Bargain

mloc123

Lexus and two women for less than 22k...

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=468869

Anan1

I can't see the blonde one as being cheap to run.

crosstownk

Man, I hope there's a warranty of some sort.......................

ninty9er

Plus it's not a Lexus!!!!! the tax disc will always say Toyota, what a pity

Hal1

Looks like it might have been a taxi at one stage, well going by the pic. "howa yahh, werr ya goin luv?".

Guy:Incognito

OT but whats the deal with the lexus/toyota soarer? I've seen them badged as both.


ninty9er do all lexus say toyota on the tax disc? if so, howzat?

junkyard

Good old Tom McCarthy, anything to sell a car.:D

bazz26

Stekelly wrote:

OT but whats the deal with the lexus/toyota soarer? I've seen them badged as both.

Lexus models up to recently were badged as Toyotas for the Japan home market only. Lexus only started selling their own brand in Japan since about 2004.

The Lexus SC400 coupe was sold in Japan as the Toyota Soarer

Stekelly wrote:

ninty9er do all lexus say toyota on the tax disc? if so, howzat?

The badge on that particular car in the OPs link says Altezza. The Lexus IS200 was sold as the Toyota Altezza in Japan. It has different specifications and engines to the IS200. Lots of these coming into Ireland rebadged as Lexus in order to fetch more money.

unkel

bazz26 wrote:

Lexus only started selling their own brand in Japan since about 2004

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Toyota only started selling some Toyotas with a Lexus badge in Japan since about 2004

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Badges often lie

bazz26

unkel wrote:

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Toyota only started selling some Toyotas with a Lexus badge in Japan since about 2004

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Lexus cars are built in seperate factories these days and are far from just being just rebadged Toyotas. In the past it was true that Toyota technology found its way to Lexus. These days it is the other way round. The diesel IS220 for example, that engine is now available in the Toyota range.

unkel wrote:

Badges often lie

So do reputations. It has worked for Audi/VW/Skoda and Seat for years. Doesn't stop people from buying them. It's all about false marketing and perceptions that certain so called prestige badges portray.

smash

how much does a service cost on each chick?

green-blood

one of the problems with the Soarer was that about 6 years ago when teh "jap import" business was eh, soaring here, was that the importers removed the Jap market Toyota badges and replaced them with Lexus badges... much to the annoyance of the Lexus management here... following soem legal actions the importers were barred from doing so, of course tehre is nothing to stop an owner changing the badges.

Its not as simple as the VAG family cloning, the Soarer was exactly teh same motor

breanoh

I agree with 99er, by the look of the pics, this is the Altezza, the badge on the front is different, as is the fact that the Steering wheel has no 'L' on it. The stereo and gearknob are also different to the Irish Lexus, as are the wheels. The bootlid has the proper Irish plate in it tho, so might have been changed to give the impression of being an Irish car, or possibly had a shunt.
So there is your reason for it being so cheap.