IS500 Coupe (UPDATED!! pg.7)
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Sorry but what your point? One cannot compare a race-speced track car to a production road car. There are so many regulations that a road car needs to comply with and it needs to provide sufficient creature comfort, while a race car can go as extreme as it can.
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Hmm... lengthened stroke... so that means it won't rev as high, right? I would've liked to see a slightly destroked 5.0L (perhaps to 4.8 or 4.9) motor that can rev to at least 7,000rpms or higher.
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Interesting read. My direct sources said interesting things to come by 2007 a while ago. I'm not doubting them one bit.
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It's also interesting if they can put the 5.0 V8 into the IS, but they may be having some trouble putting the 4.6 V8 into the new GS for the GS460 as some reported ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
It's also interesting if they can put the 5.0 V8 into the IS, but they may be having some trouble putting the 4.6 V8 into the new GS for the GS460 as some reported ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
A GS500 would be nice...but with a 380HP GS 460, a 400 or 425 HP GS 500 would be a bit redundant, no?
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
It's also interesting if they can put the 5.0 V8 into the IS, but they may be having some trouble putting the 4.6 V8 into the new GS for the GS460 as some reported ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
From what I know, them not being able to fit the 4.6L V8 into the GS bonnet was just a rumor when it was unclear if it would happen or not. Now, it's more or less clarified.
A GS500 would be nice...but with a 380HP GS 460, a 400 or 425 HP GS 500 would be a bit redundant, no?
A GS500 would be nice...but with a 380HP GS 460, a 400 or 425 HP GS 500 would be a bit redundant, no?
As for a GS500 with say 420 hp, if that's 40 hp over the 380hp GS460, it's pretty significant already. Remember the difference between a Mercedes S430 & a S500 is only 27 hp (302 vs. 275).
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
I don't think there is any doubt that the 5 litre in the LS600h is detuned to get emission rating/fuel efficiency a hybrid is supposed to get, we know that all along, otherwise they would probably have just put a V10 or a V12 in the top of the line flagship LS.
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
It's also interesting if they can put the 5.0 V8 into the IS, but they may be having some trouble putting the 4.6 V8 into the new GS for the GS460 as some reported ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
Is the engine bay of the IS bigger than the GS then ? If they can make a IS500, what about a GS500 ?
and that aside, instead of just pure engine bay space, it can be more about the shape and one particular dimension. one good example is the is300. believe it or not, space wise it's probably easier to put in the 4.3l v8 than the 3.0l i6, mostly due to the particular long shape of the i6 and also its height. so back on the gs460, if they really had trouble on the engine placement, it could be just one little dimension where it's 1 or 2 inches off but the IS chassis happens to have slack there
if we continue to think more on the serious, they will have the is500. so how are they going to do the gs then?
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Yeah, its coming. The weird thing is Lexus of Europe is telling us about it but they don't get the IS 350
On 220d and 250.
Great, now I got to revamp what I thought I was going to get
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Originally Posted by rominl
like others said, let's first assume that rumor is true. couple of things to think and note. the new 5.0l engine on the ls600hl, is that base on the 4.6l engine on the ls460? i might have missed info on this. coz' the ls600hl has the hybrid engine as well, and seeing the ls460 in person, i don't know if they had to design the ls600hl engine in any special way to allow the hybrid.
and that aside, instead of just pure engine bay space, it can be more about the shape and one particular dimension. one good example is the is300. believe it or not, space wise it's probably easier to put in the 4.3l v8 than the 3.0l i6, mostly due to the particular long shape of the i6 and also its height. so back on the gs460, if they really had trouble on the engine placement, it could be just one little dimension where it's 1 or 2 inches off but the IS chassis happens to have slack there
and that aside, instead of just pure engine bay space, it can be more about the shape and one particular dimension. one good example is the is300. believe it or not, space wise it's probably easier to put in the 4.3l v8 than the 3.0l i6, mostly due to the particular long shape of the i6 and also its height. so back on the gs460, if they really had trouble on the engine placement, it could be just one little dimension where it's 1 or 2 inches off but the IS chassis happens to have slack there
Originally Posted by rominl
if we continue to think more on the serious, they will have the is500. so how are they going to do the gs then? ![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
Now the other thing I've been wondering is...will the SC hybrid be a SC 450h or a SC 600h?
Hmmm...
Hmmm...