It put the Mercedes S-Class coupe directly in its sights and ... In contrast, the IS300 received a slightly detuned 2JZ-GE, producing 215 horsepower and 218 lb-ft of torque, up 31 ponies compared ...

The IS300 uses the same 2JZ-GE 3.0-liter DOHC 24-valve straight ... making it more of a four-door coupe than sedan. Lexus rates the IS300’s passenger capacity at five, but if that means five ...

Crucially, it was also available with the 2JZ engine. Unlike the Altezza/IS300, a Japanese market version ... the Soarer was ...

Of course, at the time, it was just another car. This leads us to the only real issues with the IS300. First, 215 horsepower from the 2JZ is nothing. Second, you'll never find one with the ...

Toyota's 2JZ-GTE engine and its massive power ceiling ... It is the same engine that powered the Lexus IS300, meaning it propelled the Altezza to 60 mph in around eight seconds and up to a 143 ...

Here we have a 2002 Lexus IS300 SportCross, the latter part of that ... which has the unfortunate name of Gran Coupe. Lexus however, dropped the wagon version of its IS after its initial five ...

but he ultimately “settled” for the Toyota-sourced 2JZ inline-six because it bolts right up to the Slingshot’s existing transmission. The naturally aspirated engine came from a Lexus IS300 ...