4GS mega thread (UPDATED; preview drives, specs, more interior pics)
#1235
Only 39 extra hp from the V6 and only 42 hp more then the GS400 from 1998
I need a 500 hp GS-F to cure my mental trauma
Detune the LFA's V10 to 500 hp, stick it in the GS-F and sell it for $90k and I would love Lexus again
Last edited by BNR34; 01-06-11 at 12:30 PM.
#1236
#1237
Niiice, according to the article, introduction in Fall 2011, and we'll be able to see it in showrooms in 2012!
Can't wait to see it, hope they offer a high mpg hybrid from the beginning.
Can't wait to see it, hope they offer a high mpg hybrid from the beginning.
#1239
Perhaps they shall make it easy and create a lower power and high power hybrid setup that can then be installed across the lineup.
#1242
I just got a customer research survey from Lexus powertrain. The first question validated if I am still driving a GS460. The remaining questions ascertained my satisfaction with passing ability, acceleration, and fuel efficiency, and the relative importance of these criteria.
I answered that I was dissatisfied with passing ability and acceleration, but satisfied with fuel efficiency, and rated passing ability and acceleration as 10 on a 1-10 scale of importance, and fuel efficiency as a 5.
I don't know how to interpret that they are doing this market research at this stage of the product development cycle. But I find it a little disturbing because I think they should have done this 18 months ago given the age of the current powertrains.
I answered that I was dissatisfied with passing ability and acceleration, but satisfied with fuel efficiency, and rated passing ability and acceleration as 10 on a 1-10 scale of importance, and fuel efficiency as a 5.
I don't know how to interpret that they are doing this market research at this stage of the product development cycle. But I find it a little disturbing because I think they should have done this 18 months ago given the age of the current powertrains.
#1244
What I don't understand, however, is that the GS450h already sells in such low volumes (and always has) why offer a high power model again, because how can Lexus possibly have recouped their development costs?
Perhaps they shall make it easy and create a lower power and high power hybrid setup that can then be installed across the lineup.