IS250 to get new higher HP 3.5L V6 (rumor)
08-08-07, 08:52 PM
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Have you guys heard any news that the current IS250 V6 engine will be dropped in the near future (next model year?) in favor of the more common 3.5L 268hp used in the Camry, Avalon, Highlander, RAV4, ES350 and RX350? One salesman I was talking to mentioned that he had heard that Toyota wants to make the 3.5L V6 268hp engine as the "standard" or base engine and eliminate other lower output V6 engines to cut cost. It makes sense to me and it would definitely address some of the low power complaints I hear from some IS250 and IS250AWD drivers. Your thoughts?
If it costs the availibility of the standard transmission, which I could all but guarantee it would, then it is a Faustian bargain for the IS250 buyers. Too high a price to pay!
08-08-07, 10:49 PM
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No worries. The misguided junk science crowd that believes CO2 is responsible for global warming will be crying for more CO2 in 20 years when the sun's magnetic field collapses and we get plunged into another mini-ice-age. Read the science...the climatologists at the top of the field who aren't trying to get government grants are not blaming CO2 anymore.
Maybe they will bring y2k back
08-09-07, 10:55 PM
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I agree...of course if the 350 came with a 6MT, I wouldve gotten that instead. But Im happy with the power. Not as much hp as the 350 but at least its not automagic...that would be too boring and not sporty enough for me.
08-10-07, 10:57 AM
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Umm isnt the Engine in the camry front wheel drive, i dont see how thats gonna work in the IS? I cant stand all the people out there that see the
ES350 and automatically think its the same hp and engine as the IS350.
ES350 and automatically think its the same hp and engine as the IS350.
08-10-07, 04:03 PM
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The should just stuff the 3.0 from the 06 GS300 in there. Decent engine, nice increase from the 2.5 and would still ensure that the 350 was a higher performance buy with no confusion over naming.
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Ahh Lobux, thing is cellphones change every month, I guarantee your current cellphone already is outdated and passe (my Razr sure is). My swiss timepiece design (GMT) has been around for over 60 yrs with very few modifications, and is something that if properly cared for, can be given to my son, and his son, and his son . . .
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