Toyota Aristo

[Bens101x]

Been looking at the Aristo wow what a expensive car looking at its specs I can't see were the money is 

I have a mate who wants to buy one if anyone has owned one ect 

Please tell me about them

[Bens101x]

Just now, Bens101x said:

Been looking at the Aristo wow what a expensive car looking at its specs I can't see were the money is 

I have a mate who wants to buy one if anyone has owned one ect 

Please tell me about them

 

[campbeam]

Best to do a Google search and get more details of the specific Aristo your mate is wanting to buy. 

I am guessing that the appeal is that it is a vehicle manufactured by Lexus and may possibly have the same engine as the Toyota Supra. 

[Hiro]

13 hours ago, Bens101x said:

Been looking at the Aristo wow what a expensive car looking at its specs I can't see were the money is 

I have a mate who wants to buy one if anyone has owned one ect 

Please tell me about them

Are you you're talking about an S140 Aristo (the first generation) or the second generation S160 (which was sold here in non-turbo spec as the Lexus GS300)?  Either way, being an import it'll most likely be the twin-turbo 2JZGTE model (especially the S160, as the N/A one wouldn't be eligible) which would obviously justify some of the premium (also the used car market is stupid at the moment, almost everything is massively overpriced due to COVID and the semiconductor shortage so what was ~$10k two years ago is now $15-20k).

[Guest]

I don't know there was 2 types just saw one on CarSales and it's overpriced I thought 

[Hiro]

5 hours ago, Bennyxx1 said:

I don't know there was 2 types just saw one on CarSales and it's overpriced I thought 

Carsales has 6 Aristos up currently, all S160 series and all 2JZGTEs, ranging from $18k to $29k.  Considering a non-turbo Lexus GS300 of the same year was $100k new with similar amounts of features, they're still reasonable value...

 

Also, why do you have two accounts?