GT4 2001 Lexus IS 300 Sport Cross

The GT4 2001 Lexus IS 300 Sport Cross is today's car.

 White Pearl Crystal Shine is the (non-) color.

Nanzenji is the photo travel location.

Nanzenji is the Nanzenji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, one of the treasures of Kyoto with a 700-year history, established in the Kamakura Era.

The 2001 Lexus IS 300 Sport Cross '01 is a road car produced by Lexus. It first appears in Gran Turismo 4 from where these pictures come.

I bought car just to win the Altezza event in the Toyota dealership and it did. 

However I can't say much about the car except that it won the event hands down after I installed multiple upgrades.

Usually I try to win events using stock cars. If that doesn't work, I go for upgrades which is in most cases enough. Only in one case so far (in GT5) I had to tinker with a car's setup to win.

Here's the GT5 file on car:

The best sports sedans in the world came from Europe, this was an established fact for decades, until the Altezza (Lexus IS) came along in October 1998. The new FR (Front engine/Rear drive) sedan was instantly embraced by the masses in Japan and in the U.S. since it represented the first FR sports sedan to come from that country for several years.

The Altezza came equipped with two engine types in Japan. One was a 2.0-liter DOHC inline-4 (dubbed the 3S-GE) with VVT-i, mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox. It produced 207HP and 159.1 ft-lbs. of torque. The other came in the form of a 2.0-liter DOHC inline-6 that produced 158HP and 147.5 ft-lbs. The U.S. version, called the Lexus IS, had the 3.0-liter DOHC inline-6, the 2JZ-GE engine, that produced 217HP and 216.9 ft-lbs of torque through a 5-speed automatic gearbox.

In July 2001, Toyota added a sports wagon to the line. In Japan it was called the Gita, while the name Sport Cross was used in other parts of the world. The appearance of the station wagon was unique and aggressive, not at all possessing the boxy shape commonly associated with the genre.

The handling and power of the Altezza created many fans all over the world, and with this attractive car, the Japanese FR sports sedan was back.