Will Lexus follow the FI trend
08-03-08, 02:40 AM
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No doubt Toyota is doing something right, but for once I would really like to see them come out with an original setup before someone else, not just add a model to compete for sales.
08-03-08, 03:23 AM
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From all the weird stuff I've read about the auto industry and all the gear heads I met, Toyota/Lexus is a follower not a leader, Germans take a lot of crap for dropping in new technology that has some glitches only to get passed over by a Japanese company that is doing nothing more then perfecting the idea.
No doubt Toyota is doing something right, but for once I would really like to see them come out with an original setup before someone else, not just add a model to compete for sales.
No doubt Toyota is doing something right, but for once I would really like to see them come out with an original setup before someone else, not just add a model to compete for sales.
I'm just giving this as a example, because it is hard for a company to just wait to see what a company makes and offers, and then in turn offer it in their cars because they need to still test it out and work out the kinks and make sure the suppliers are inline with the product
08-04-08, 03:30 PM
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No one has mentioned now that Subaru is part of Toyota and Toyota and Subaru are teaming up on various cars including a cheap rear wheel drive car. Subaru also has a vast number of turbo engines, especially the EJ25( 2.5 liter turbo). I think we will see this engine or similar in future toyota/scion/lexus cars.
08-04-08, 08:55 PM
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16.5% to be more exact. And it was finalized only a few weeks ago. The coupe is gonna be a toyota in japan, and a subaru everywhere else.
08-04-08, 10:18 PM
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I guess I missed the part where being "fast" was important to the brand selling wel.
08-05-08, 10:21 AM
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Just a hypothetical situation, Company A and Company B both at the same time make something very similar, Company A releases it 1st without extensive testing, Company B releases it later with extensive testing working out the bugs, does it mean Company B is a follower even though both created it at the same time?
I'm just giving this as a example, because it is hard for a company to just wait to see what a company makes and offers, and then in turn offer it in their cars because they need to still test it out and work out the kinks and make sure the suppliers are inline with the product
I'm just giving this as a example, because it is hard for a company to just wait to see what a company makes and offers, and then in turn offer it in their cars because they need to still test it out and work out the kinks and make sure the suppliers are inline with the product
"German Engineering" is a nice oxymoron I hear often
08-05-08, 11:33 AM
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I don't think Lexus will be behind in performance. 5 years ago BMW said turbocharging was a cheap way to get power only NA engines. Since then BMW has to use turbos to compete with the NA engines of Lexus and Infiniti.
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