Toyota Soarer
Registered in 2005.
About this model
The Toyota Soarer 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 both the Toyota Store exclusive Crown coupé and Carina coupé.
From the Wikipedia article Toyota Soarer, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2005 2.5 petrol. 2 of 12 tests failed.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 100% | 2 |
| Brakes | 50% | 1 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 50% | 1 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 50% | 1 |
| Suspension | 50% | 1 |
| Tyres and wheels | 50% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A tyre seriously damaged
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Audible warning inoperative
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 50% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Exhaust and emissions — 50% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Suspension — 50% of its failures
- Tyres and wheels — 50% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Lights and electrics — 100% of its failures
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Seat belts and airbags — 50% of its failures