1992 Toyota Soarer Twin Turbo 1JZ (USA Import) Japan Auction Purchase Review

[@turbointegra82]

Hi Derrick 👋 Love all your videos and unique cars! Your extra input on the vehicles is excellent too!

[@B0wBURST]

i love soarers i own a sc myself here in us, thats a great example

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Sweet looking car. I've seen the Soarer. Here in the USA, it was sold as the Lexus SC400. If I'm not mistaken, the six cylinder engine was available for the Lexus SC300, but for some reason, it didn't sell well, at least not next to SC400.

[@kevinwoodard6571]

Welcome back! Hope you a nice few days off.

[@ryushishiratori2312]

9:07 I've always found that kind of weird too. I know that in later versions of the Soarer/SC, they put a collapsible cup holder in that spot.

[@GuvernorDave]

Yep. My 1U LTD has a pull-out cupholder in that spot.

[@bobayodafett1873]

cup holder just broke off probably

[@nathanpickett2221]

Just found your channel. Love all the cars you import! :)

[@kevinwoodard6571]

Yes, I remember the Lexus SC series. Rather than the SC300, I would have favored the SC400, with the 4 liter V8, hence the model name.

[@danielcastaneda7801]

I think the US would have loved the digital gauge cluster, I know it looks really interesting in the 93 Crown Majesta

[@Dizzy206]

I have a 94 SC400 with 95k. It's my daily, and i love it.

[@justmechanicthings]

10 points to Gryffindor!

[@MMOchAForPrez]

Ughhhh I need a SOARER!

[@SubieSage]

Man I want an SC400 so bad. I’m having to daily a ‘96 Impreza with no cruise and tons of wind noise on the highway and it sorta sucks.

[@efiadony6933]

The whole in the center console is for a cup holder but it’s broken in this car

[@jam2theongie836]

its not broken, its just not fitted. some didnt come with a cup holder there as it was an optional extra.

[@patrickmaclean1524]

The 1UZ is the better engine though. Was designed to last 400,000 miles without needing a rebuild.

[@criswireless1976]

The 2JZGE in the SC300 is a Supra engine without the turbos.....They're both good engines, but it's cheaper to get more power out of the 1JZ/2JZ.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

I love this car jeez

[@benxgoh]

How reliable are these Soarers across the straight-6 and V8 engine configurations?

[@Designandrew]

not very.. lots of issues with them, the air suspension has issues in the v8 model, v8 1UZFE itself is reliable but it's ECU IS NOT and it costs ALOT for a new one, you can basically buy an entire soarer in australia for the cost of a new ECU (mainly because they are so cheap, the cars, not the ECU), the 1JZ models be prepared to rebuild the turbos or just straight up swap to a single turbo. Also have lots of niggly electrical problems like with the dash and other areas. Join a facebook group or forum and read for a few months before you buy one. That said, the risk is fairly low since they are so cheap, at least they are in Australia, we had lots of them imported here for some reason.

[@kornpop4887]

this is a very nice car

[@PaulTC97]

if I didn't know that this car is from 1992 I would think that it was designed in the early 2000s

[@Dizzy206]

Pol Tc That's what a few people told me when they asked about my SC400. Definitely ahead of it's time, and still looks great today.

[@2losersinbasement]

Is it true you could buy a soarer for close to $100,000us brand new in Japan.

[@g0blinl0rdohlord26]

it's for a book... like a paper back novel

[@Mortalomena]

Why do you say vehicle has been smoked in if the cigarette lighter has been used? I have used it many times as a backup because I forgot/lost/broke my lighter. But still I never would smoke in the car.

[@Dizzy206]

Mortalomena He said there's remnant of ash in the tray

[@azrifadli7900]

In USA they called Lexus SC400

[@Uniquestanced]

Azri Fadli in the us there was a sc300 which had a 3.0l 2jz ge i6 and the sc400 had a 4.0 1uz_fe v8 The soarer had the 2.5l 1jz_gte i6 It also had a 3.0l 2jz_ge i6 and Also had a 4.0l 1uz_fe v8

[@Uniquestanced]

The car is 26 years old not 25 (1992+26)

[@cawimmer430]

Interesting that a coupe would have a rear-windshield wiper. Seems a little unnecessary. I've only seen a rear-windshield wiper on a similarly-designed car once; on a 2005-2013 Porsche Cayman which belonged to a friend, and even he said this feature was only available for a year or two before Porsche stopped offering it.

[@ajdahun]

Porsche pioneered the rear glass wiper way back in the early 911 days.

[@gerijokub7737]

I believe rear-windshield wiper was mandatory in Japan at that time, not sure about now, but I mean pretty much every JDM coupe that I've seen (and even some sedans), had a rear-windshield wiper, or at least a spot where it used to be.

[@SubieSage]

My Subaru coupe has water pool up on the back window. Makes me wish I had a rear windshield wiper

[@bildillamagasin]

Very Nice car!!! :)

[@thenman23]

im buying one period with 1jz

[@garbage854]

Nice :)

[@cra_55]

I think Derek doesn't like me anymore. He hasn't replied to any of my comments since I sorta called him a weeaboo.