Toyota Chaser

The Toyota Chaser is most commonly a 4 door hard top sedan, it was released among three other JZX100 cars

The Toyota Mark II

The Toyota Cresta

The JZX100 Chaser took the place of the JZX90 Chaser in September 1996. The Avante and Tourer trims made up the majority of the product range, with the Avante serving as the luxury model (with additional interior items) and the Tourer as the sportier variant (with large 16-inch wheels). The 1JZ engines were modified to have additional torque in addition to Toyota's VVTi, the company's version of variable-valve timing, as they had already hit the voluntary limit for horsepower imposed by the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association. In contrast to its predecessors' twin turbo arrangement, the 1JZ-engine GTE's only had one turbo. The Avante Four and the Avante Four G Package were new additions to the range (basically the Avante 2.5 L with a full-time 4WD system). Only a 4-speed electronic control type (ECT) automatic transmission was offered with these vehicles. In addition to the ECT-E automatic in the lower-end models, the Tourer V and the automatic-only Avante G 3.0 L (2JZ) vehicles offered the option of an electronic control flex lockup attachment 4-speed automatic (intelligent) (ECT-iE) transmission. Although three fundamental models, the XL, Raffine, and Tourer 2.0 L were added in 1997, the portfolio remained virtually unaltered. The Tourer 2.0 L was driven by the 1G-FE engine, rated at 140 PS (103 kW; 138 horsepower) at 5,600 rpm, while the XL and Raffine variants were propelled by the 1.8 L 4S-FE engine. Only the 4-speed electronic control type (ECT) automatic transmission was offered with these vehicles. In 1998, the base Avante models gained a 4WD option, the optional manual transmission for the Tourer model, and a premium special-edition interior for the Avante Four S Package. The Chaser also saw a facelift, with the rear tail lights undergoing the most substantial alterations. Other modifications were new fog lights that required a slightly modified front bar to fit them, a different inside fabric, a 3-spoke steering wheel rather than a 4-spoke one, orange gauge illumination rather than white, and a grille with two horizontal bars rather than three. In June 2001, The Chaser was abandoned. The Verossa, a new model that shared the same model code as it, took its place. The Mark II survived for another generation (the JZX110) before it was also retired, unlike the Cresta, which met the same demise. The all-new X120 Mark X, which combined features from the Chaser and the Cresta, was unveiled in Japan in 2004. In actuality, the Mark X sought to merge the qualities of the three versions into a single model.