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'''Alisal High School''' opened in 1965 and is located on the east side of [[Salinas, California]]. Their school colors are green and black. Their mascot is the Trojan and the current principal is Dan Burns.[[Image:ahspklot.jpg|thumb|right| Alisal High School]]

[[Image:Altezza.jpg|thumb|right|Toyota Altezza (XE10-series)]]

== Attendance ==

The '''Altezza''' (known as the '''Lexus IS 200''' and '''Lexus IS 300''' in export markets) is a [[compact car|compact]] [[luxury car]] from [[Toyota]]. Its main rivals are [[BMW 3-series]] and [[Audi A4]]. This first-generation Altezza (codename XE10) was launched in [[Japan]] in [[October]] [[1998]]. The Lexus IS 200 made its debut in [[Europe]] in [[1999]].

Attendance is handled by attendance technicians Alicia Espino, Susan Chacon, and Juanita Garcia, head of the department for over 20 years now. They do their job along side numerous TA's (Teachers Aid) such as Daniel Ibarra, Ileana Madrigal, Jorge Mendoza, Lizett Marquez, Cristian Mercado, and Gilberto Tapia (All graduating seniors this 2007 school year)

== March Against Violence ==

The Altezza comes in 2 variants:

On March 27, 2007, Government teacher [[Ruben Pizarro]] led over 300 Alisal High School students on a march from Alisal High School to the [[Cesar Chavez]] Library in an effort to raise awareness of the spike in violence in Salinas since the beginning of 2007. Students were joined by city officials including the city's mayor Dennis Donahue, several city district council members, and the city's Police Chief, Dan Ortega.

* The '''AS200''' (codename GXE10), powered by the [[Toyota G engine|1G-FE]] [[Straight-6|inline-6]] engine generating 160 hp [[JIS]] (118 kW) and mated to a 5-speed [[manual transmission]] (4-speed automatic optional)

* The '''RS200''' (codename SXE10) powered by the [[Toyota S engine|3S-GE]] [[Straight-4|inline-4]] engine generating 210 hp [[JIS]] (154 kW) and mated to a 6-speed transmission (5-speed automatic optional)

== Mata ==

[[Europe|European]] and [[North America]]n-market Lexus IS vehicles, as well as the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[hatchback]] version called the '''Gita''' (called '''Lexus IS Sportcross''' in [[U.S.]] and Europe) are only available with either the [[Toyota G engine|1G-FE]] engine version or the [[Toyota JZ engine|2JZ-GE]] 6-cylinder inline engine version, which is also found in the naturally-aspirated [[Toyota Supra#Toyota Supra Mk 4 (1993-1998/2002)|fourth-generation Toyota Supra]] and [[Lexus GS]]/[[Toyota Aristo]] amongst others. The 2JZ-GE powered IS series are popular amongst tuners in the U.S. because of this. The Altezza is mostly popular amongst tuners because of it's possible [[engine swap]], for a last generation [[Toyota Supra]] [[2JZ-GTE]] motorisation. Modified version of the 2JZ-GTE has been seen with over 1000hp.

Mr. Mata is "The '''Little''' Puppy!"

In Japan, the '''RS200''' version is more popular due to the wide availability of tuning parts, as the engine is shared with the last of the SW20 [[Toyota MR2|MR2]] and ST202 [[Toyota Celica|Celica]]. As a result, a number of tuning companies modified the IS/Altezza over the years. The '''MillenWorks'''-built Lexus '''IS 430''' was unveiled at the 2003 [[SEMA]] Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The IS 430 prototype is an IS 300 fitted with a 4.3 L [[V8]] from the [[Lexus GS|Lexus GS 430]]. Lexus dubs the IS 430 a one-off with no plans for production. In Europe, Toyota Team Europe [[TTE]] shoehorned a [[Supercharged]] 4.3 L [[V8]] into a IS 300 bodyshell, the result is a 405 hp [[ECE]] (298 kW) [[sedan|saloon]] capable of accelerating from 0-100km/h in 4.5 seconds. [[TTE]] also produced an aftermarket [[Supercharger]] kit for the IS 200, raising the power output to 204 hp [[ECE]] (150 kW). Naturally, a number of Japanese tuning firms, including [[Toyota]]'s own [[TOM'S]] and [[Toyota Racing Development|TRD]], offered parts and sometimes complete car conversions.

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The '''RS200''' is also used by many racing teams, including [[Toyota Racing Development|TRD]] (Toyota Racing Development), to race in various [[touring car]] championship series across [[Asia]]. A Lexus IS 200, based on a heavily modified '''RS200''', has also raced in the British Touring Car Championship with limited success.

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U.S. and European sales of the Lexus IS 300 have been disappointing. In the US market, after hitting a high of 22,486 units in 2001, IS sales dropped below the 10,000-unit mark in 2004. The IS200 fared better in Europe and Asia, but still fall well short of the sales volume achieved by the likes of the BMW 3-series.

==2006==

The Altezza will be redesigned for the 2006 model year and will be introduced in the Fall of 2005. A pre-production example was shown in the [[2005]] [[Geneva Autoshow]]. The slow-selling ''SportCross'' [[hatchback]] version was dropped from the lineup worldwide.

For the United States, three IS models will be sold by Lexus:

* '''IS 250''' - 2.5 L [[V6]], 204 hp (152 kW)

* '''IS 250 AWD''' - 2.5 L [[V6]] with [[all wheel drive]], 204 hp (152 kW)

* '''IS 350''' - 3.5 L ''[[Toyota GR engine|2GR-FSE]]'' [[V6]], 306 hp (228 kW)

Three different 6-speed [[automatic transmission]]s will be offered, depending on the model, and a 6-speed [[manual transmission]] will be standard.

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[[Category:Luxury vehicles]]

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