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Vehicle 2003 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible GLS 1.8T 2011 Lexus IS C 250 Manual
12v power outlet: front & cargo Yes No
1781 cc 1.8 liters in-line 4 front engine with 81 mm bore, 86.4 mm stroke, 9.3 compression ratio, double overhead cam and five valves per cylinder Yes No
2.5-Liter, 60 Degree V6, VVT-i 24-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front/Longitudinal Mounted With Horsepower Of 204@6400, Torque Of 185@4800, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
2 Front and 2 Rear; 4 Cupholders Total No Yes
2 Front Power Outlets, 1 Integrated With Cigarette Lighter No Yes
3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side and passenger side Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes No Yes
55 liter 14.5 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank Yes No
6-Speed Manual Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
8000-RPM Tachometer No Yes
Air conditioning Yes No
Alloy Wheels, 17-In. X 8-In. No Yes
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 144 or distance (miles): unlimited, distance (km): unlimited Yes No
Audio anti-theft protection: code Yes No
Automatic Climate Control No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off and Time Delay No Yes
Battery No Yes
Body color front and rear bumpers Yes No
Brake Assistance No Yes
Bucket driver and passenger seat with height adjustment and - adjustments Yes No
Cargo area cover/rear parcel shelf Yes No
Cargo area light Yes No
Cargo Area Tiedown Hooks No Yes
Cargo capacity: all seats in place (liters): 142 and all seats in place (cu ft): 5 Yes No
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Trunk No Yes
Clock Yes No
Coefficient of drag: 0.37 Yes No
Coinholder No Yes
Color-Keyed Front Air Dam No Yes
Compact Spare Tire No Yes
Compass No Yes
Concealed system convertible rollover protection Yes No
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal No Yes
Cruise control Yes No
Cruise Control No Yes
Day time running lights Yes No
Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Light No Yes
Delayed/fade courtesy lights Yes No
Delayed Power Retention Operates Windows No Yes
Digital Clock No Yes
Door ajar warning Yes No
Door edge hazard lights Yes No
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
Drive-By-Wire Controls For Throttle No Yes
Driver Airbag No Yes
Driver and passenger front airbag with occupant sensors Yes No
Driver and passenger power heated partial-painted door mirrors Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Dual Color-Keyed Folding Power Adjustable Heated Signaling Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Dual Front Knee Airbags No Yes
Easy Entry Seat No Yes
Electric softtop convertible roof with glass rear window Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution No Yes
Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management Yes No
Emission control level FED Yes No
Engine Start/Stop Button No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge No Yes
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4092, overall length (inches): 161.1, overall width (mm): 1725, overall width (inches): 67.9, overall height (mm): 1501, overall height (inches): 59.1, wheelbase (mm): 2510, wheelbase (inches): 98.8, front track (mm): 1506, front track (inches): 59.3, rear track (mm): 1486, rear track (inches): 58.5, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 10912 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 35.8 Yes No
External temperature Yes No
First Aid Kit No Yes
Fixed delivery charges: Yes No
Fixed Hoop Safety Rollbar No Yes
Floor covering: carpet in load area Yes No
Floor mats Yes No
Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs Yes No
Four-wheel ABS Yes No
Free Scheduled Maintenance For 12 Months or 10000 Miles No Yes
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and rear alloy wheels with 16 inch rim diam and 6.5 inch rim width Yes No
Front and Rear Automatic Locking Retractors No Yes
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Front and Rear Crumple Zones No Yes
Front and rear reading lights Yes No
Front and rear tires with 205 mm tire width, 55% tire profile and H tire rating Yes No
Front Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Front Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Front Cigarette Lighter With Front Ashtray No Yes
Front Dual Cloth Sunvisors No Yes
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats With Adjustable Seat Height and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Seatback Storage Pockets No Yes
Front fog lights Yes No
Front Foglights No Yes
Front Map Lights No Yes
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 295-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 310-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Front power windows with two one-touch , rear power windows Yes No
Front Pretensioners With Force Limiters No Yes
Front SBRP225/45VR17 and Rear SBRP245/45VR17 All-Season Tires No Yes
Front seat back storage Yes No
Front seat center armrest Yes No
Front seats and rear seats cup holders Yes No
Front side airbag Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Front-wheel drive Yes No
Fuel economy Yes No
Full car warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 Yes No
Full dashboard console , full floor console with covered storage box , partial overhead console with covered storage box Yes No
Fullsize steel rim internal spare wheel Yes No
Genuine Wood Trim Located On Doors No Yes
Glass Rear Window On Convertible No Yes
Gloss paint , black paint , metallic paint , pearl paint Yes No
Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners Yes No
Hill Start Control No Yes
HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror Yes No
Illuminated Entry No Yes
Illuminated entry system Yes No
Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Immobilizer Yes No
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Mono Tubed Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Mono Tubed Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Infrared Glass No Yes
Interior Pollen and Dust Air Filter No Yes
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 1034, front headroom (inches): 40.7, rear headroom (mm): 945, rear headroom (inches): 37.2, front leg room (mm): 1001, front leg room (inches): 39.4, rear leg room (mm): 800, rear leg room (inches): 31.5, front shoulder room (mm): 1341, front shoulder room (inches): 52.8, rear shoulder room (mm): 1069, rear shoulder room (inches): 42.1, interior volume (liters): 2209 and interior volume (cu ft): 78 Yes No
iPod(R) Auxiliary Audio Input Jack Includes Portable Audio Connectivity and Charging No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob With Audible Confirmation No Yes
L A T C H No Yes
Leather Located On Shift Knob No Yes
Leather Seats No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Lexus Premium Sound System AM/FM Radio With 194-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume and 8 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer; MP3/WMA Player; XM(R) Satellite Radio (Includes 3 Months Of Service) No Yes
Limited slip differential Yes No
Lockable glove compartment Yes No
Low fuel level warning Yes No
Low washer fluid level warning Yes No
Maintenance Interval Indicator No Yes
Manual five-speed transmission with shift lever on floor Yes No
Manufacturer's own audio system with AM/FM radio and cassette Yes No
Metallic Paint (If Selected) No Yes
Metallic Trim Located On Instrument Panel No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system Yes No
Optitron(R) Electroluminescent Instrumentation No Yes
Panic Alarm No Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Perimeter Lighting Located On Exterior Mirrors and Headlights No Yes
Peripheral anti-theft protection Yes No
Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment Yes No
Power: 110 kW , 150 HP SAE @ 5800 rpm; 162 ft lb , 220 Nm @ 2200 rpm Yes No
Power Door Locks Operated Via Card Key and Internal Switch With Automatic Locking No Yes
Power Hard Convertible Top No Yes
Power steering Yes No
Power Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Power Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 60 or distance (miles): 60000, distance (km): 96561 Yes No
Power Vehicle Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power Windows With One-Touch Up, One-Touch Down and Pinch Protection No Yes
Premium unleaded fuel Yes No
Pre-Programmed Equalizer No Yes
Projector Beam Halogen Headlights No Yes
Projector beam lens halogen bulb headlights Yes No
Radio Antenna No Yes
Radio Anti-Theft No Yes
Radio Data System No Yes
Rear ashtray Yes No
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Rear Dual Bucket Seats With Power Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Rear HVAC Ducts No Yes
Rear Pretensioners No Yes
Rear Spoiler No Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Rear view mirror Yes No
Rear Window Defroster No Yes
Rear window with defogger Yes No
Remote control remote trunk/hatch release Yes No
Remote Fuel Door Release Located Inside Vehicle No Yes
Remote fuel filler door release Yes No
Remote power locks includes trunk/hatch and includes power windows Yes No
Remote Trunk Release Located Inside Vehicle and On Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 Yes No
Roadside Assistance Warranty For Unlimited-Miles, 48-Months No Yes
Roof antenna Yes No
Roof spoiler Yes No
Safety Connect(TM) Telematics With Automatic Collision Notification, Stolen Vehicle Location, Emergency Assistance Button (SOS), and Roadside Assistance Connectivity (Includes 1 Year Of Service) No Yes
Seating: four seats Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags With Head Protection No Yes
Selective Unlocking Via Card Key No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams No Yes
Smart Access Card Key No Yes
Smart Access Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Illuminated Entry, Panic Alarm, Perimeter Lighting, Power Windows and Trunk No Yes
Stability control Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio and Instrumentation Display No Yes
Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , torsion beam rear suspension semi-independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs Yes No
Subwoofer No Yes
Tachometer Yes No
Ten speakers Yes No
Tinted Glass No Yes
Tinted glass on cabin Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor No Yes
Traction Control No Yes
Trim level: GLS Yes No
Trip Computer With Trip Odometer No Yes
Trunk Anti-Trap Device No Yes
Trunk Light No Yes
Turbo compressor Yes No
Two-door convertible body style Yes No
Two fixed bucket front facing rear seats with zero adjustments Yes No
Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats and rear seats Yes No
ULEV II Emissions No Yes
Underbody Aero Cladding No Yes
USB Port No Yes
Valet Lockout No Yes
Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Lockout No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm and Engine Immobilizer No Yes
Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) Controls Vehicle Stability Control System, TRAC Traction Control, Anti-Lock Brakes, Brake Assistance, Electronic Brake Force Distribution and Electric Power Steering (EPS) No Yes
Vehicle Location System No Yes
Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction, ABS and Traction Control No Yes
Vehicle Theft Tracking Notification No Yes
Ventilation system with recirculation setting and micro filter Yes No
Vinyl seat upholstery with additional vinyl Yes No
Voice Activated Controls For Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices No Yes
Warning Lights Include Brake System, Door Ajar, Electrical System, Low Fuel, Oil Low and Oil Pressure No Yes
Weights: curb weight (kg) 1436 and curb weight (lbs) 3166 Yes No
Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe Yes No
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth(R) Enabled Devices No Yes






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