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2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)
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2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)

X90 · 1993–1996AWD

Avante Four, the four-wheel-drive Chaser of the X90 generation, sold in Japan from 1993 to 1996. It combines the naturally aspirated 2.5-litre six-cylinder 1JZ-GE with an automatic gearbox and the electronically controlled full-time four-wheel drive that Toyota added to the Chaser in October 1993. It is the only X90 version without rear-wheel drive.

178 hpPower
1993-1996Year
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2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE), every angle

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2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Exterior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Exterior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Exterior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Exterior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Exterior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Exterior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Interior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Interior
2.5 Avante Four (1JZ-GE)Interior
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Specifications

Powertrain
Engineering details
Displacement2.5 L
Cylinders6
FuelPetrol
Transmission4-speed Automatic
DrivetrainAWD
Performance
Numbers that matter
Power178 hp
Torque235 Nm
Dimensions & body
Height · 1405 mm
Length · 4750 mm
Wheelbase · 2730 mm
Width1750 mm
Doors4
Seats5

STORY

Toyota released the Chaser on 24 June 1977 as a sportier companion to the third-generation Mark II, sold through the Toyota Auto channel that became Netz in 1998, with 1.8 and 2.0 fours plus the M-U six and its fuel-injected M-EU version. The X60 came on 1 October 1980 and gained the turbocharged M-TEU a year later; the X70 followed on 22 August 1984 and the twin-turbo 1G-GTEU arrived in October 1985. The X80 arrived on 24 August 1988, and from August 1990 it carried the 2.5-litre 1JZ-GTE at the Japanese ceiling of 280 PS, the engine the car is now remembered for. The X90 of October 1992 gained electronically controlled full-time four-wheel drive in October 1993, sold as the Avante Four on the naturally aspirated 1JZ-GE. The X100 of September 1996 ran a single VVT-i turbo in the Tourer V from the start, 280 PS at 6,200 rpm and 377 Nm at 2,400. Production ended in June 2001.

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