It's been a while since i've seen an Acura EL!
#31
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Originally Posted by Inabj2
I hate to nitpick but the IS200 is also a 6 cylinder just a 2 liter one.
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Originally Posted by UDel
The IS200 or Toyota Altezza sold in Japan and Europe uses a 2 liter 4 cylinder. It sells pretty well overseas unlike the slow selling U.S. IS300. One version has a high reving 4 cylinder puting out 200hp-210hp with a 6 speed I believe and another is less powerful. I don't believe Toyota has a 6 cylinder as small as 2 liters but I may be wrong. I think the Mitsubishi FTO is the only recent Japanese car to use a 6 cylinder as small as 2 liters.
IS200 in japan is 4 cylinder and IS200 for europe is 6 cylinder motor.
#33
Originally Posted by UDel
After seeing the success of the Legend and Integra Toyota figured people would pay higher prices for upmarket brands and put out a larger v-8 sedan under Lexus. I believe Toyota already had a v-8 and larger rwd platform for some domestic cars like the century and so it was not as big a commitment.
Toyota began laying the ground for Lexus in 1983, years before any Acuras were available.
Not to mention the $1 BILLION commitment.
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Originally Posted by CELICA XX
Umm, ok... Go read: "The Lexus Story"
Toyota began laying the ground for Lexus in 1983, years before any Acuras were available.
Not to mention the $1 BILLION commitment.
Toyota began laying the ground for Lexus in 1983, years before any Acuras were available.
Not to mention the $1 BILLION commitment.
#35
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Thank you, Udel is way off with some of his comments. I didn't even respond b/c its damn repetative at this point.
#36
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Originally Posted by UDel
don't believe Toyota has a 6 cylinder as small as 2 liters but I may be wrong. .
Yes you are wrong, the IS200's engine is the 1G-FE, 2.0L I-6 160hp @ 6,200 rpm 200 ft/lb torque @ 4,400 rpm available in 4spd auto or 6spd manual.
http://autoweb.drive.com.au/cms/A_687/article.html
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Yes, the IS 200 in Europe is a small output 6 cylinder. Lexus has never offered a 4-cylinder car, that is what Toyota is for, i.e Echo, Corolla, Rav-4, base Camry, etc etc.
Good pic, I have never seen the actual engine. The IS 200/300 is loved in Europe and always in the top 3 in quality results. They would like to see all Lexus drive like the IS in Europe.
Good pic, I have never seen the actual engine. The IS 200/300 is loved in Europe and always in the top 3 in quality results. They would like to see all Lexus drive like the IS in Europe.
#38
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Originally Posted by flipside909
, the IS200's engine is the 1G-FE, 2.0L I-6 160hp @ 6,200 rpm 200 ft/lb torque @ 4,400 rpm available in 4spd auto or 6spd manual.
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#39
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I finally found time to resize and upload those pics of the Acura 1.7 EL's that i saw a few months ago. Here's a 1.7 EL w/BC plates that I spotted down the street from BlustoneIS' house in Buena Park, CA on 6/29/05:
By coincidence, I see that 1.7 EL I first talked about with Cali plates the day after on 6/30/05. This was on my commute to work in the morning on the 91 Fwy in Corona, CA:
About a month later...I see that same damn 1.7 EL w/CA plates early in my commute in Riverside approaching the 91 Fwy on 7/25/05 LOL...and this time I finally catch it in a lane next to a US Spec Honda Civic!!!
By coincidence, I see that 1.7 EL I first talked about with Cali plates the day after on 6/30/05. This was on my commute to work in the morning on the 91 Fwy in Corona, CA:
About a month later...I see that same damn 1.7 EL w/CA plates early in my commute in Riverside approaching the 91 Fwy on 7/25/05 LOL...and this time I finally catch it in a lane next to a US Spec Honda Civic!!!
#42
These low end cars with luxury plates are definitely sell-outs, but they make sense from a sales point of view. The EL has always sold disturbingly well in Canada, the TSX sells well here too. The reason is that most people who buy these cars (all of them perhaps) just want something with an upmarket nameplate and really don't care what car it is on - even if it's an A that replaces the H on a Civic... As long as the car is not completely awful, people will be happy owning these. They can say that they own an Acura, and they can have a decent vehicle - and pretend that the badges do more than just give them phoney snob status... Lexus surely could sell a lot of "CS220's" (Potential Corolla Lexus name).
Remember the Cadillac Cimarron? Now that was HOT! Wow - that car is the perfect example of low-end luxury branding gone horribly wrong.
Remember the Cadillac Cimarron? Now that was HOT! Wow - that car is the perfect example of low-end luxury branding gone horribly wrong.
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Originally Posted by Coffey454
... Hey guys, while we're all yapping about how Lexus "would never do this awful low-end badging"... How do we defend the old ES250??