Rwd, 6 cylinder, factory manual (IS200 anyway), still look great, built good

I bought my yellow is 200 brand new in 2000!! I was 24..still have it 23 years later only 85,000kms..yellow and yes.. a manual

Nice video dude! Love my IS200, love working on it and sharing it on my youtube channel too 😁

I agree the combination of inline 6 manual transmission and rear wheel drive. It ticks every box for me. I love my is200. For me when I first saw one I new this is destined to be an enthusiasts car and a classic. Never mind the slightly low 150hp the driving experience is super satisfying.

I bought one to drive for a bit with the intention to flip and upgrade but I’m in love. I’m keeping it and am in the process of making it even better. 👌

I've had one of these for a year and a half now and it's been mostly reliable so far (175,000ish Miles on the clock). Only really had to replace a couple of brake lights since they'd probably never been replaced. I've also had to redo most of the front suspension on one side but that's entirely my fault because I ended up sending it on top of a lane divider one rainy night by accident (don't cheap out on tires people, I learned that the hard way). Gave me the opportunity to lower it on coils to finally get rid of that Monster Truck fitment the car originally comes with, so it's all good. Do they look good ? Taste is very much opinion-based, I'd argue that they do, but opinions are opinions. I don't pick sides nor discriminate (except when it comes to Drivetrain and the amount of Cylinders. I got tired of 4 banger-powered euro hatches for a while now) which is why I also love 3 series. I feel like most people are too often only on one side of the fence. Yes BMW sucks ass at making reliable cooling systems, but damn do they look nice, I still want an E36/E46 with a 3L in it. I don't mind having to wrench a little to keep such nice cars up and running. What annoys me with the IS200 is that the Fuel economy is basically non-existent (I basically barely get 400 miles off a full tank if I really feather the gas, around 350 Miles with normal driving, and about 300 Miles if I drive it like I stole it) and the 1G-FE doesn't make any power. 155HP just isn't enough for this little sedan and 0-60 times are rather underwhelming. The damn thing does have VVTi but it only kicks on at around 5,500RPMs if I remember correctly. Which only leaves 1,000RPMs before RedLine. With all that said.. I still love mine and would very much like to JZ swap when my 1G finally blows up, so putting money aside to be prepared when that happens. Need to do a Timing belt + Alternator first though. Toyotas are reliable but no one escapes basic maintenance haha

just bought a sportcross with a welded diff, having tons of fun in this thing

nice vidoe they are good cars for sho i have a 2005 with a beam engine with a 6 cylinder

I have had mine for 4 years love it people always come up to me saying it looks to good I do have a body kit and come rims and looks mint but I do say that turboing this car it one expensive and that u can’t really push to much power in it the weight is the best thing about it 50/50 balance

I have a ls400 an it’s just as amazing

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I love mine and thinking of tuning it. This white one on 3:56 in video is 🔥🔥🔥 If anyone know how they changed the headlights like that pls let me know

The price in Australia for an is200 is ridiculous to the point they arnt worth buying, there is no power and the autos are only Available now at just over 100hp and a 4 speed transmission you’re not going anywhere. On top of that the mod support here is ridiculous your looking at over 2k just for a BN kit and 5k in shipping

Shout outs to the ones who didnt put weirdo stickers and wraps on em lol

What are those wheels!??

nooooooooo im here in japan we dont use 6 but 4 3sge beam engine bro

Isn’t it a Lexus IS300?

Bruh, adjust your intro music and your voice over level. Your music is annoyingly loud and your voice over is basically whispering.

Absolutly gutless car just pay the extra for a is300 I have both and the is300 is such a better car the is200 is so so so so very slow and sluggish people do turbo them but they either blow up or it just wakes the engine up not much power to be gained with the 1gfe must say it is pretty good on fuel will fuel up once every weak but other than that just get a is300 not really much point on sinking money into this car with it not having a solid engine drive great and great interior but again. Just get a 300

personally, i just dislike the 2 red dots on the back, it don't make sense to me

2jzge > 3sge Lame video too

I’d definitely rather drive a bmw