Gojirra99

Does that mean no regular 2 door coupe for the IS350 ? If so :

The rest are pretty good if accurate Seems like the LS600h is going to come only a few months after the LS460

BrickHead

Does the 'c' stand for convt or coupe?

AsianGirl007

iTrader: (1)

You should know better than to ask me that. Not allowed to comment on it. Bad AmethystSC!
Give me your wrist....**slap**

hahaha j/k

Gojirra99

Hmmm, something has changed since I was here

rominl

iTrader: (4)

hahhaah, that's a foul come on eliz

AJL0365

TMG, i like that kinda rolls off the tounge, just making up a name here, RX450 TMG

XeroK00L

オープンモデル means open model

XeroK00L

Just found out TMG really means "Toyota Motorsport GmbH", Toyota’s German-based motorsport subsidiary. So it means nothing stupid like my previous guess of "Toyota AMG".
Check out:
http://www.toyota-f1.com/public/en/e.../report03.html

EDIT: Found the following facts after some more research:

AMG stands for the two founders of AMG, Hans Wener Aufrecht (A), Erhard Melcher (M), both co-founders, and Grossapach (G), the town in which the firm was founded in1967.

On the other hand, BMW founded this BMW Motorsport GmbH in 1972, which later became the M.

I guess TMG actually came from BMW's naming idea rather than MB's.

LEXUS FAN!

is this reliable?

rheiy

I think as long as Lexus delivers performance like BMW "M" or MB "AMG" with Lexus quality, they can call it whatever they want.

Skulinex

all that sounds great but where in the hell is the SC??>...



<up their..?>

XeroK00L

I think the report is including only all-new Lexus models in the list, e.g. ES350 will be an all-new redesign, while the RX350 is said to maintain the current design with only the engine upgraded, so the new ES is included but the RX is not. Likewise, the SC430 is gonna receive only a very mild refresh so it wasn't deemed newsworthy enough for inclusion in the list.

Gojirra99

There'll be a facelift/upgrade for the SC430 this fall, so I don't think there will be a completely redesigned new SC in the next 2 or 3 years.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

yeah i agree, the 06 is facelift, so i guess it might be 08. no reason to scramble everything together anyway

Skulinex

the interesting part is that the IS came out in 01 and it already got totally changed, IF following that scheme, the SC should get redone next year... why not redo it a bit earlier and call it 07