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Yesterday, 06:11 PM

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Toys4RJill

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I agree. I think the next Gen ES will just be luxury version of the Crown and the Crown Wagon. Will have nothing to do with the Camry. Exclusively made in Japan

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Ehh...

Mag-X is only slightly better than Best Car, if only because they don't usually come up with imaginary enthusiast delusions of grandeur about Toyota or Mazda magically leapfrogging everyone in the universe.

They were quite accurate, bar the front end, of the IS's body surfacing and window line with that 2018 render as well as the rear trunk to C pillar relation. And regarding the V8 we all know per CM1 that it was intended for the LS but canned during the pandemic. Just because something they were reporting didn't materialize doesn't necessarily mean it was untrue.

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I think we have a pretty good idea of what the next ES's powertrains will be, based on the Crown and RX.

^ unless it rolls out an updated version of the powertrains to coincide with/precede their facelift's (?)

Yesterday, 11:37 PM

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And regarding the V8 we all know per CM1 that it was intended for the LS but canned during the pandemic. Just because something they were reporting didn't materialize doesn't necessarily mean it was untrue.

Carmaker1 never said anything about a hybrid V8 LS, and he certainly never said anything about a 4-cylinder LS. The only thing we know is that there was a plan for a regular TTV8 (like what was also supposed to be in the LC F-Sport) that was cancelled. Many people predicted TTV8 plans as far back as the TMG LS concept, the auto magazines did not have any more insider information than we did for that.

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^ unless it rolls out an updated version of the powertrains to coincide with/precede their facelift's (?)

It's practically unheard of to introduce an EV model during a mid-cycle refresh, so I highly doubt we'll be seeing an EV RX or Crown facelift anytime soon.