The Toyota Chaser is a mid-size four-door sedan built for the Japanese market and was first sold to the public in 1978. The car shared the same chassis as the Toyota Cressida/Mark II. Throughout its life, the Chaser offered customers a variety of inline 4 and 6-cylinder engines, both diesel and gas. The Chaser spans six generations of production, finally ending in 2001. It was succeeded by the Verossa.