Toyota Soarer (Z30)

1991–2001

Cluster: Electroluminescent: cars with this instrument cluster
Centre display: 6 in touchscreen

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Toyota Soarer (Z30), photo 1Cockpit · “Toyota E-JZZ31 Soarer 3.0GT (4466184859)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Masayuki (Yuki) Kawagishi · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Toyota Soarer (Z30), photo 2Cockpit · “Toyota Soarer interior view” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Masayuki (Yuki) Kawagishi · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Toyota Soarer (Z30), photo 3Instrument cluster · “Toyota E-JZZ31 Soarer 3.0GT (4466185341)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Masayuki (Yuki) Kawagishi · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons

Toyota Soarer lineage

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Toyota Soarer (Z20)
1986–1991 1 photo

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Toyota Soarer (Z20)Cockpit · “Osaka Auto Messe 2022 (370) - Toyota SOARER 2.0GT TWIN TURBO (E-GZ20) restored and tuned by TOYOTA AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF KOBE” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Toyota Soarer (Z30)Cockpit · “Toyota E-JZZ31 Soarer 3.0GT (4466184859)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Masayuki (Yuki) Kawagishi · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons

Summary

The third Soarer gave Japanese buyers mirror-projected digital instruments in place of the Lexus SC's dials and, on the V8 4.0GT Limited, GPS navigation on a touchscreen that also ran the climate and audio.

Specifications

Years: 1991–20011990s: cars launched in the 1990s
Chassis code: Z30
Markets: JDM
Instrument cluster: Electroluminescent: cars with this instrument cluster
Centre display: 6 in touchscreen
Infotainment: Electro Multivision with GPS navigation6 inFrom 1991 (4.0GT Limited; the V8 models were dropped in 1997)
Input: Physical buttons
Climate: Physical controls
Physical buttons and knobs: About 32, dash and consoleCounted from this photo Button Census
Predecessor: Toyota Soarer (Z20), 1986–1991
Era: Digital dashboards1976–1995

Cockpit

Instrument cluster

Space Vision readouts that appear to float in three dimensions, an effect made with a mirror; fitted to every Japanese Z30.

Centre display

Electro Multivision with GPS navigation

Colour LCD map showing the car's position, plus TV, vehicle diagnostics and an optional back monitor that showed the view behind when reversing. The six-cylinder JZZ31 never offered it.

Controls

Cars without Electro Multivision have separate climate and audio panels.

Facts

The navigation combined newly developed GPS positioning with map matching, and Toyota called its route information function a world first.[1]
Electro Multivision was fitted to the V8 UZZ31 and UZZ32; UZZ31 buyers could special-order a car without it.[4][3]

Sources

[1]Toyota Motor Corporation. Full Model Changes for the Toyota Soarer (7 May 1991) (opens in a new tab). global.toyota
[2]Toyota Motor Corporation. Soarer, 3rd generation (Vehicle Lineage, 75 Years of Toyota) (opens in a new tab). toyota-global.com
[3]Ate Up With Motor. High-Tech High Roller: 1981–2001 Toyota Soarer Z10, Z20, and Z30 (page 4) (opens in a new tab). ateupwithmotor.com
[4]Wikipedia. Toyota Soarer (opens in a new tab). en.wikipedia.org

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