Toyota Soarer?

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Old 26 Jun 2010, 06:20 pm   #1 (permalink)
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Why does the Toyota Soarer have a Lexus badge. I know the Soarer and the SC400 are the same but why doesnt the Soarer have a Toyota badge?
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Old 26 Jun 2010, 06:35 pm   #2 (permalink)
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The Toyota Soarer was a personal luxury GT coupé sold by Toyota in Japan from 1981 to 2004. The Soarer débuted in 1981 with the Z1 series, replacing the Toyota Crown Coupe, which took the form of an angular two-door coupé. In 1986, a more rounded Soarer was launched (the Z2 series). In 1991, the third generation (30 series) Toyota Soarer premiered in Japan. The 30 series Soarers were related to the Lexus SC 300/400, a luxury coupe Toyota had commissioned for its new upscale Lexus division outside Japan. While sharing the same body style and multiple components as the first Lexus SC, the 30 series Soarer lineup offered different powertrain specifications and multiple unique vehicle configurations.































In 2001, Toyota introduced a convertible successor which appeared in Japan as the fourth generation (40 series) Toyota Soarer, and elsewhere as the Lexus SC 430. In contrast to previous versions, the fourth generation Soarer and Lexus SC models were largely equivalent. In 2005, following the introduction of Lexus in Japan, sales of the 40 series Soarer were discontinued and the Lexus SC 430 became available in the Japanese market.































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You often find this through the range like the GS300 and the Aristo and the is200 and the Altezza .
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Old 26 Jun 2010, 06:35 pm   #3 (permalink)
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hai bro...















im from malaysia,















u ask y soarer using the lexus badge...-ussually the car being imported by ur country's share partner from japan... so lexus is a rebatch toyota brand....this is due to tax reducing hehehe....its cheaper to import the car and claim as local assemble than to bring TOYOTA name to ur country....















nows day lexus not juz rebatch but improve or tuned up toyota car to luxury type or performance....































my opinion only......terima kasih (thank you)
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