Did the IS300 SportCross come in manual?
A few more details: Although the Lexus IS 300 sedan came out in 2001, the IS 300 SportCross didn’t debut until the following year, 2002, which is the same year Lexus started offering the IS 300 with a 5-speed manual transmission.
Are IS300 rare?
But they did make a station wagon: It’s called the IS300 SportCross, they made it in the early 2000s, and only about 14 human beings bought them. Yes, that’s right: You can have an ultra-rare Lexus wagon with relatively low mileage for under nine grand!
How many Lexus IS300 wagons were made?
Lexus learned this the hard way, with the “SportCross” long-roofed version of the IS 300, of which less than 4,000 units were ever sold.
Is the Lexus IS300 SportCross a sedan or wagon?
Mechanically, the SportCross is little changed from the sedan. Same silky 215-hp in-line six up front, same five-speed automatic with the shifter buttons on the steering-wheel spokes (no manual in the wagon), same lean padding on the snug-fitting buckets. On the go, wind roars a bit around the posts of this squarish windshield shape.
What’s the Aero drag on a Lexus IS300?
Ride motions are crispy, or sporty, if you prefer. This is a spunky, nimble machine. Lexus admits to 125 pounds gained in the transformation to wagon. Length increases less than a half-inch, aero drag increases to 0.31 from 0.29, and occupant space both front and back changes not at all. Still, there is that special-car flavor.
Is the Lexus IS300 a ” shooting brake “?
Readers of continuing immersion in this journal over the past 40-some years will say, “Yup, that’s what it is, all right,” when we describe this Lexus as a “shooting brake.”
How much horsepower does a Lexus SportCross have?
If you need a fraction more, uh, headroom, pop the glove-box door. Mechanically, the SportCross is little changed from the sedan. Same silky 215-hp in-line six up front, same five-speed automatic with the shifter buttons on the steering-wheel spokes (no manual in the wagon), same lean padding on the snug-fitting buckets.