Toyota building new twin-turbo V6, to appear in GS, LS
01-20-17, 11:35 AM
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Those were the golden years of Lexus when they were making class leading powertrains and wanted to make a statement.
Not sure their thought process nowadays especially leaving the sameexact engine (3.5 V6) in the GS and IS for 10+ years!
I'm almost 100% sure they will detune the engine if there will even be 5th Gen GS, at this point its up in the air.....
I highly doubt they will spend the $$$ to put the new powertrain in the old GS/IS chassis.
Not sure their thought process nowadays especially leaving the sameexact engine (3.5 V6) in the GS and IS for 10+ years!
I'm almost 100% sure they will detune the engine if there will even be 5th Gen GS, at this point its up in the air.....
I highly doubt they will spend the $$$ to put the new powertrain in the old GS/IS chassis.
I almost bought the GS450h, but I just thought it wasn't quite right somehow.
Hybrids just haven't succeeded somehow.
The trunk space is compromised, while all that extra weight compromises the dynamics.
Because NSX II moved into a 3.5 V6 TT hybrid or whatever, I think Lexus is pre-empting that the industry will move from the current 3.0 TT formula to a 3.5 TT formula.
I hope they don't get rid if GS; they should get rid of ES to allow GS to sell.
01-20-17, 01:27 PM
#92
Lexus Test Driver
After studying the press release engine cutaway photos a bit, I think Lexus is using a conventional turbo setup, with one turbo near the exhaust manifold on each side.
It's probably more similar to Infinit's 3.0 L V6 TT than anything innovative like Porsche's reverse-flow header design with turbos on top.
Which means that if this engine will indeed go into the GS, it will be pretty much identical to the LS engine and just simply detuned. Nothing mechanically different probably, although who knows.
Which also means you can buy a much cheaper GS (assuming the engine does indeed make its way there) and probably unlock LS power for practically nothing assuming you have the wherewithal do it.
Again, I don't know for sure so we'll just have to wait and see.
It's probably more similar to Infinit's 3.0 L V6 TT than anything innovative like Porsche's reverse-flow header design with turbos on top.
Which means that if this engine will indeed go into the GS, it will be pretty much identical to the LS engine and just simply detuned. Nothing mechanically different probably, although who knows.
Which also means you can buy a much cheaper GS (assuming the engine does indeed make its way there) and probably unlock LS power for practically nothing assuming you have the wherewithal do it.
Again, I don't know for sure so we'll just have to wait and see.
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