February 1981 – July 2005 (the succeeding SC nameplate continued production until July 2010)
Assembly
Japan: Tahara, Aichi (Tahara plant, February 1981 – February 1991)[1]
Toyota City, Aichi (Motomachi plant, April 1991 – April 1997)[2]
Susono, Shizuoka (Higashi Fuji plant, commenced March 1989)[3][clarification needed]
Body and chassis
Class
Grand tourer
Personal luxury car
Layout
Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Chronology
Predecessor
Toyota Mark II coupé (X30/X40)
Toyota Crown coupé (S110)
Successor
Lexus SC 430 (Japan, 2005)
Lexus LC (V8 Engine)
The Toyota Soarer (Japanese: トヨタ・ソアラ, Hepburn: Toyota Soara) is a personal luxury GT coupé produced from 1981 to 2005 by Toyota and sold in Japan. It was available at both Japanese Toyota dealerships called Toyota Store and Toyopet Store, and it debuted with the Z10 series, replacing the Toyopet Store exclusive Mark II coupé, the Toyota Auto Store exclusive Chaser coupé and the Toyota Store exclusive Crown coupé.
In 1986, the Z20 series Soarer was launched, based on the then new A70 series Supra platform, which was exclusive to Toyota Corolla Store locations. In 1991, the Z30 series Soarer premiered in Japan, while its Lexus equivalent, the SC 300/400 debuted in the US market.
While externally identical to the SC, the Z30 series Soarer lineup offered different powertrain specifications and multiple unique vehicle configurations. In 2001, Toyota introduced a convertible-only successor in Japan as the Z40 series Soarer and elsewhere as the SC 430. In contrast to previous series, the Z40 series Soarer and SC were based on a single model and were largely equivalent. In 2005, following the introduction of Lexus in Japan, the Soarer name and emblem were discontinued, and the Z40 model became the SC 430 in common with worldwide markets.
In its home market, the Soarer was a competitor to the Nissan Skyline and Mazda Cosmo coupes, and served as Toyota's "halo car", introducing new technologies before they were installed on other Toyota products. All versions of the Soarer featured a unique winged lion emblem (often mistakenly called a Griffin) as the logo throughout the vehicle.
Soarer logo
^"TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION GLOBAL WEBSITE | 75 Years of TOYOTA | General Status of Plants in Japan | Tahara Plant".
^"TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION GLOBAL WEBSITE | 75 Years of TOYOTA | General Status of Plants in Japan | Motomachi Plant".
^"TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION GLOBAL WEBSITE | 75 Years of TOYOTA | General Status of Plants in Japan | Affiliates (Toyota wholly-owned subsidiaries)-Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc".
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production automobiles. 1991 ToyotaSoarer had a fully active hydraulic suspension system on the 1991 UZZ32 model:Toyota Active Control Suspension. 1994...
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