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12-29-09, 09:00 AM

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11 pages already?

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I am surprised so many of you put much credibility in a MT report.

Agree with both of you. 11 pages of speculation and guesses from a magazine that has been wrong more times than right.

You guys must be bored.

12-29-09, 10:22 AM

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Has Lexus even confrim the production of the GS-F yet?

12-29-09, 12:48 PM

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I am sure nobody thought Lexus can stuff that V8 in the IS-F either.

Yeah they did....did you forget about this?

Rod Millen IS430 project car.

12-30-09, 06:08 AM

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Yeah they did....did you forget about this?

Rod Millen IS430 project car.

I msut say, the last gen IS was one of the ugliest Lexus ever made.

12-30-09, 06:52 AM

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A SUPERCHARGED GS-F will work & be cost effective for Lexus. The Caddy CTS-V & Jag XFR come to mind. Fuel economy won't be effected all that much with the blower.

12-30-09, 06:57 AM

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A SUPERCHARGED GS-F will work & be cost effective for Lexus. The Caddy CTS-V & Jag XFR come to mind. Fuel economy won't be effected all that much with the blower.

Have Lexus ever made a supercharged or turbo charged production vehicle?

12-30-09, 07:00 AM

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Have Lexus ever made a supercharged or turbo charged production vehicle?

There is a first time for everything

12-30-09, 07:18 AM

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There is a first time for everything

Experimenting on a $80000 car that is suppose to be reliable is not a good idea.

12-30-09, 07:37 AM

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Experimenting on a $80000 car that is suppose to be reliable is not a good idea.

Experiments are conducted all the time during vehicle testing. Be it cold weather, high speed, etc.. Heck, the V10 is a first for a Lexus production vehicle. Long term reliability is unknown and is based on perceptions at best. Lexus can't be that conservative now

12-30-09, 07:50 AM

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supercharged car will never be as reliable as same car without blower...

12-30-09, 07:58 AM

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supercharged car will never be as reliable as same car without blower...

True, but never say never. How are FI Supras holding up?

12-30-09, 08:26 AM

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I agree with spwolf, forced induction is not as reliable in general. Even companies like Audi and Saab who have been using them for decades still have relaiblility issues.

12-30-09, 08:28 AM

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Have Lexus ever made a supercharged or turbo charged production vehicle?

There's never been a boosted Lexus-badged production vehicle per se, but corporate parent Toyota and its TRD division have certainly dabbled in supercharging, most recently in the short-lived Australian Toyota Aurion TRD, essentially a 2GR-FE V6 Camry fitted with the first production application of Eaton's twin-vortices supercharger.