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4.0Z Four
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4.0Z Four

S140 · 1992–1997AWD

The 4.0Z Four is the V8, all-wheel-drive Aristo of the S140 generation, sold in Japan from 1992 to 1997. A 4.0-litre 1UZ-FE V8 and an automatic gearbox power all four wheels. The sedan was styled by Giugiaro's Italdesign. The V8 and the four-wheel drive set it apart from the inline-six Aristo grades.

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1992-1997Year
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Specifications

Powertrain
Engineering details
Displacement4.0 L
Cylinders8
FuelPetrol
Transmission4-speed Automatic
DrivetrainAWD
Performance
Numbers that matter
Power256 hp
Torque353 Nm
Dimensions & body
Width1795 mm
Height1405 mm
Wheelbase2780 mm
Doors4
Seats5

STORY

Aristo appeared in October 1991 as the performance flagship of the Toyota Auto and Toyota Vista channels, with a shape drawn by Italdesign under Giorgetto Giugiaro, Crown Majesta underpinnings and assembly at Tahara. The 3.0-litre inline six came two ways: the naturally aspirated 2JZ-GE at 230 PS at 6,000 rpm in the 3.0Q, and the twin-turbo 2JZ-GTE at 280 PS at 5,600 rpm in the 3.0V, which also carried Piezo TEMS damping, traction control and a limited-slip differential. A 1UZ-FE V8 four-wheel-drive version joined in October 1992, and North America got the same car badged Lexus GS from 1993. The S160 of 27 August 1997 kept both sixes at those outputs, as JZS160 S300 and JZS161 V300. Production ended in December 2004 and sales ran out of stock to August 2005, when the Lexus channel opened in Japan on the 30th and the GS took the slot.

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