Is Sports is losing the battle to Fuel saving?

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10-03-10, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX

Seriously, Toyota continues to churn out boring *** cars and dropping the ball on anything of interest. Then they let Lotus take their engines and make them more powerful?

I hope Toyota/Lexus gets to use some of them in future vehicles. That supercharged 5.0 would be great in a GS-F

I think Toyota/Lexus is perfectly capable of making their engines far more powerful if they so choose. They have always tended to leave a lot of power on the table in the name of reliability, economy and emissions. Lotus cars are far lighter than anything Lexus makes, so the do have a little more flexibility in terms of what they can do. They also are a full line sports car maker, so I really don't see the big problem.

I really do think we'll see the FI'd 5.0 UR V8 in the GS-F.