Toyota Altezza is a business class sports car from the manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation. Began to be manufactured in 1998. This model replaced the previously produced Toyota Corona and, unlike its predecessor, received a rear-wheel drive. In its current name, it is known only in the domestic Japanese market. Since 1999, cars have been sold in Europe under the name Lexus IS 200, and since 2001 in the North American market under the brand name Lexus IS 300. Translated from English, the abbreviation IS means – “smart sport”. Since 2005, the 2nd generation of cars has been produced.
Toyota G series engines are 6-cylinder inline engines. The engines of this series were produced from 1979 to 2006. All engines have the same displacement of 2 liters (1988 cc). The drive of the gas distribution system of all engines of the series was carried out using a timing belt.
Toyota’s 3.0-liter 2JZ-GE engine was assembled at the Tahara Plant in Japan from 1991 to 2007 and fitted to the company’s popular rear wheel drive models such as the Aristo, Crown and Mark II. There are two modifications of this motor: a 1991 stock model and a 1997 version with VVT-i.
The 2.0-liter Toyota 3S-GE engine was produced at the plant in Japan from 1984 to 2005 and was installed on sports versions of such popular models as Camry, Corona, Celica and Altezza. A huge number of versions of the motor are divided into 5 generations, the last two are called Beams.
