JZX100
Toyota Chaser, Mark II and Cresta, X100
1JZ-GTE, 2.5 turbo, rear-wheel drive
A four-door saloon with a 1JZ-GTE and rear-wheel drive, which is why Americans want it. In Japan it was an ordinary executive car, so most survivors were owned by people who serviced them and did not drift them.
That makes the JZX100 the most under-appreciated sheet in this market: high grades are genuinely common, and the cars are cheap enough that the freight and duty become a large share of the landed cost.
Tourer V is the one you want
The turbo, five-speed Tourer V is the sought variant of the Chaser. The sheet identifies the grade and the transmission, and sellers are not always careful with the distinction.
Rust under the boot and rear seat
These sat outside for twenty years in Japan. An S mark at the back of the diagram, or an underbody note, is the pattern for the model.
High and unconfirmed mileage
Executive cars covered distance. A mileage flag next to a six-figure kilometre reading is common, and on a 1JZ it matters less than the service record note does.
Every mark named above is defined in the codes library, with what it costs to put right at US rates.
Night Line
Be told when a JZX100 matters
We write when the JZX100 clears another month of the 25-year rule, when the yen moves more than 3% your way, and once when the free Decode opens. Nothing else.