Toyota's New Twin-Turbo V8 Debuts in Patent Filing
Having been filed last year, the patents have now become public, practically confirming the long-running rumor of a much-desired Lexus LC F.
Patent Published
These patents were filed by Toyota with the United States Patent and Trademark in September of last year. The drawings show a hot-V 8 twin turbocharged V8 engine. And having been published this month, they confirm the long-running rumors that the manufacturer has been planning a high-performance power plant for its range-topping Lexus models.
Performance Advantages
Squeezing the turbos within the engine block as opposed to on the side also allows for a more favorable packaging within the engine bay. Mercedes has been using this layout in their current generation of AMG cars in various tunes for a number of years now. Their 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 yields 480 horsepower in the lower range models like the C63, and over 700 horses in its most potent form under the hood of the AMG GT.
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Coming in 2022
Rumors suggest the turbo V8 will be utilized in high performance versions of the LC and the LS, which will likely be called LC F and LS F respectively. It will not be seen in any of Toyota's truck or SUV applications, as those platforms are optimized for the turbo V6 mill. The new LC F and LS F models are reportedly slated for a 2022 release.
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IS F on the Horizon?
One would naturally wonder, though, if the new Lexus 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8, reportedly capable of 661 horsepower, would be a fitting application in another Lexus product. Naming the V8-powered Lexus IS anything but 'IS F' raised a lot of eyebrows at the time. But this information begs the question: Will Lexus be making an LS F compete against the C63 and M3 after all?
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