Lexus to launch V8 supercar with up to 600bhp
#91
Lexus Champion
No lol! If it was going to be in the trucks it would be already, Toyota has NEVER upgraded the engines in a generation. The 5.7 was day one and the last day with the same basic output etc, this will be the same.....this isn't the Germans that will hit you will 2-3 new engines mid generation.
Also, I think it was in 2016, when Toyota discontinued the 2.5 V6 in the IS and swapped over to the 2.0t (IS250 to IS200t).
The ES did the same thing, mid generation, as I recall (ES300 to ES330).
As for the Tundra, while the 5.7 stayed the same, it was mid-generation that they switched from the 4.7 V8 to the 4.6 V8.
Lexus also added the V8 IS F mid generation on the 2nd gen IS and they added the V8 GS F in the middle of the 4th gen of the GS.
I also think maybe the 2nd gen GS V8 option went from the GS400 to GS430 but I could be off on the gen. May have been third gen.
Last edited by JDR76; 06-28-24 at 07:36 AM.
#92
Lexus Champion
3rd Gen GS went from 3uz to 1UR once the UR was done
The RX got a refresh/partial redesign from 300 to 330 and that's really the same engine and nearly the same hp rating
Cant argue that the IS got the engine replaced with a turbo but it's a lateral move at best
The top engines though never get replaced in generation and the UR engines are all just derivatives of the 1UR that they used for about 15 years. Top versions never got replaced by anything new across multiple generations even
The RX got a refresh/partial redesign from 300 to 330 and that's really the same engine and nearly the same hp rating
Cant argue that the IS got the engine replaced with a turbo but it's a lateral move at best
The top engines though never get replaced in generation and the UR engines are all just derivatives of the 1UR that they used for about 15 years. Top versions never got replaced by anything new across multiple generations even
#93
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the 2nd gen RX launched with the 3MZ, which as you note is just a slightly larger version of the 1MZ that was in the 1st gen. But midway through the 2nd gen, they switched to the 2GR, which was very new at the time.
#94
Lexus Champion
That's fair, I always forget about that refresh for some reason. They spread the new V6 everywhere that's for sure
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