As requested, here’s some infor­ma­tion on the pop­u­lar JDM model Toy­ota Aristo Twin Turbo Sedan. Requests for more infor­ma­tion can be directed to IJ directly (you will need to com­ment) , and we’ll do our best to find out accu­rately all spec­i­fi­ca­tions on any import/​tuner car.

Note: The Aristo is avail­able for import into Aus­tralia. There are also other mod­els of the Aristo, A V8 4WD and newer mod­els after 1998.

(1991 — 1998) Toy­ota Aristo 3.0V JDM Spec (Later Known as the Lexus GS300)

Toy­ota Aristo Twin Turbo 2JZ-​​GTE Pow­ered Sedan — Exam­ple Photo

Model Des­ig­na­tion: JZS147
Engine: Front mounted, Inline 6 cylin­der EFI DOHC (24 valves per cylin­der). Twin Tur­bocharged.
Engine Model: 2JZ-​​GTE (Shared with Supra Coupe)
Power: 205.94 kw (276.04 hp) @ 5600 RPM
Torque: 431.49 Nm (585.07 ft lbs) @ 3600 RPM
Fuel Econ­omy: Around 14L/​100km (Aver­age), 6-​​8L/​100KM (High­way)
Low Emis­sions Vehi­cle (LEV): No
Fuel Type: Pre­mium Unleaded
Brakes (front/​rear): Ven­ti­lated Disk/​Disk
Trans­mis­sion: ECT 4 speed auto­matic with 2 way Over­Drive ECT-​​iWeight: 1680 kg (3703.73 lb)
Dimen­sions (LxWxH in mm): (Exte­rior) 4865 x 1795 x 1420, (Inte­rior ) 2005 x 1535 x 1150

More dis­ap­point­ment as the UK’s Auto­car mag­a­zine announces the “Advanced Sports Car Con­cept”, revealed back in Detroit in Jan­u­ary and largely con­sid­ered to be the new NSX, won’t be at the Tokyo Motor Show in October.

NSX Con­tender, the Advanced Sports Car Concept

The con­cept shows a front-​​engine machine, though Honda aren’t say­ing any­thing at all about the engine’s dis­place­ment, whether it would be a V6, V8, V10, nat­u­rally aspi­rated or forced induc­tion. It is expected we’ll be kept hang­ing way into 2010, mean­ing Honda will be late to the game as Nis­san and Toy­ota gear up to release their Japan­ese super­cars; the GTR and L-​​FA respectively.

[Source: Carsales]

We’re back after an unex­pected fort­night long tech­ni­cal hia­tus with some inter­est­ing news. Apolo­gies to all whos emails may be a bit late in coming.

Wheels.ca gives us the heads up over a new and inter­est­ing Nis­san van expected at the Tokyo Motor Show in October.

Dubbed the NV200, that van is designed around prac­ti­cal­ity, and is to con­vert (I really want to call it ‘trans­form’) from a van into an office space in the blink of an eye.

Nis­san NV200 Artist Impres­sion. Weird Wheels.

The van fea­tures a spe­cial stor­age pod which unfolds from the load­ing area when sta­tion­ary. The area behind the pod then becomes a neato mobile office. A com­puter table drops down from the vans side, and the front pas­sen­ger seat swivels back­wards on a curved rail to face the table. There’s no news on appoint­ments, engine or drive train, though I expect Nissan’s Diesel 3.0L ZD Engine from the Nis­san Urvan would make a suit­able powerplant.

Pretty neat really. Now if Nis­san can pack­age that with all the good­ies, such as Wi-​​Fi, decent power for a mobile PC, a 12 speaker sur­round sound audio sys­tem, effi­cient LED light­ing and an aggres­sive R36 look, I’m a buyer.

[Source: Wheels.ca]