The Toyota Altezza is one of the most iconic JDM vehicles of the late 90s to early 2000s. Built as either a sedan or 5-door wagon, the Altezza never actually made it to the US -- at least, not badged ...

Not a lot of sedans really become iconic tuner cars, and those that do tend to have impressive rallying pedigrees. But the Toyota Altezza, later to be imported to the US as the Lexus IS 300, would ...

When most people think about a sports car or at least a reasonably fast car, they will most likely envision something along the lines of a coupe or perhaps a convertible. Although over the past few ...

18 Mar 2014, 16:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu // You might know that the first generation Lexus IS is basically a Toyota Altezza with another badge and a few extras. But the coolest thing about ...

If you missed the play on words at the title of this guide, fear not, as it shall be explained soon below right after this short introduction. The Altezza was a luxury sports car, and an expensive one ...

When Toyota launched the Altezza in Japan in 1998 and subsequently decided to sell it as the Lexus IS (Intelligent Sport) in Europe and North America, their idea was to make a capable, well rounded ...

Black is back and red is gone; HKS replaces the D1 S15 Silvia for a drift-spec 473-whp Altezza Let's say you were a high-ranking D1 Grand Prix driver in Japan (Don't worry, we know you're not, this is ...

Cars & Bids recently shut down an auction for a 2001 Toyota Altezza. That might sound odd, considering the Japanese sports sedan is a well-loved JDM hero car. The issue wasn’t the car’s desirability, ...

I have had my Toyota Altezza for three years. The decision to acquire one came after test driving a friend’s and realised it picked up speed faster than the Toyota Mark II Grande I had at the time. I ...

Let's say you were a high-ranking D1 Grand Prix driver in Japan (Don't worry, we know you're not, this is make believe. Just humor us and play along with this charade for a second.) So you're drifting ...