Auto) The AS200 gets the "BEAMS" 1G-FE Dual VVT-i 6 Cyl engine. 1.988L 118kw (160PS) about 160 HP @ 6,200 rpm (6 spd M or 4 spd Auto) |
And that's why the IS300 doesn't handle so well. It was designed for a 2.0L engine, but Toyota decided it needed to drop in a 3L to compete with BMW in the US...
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