VR25 Automatic

X110 · 2001–2004RWD

The VR25 was the sporting Verossa, a Japanese rear-drive sedan sold from 2001 to 2004. It uses the 2.5-litre 1JZ-GTE turbocharged inline-six, here with the automatic gearbox, and adds 17-inch wheels, front and rear strut-tower bars and a limited-slip differential. It was the performance grade of the short-lived Mark II sibling.

276 hpPower

2001-2004Year

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VR25 Automatic, every angle

Exterior

Interior

Engineering passport

Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Displacement2.5 L

Cylinders6

FuelPetrol

TransmissionAutomatic

DrivetrainRWD

Performance

Numbers that matter

Power276 hp

Torque378 Nm

Weight1530 kg

Dimensions & body

Length4705 mm

Width1760 mm

Height1450 mm

Wheelbase2780 mm

Doors4

Seats5

STORY

Toyota put the Verossa on sale on 6 July 2001 as the single replacement for both the Chaser and the Cresta, a four-door sedan built on the rear-drive platform laid down for the second-generation Aristo and the Crown of 1999, and sold through the Toyota Vista chain, with Okinawa Toyota covering Okinawa. Three inline sixes were listed: the 1JZ-GTE turbo at 280 PS, the direct-injection 1JZ-FSE at 200 PS and the 1G-FE at 160 PS, rear drive as standard with full-time four-wheel drive on part of the range. Modellista added the Speciale in January 2002, an aero-bodied version with engine and suspension tuning. Kanto Auto Works assembled the car at its Iwate plant, and production stopped in April 2004 when Toyota folded the Vista chain into Netz, leaving the X110 Verossa a single short-lived generation with no successor.

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