RNM GS3

Here you go:

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.e...804:86iulu.1.1

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Word Mark IS 300
Goods and Services IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: automobiles and structural parts thereof
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 86593239
Filing Date April 10, 2015
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha TA Toyota Motor Corporation CORPORATION JAPAN 1, Toyota-cho Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken JAPAN 471-8571
Attorney of Record Roberta S. Bren
Prior Registrations 2500758
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

dseag2

No kidding. If Lexus brought back the excellent 3.0 inline 6 from the 2GS and added turbos to it it would be outstanding.

Fizzboy7

This turn of events has me scratching my head as well. The best thing I can come up with is maybe they are renaming the 2.0t option. If so, so much for the one year wonder NX200t.

Vladi

This could easily be just a precautionary measure of extending/adding trademarks that will never see light of the day.

If they let IS300 expire someone could easily ****** it up and screw over Toyota for future use.

Vladi

Considering that NX has 300h version as well maybe they thought it would be too confusing to have NX300 and NX300h in North America. I don't know why they would think something like that but I would not be surprised of inferior marketing brains that have been wrong in the past especially in US alone.

If that is the case then its obvious IS300 will be 2.0t in US since there wont be 300h version there apparently, again most likely thanks to marketing geniuses who have some research in hand that says that it would not sell well in US.

Who knows.

Mr Bond

Its highly unlikely that this is NA V6 or even more a inline 6 cyl. The later would require rebuilding of the chassi and engine compartment since this car was balanced and designed with a V6 and a 4 cyl, which has about the same geometrics in terms of lenght and placement over the front axle.

We do also know that Lexus is behind when it comes to turbo engines. But there is no way that they are developing a brand new NA 3.0 6 cyl in the year of 2016.This fills no purpose at all and it will be out-classed by exactly every other turbo 6 cyl out there, and maybe even turbo 4.

tex2670

Wouldn't "IS300" already be registered from the 1st Gen model?

evident

a 3.0T V6 would be awesome. but i'll keep dreaming, I doubt we'll see an update to the 2GR-FSE until 2017 at the earliest. hoping that i'll eat my words though.

Blackraven

This reminds me of the car I tested drove a few years back (which I really had a great time driving) =)







That 3GR-FE engine sure can deliver =)

Carmaker1

Lexus has been developing a 3.0 litre twin-turbo 6-cylinder as per UK sources and publicly confirmed by rayaans to me firsthand. This new 6-cylinder power plant will be offered in the next LS. If I remember, the 200t is not a twin-turbo, so that might explain the difference in naming. An "LS300" trademark may not be far behind either or possibly the twin-turbo 6-cylinder could be called "LS400". This "IS300" could also be naturally aspirated 3.0 litre intended to sit between the 200t and twin-turbo 6.

adpock

Good eye. Thought the front page would be interested too...
https://www.clublexus.com/articles/l...united-states/

spwolf

Lexus wont downsize their 3.5l in the USA, it makes no sense at all.... 3.0l with 250hp would be likely too similar to 2.0t in performance numbers.

Maybe they are looking to the future and will rename all of their engines in US to model similar in BMW, where there is no t in the naming and numbers reflect "power" instead of displacement.

xbladex00

well then we'd all just like to belive 3jz-ge/gte confirmed.....

RNM GS3

I like Lexus current naming strategy with t and h after the engine designation.
MB and BMW is just silly imo.

Except for its hybrid cars - Lexus has always used the # to correlate to the engine displacement so it would be big change for them.

2GSKaizen

iTrader: (1)

We got word from our Lexus area product trainer a few months ago about this. IS, GS and RC will be available in 200t, 300 and 350 trim levels. They are trying to give us more engine options like BMW and Mercedes do. 200t's get a version of the NX's 2.0 turbo that makes roughly 245 hp. They did not mention torque output. The 300's are getting the same 3.5L v-6 we have now, but they have been "detuned" if you will. They will put out about as much hp as the 3.0 v-6 from the 2006 GS300, about 245hp. Why they wanted both the 200t's and the 300's to have roughly the same power output, I do not know. 350's in all models are staying where they are at. If I remember correctly the 200t's in all 3 models are going to be available as regular and F Sport versions but will be RWD only.
We did get word that the 2016 RX's are getting the D-4s injection added to the V6, so it will have 306hp like the GS and IS's do.