GS Now Has Turbo Option?
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Turbo 4 which is the standard starting engine for everyone in the mid size class now. Something Lexus ridiculed in commercial a year ago. Unfortunately, Lexus managed to make an engine with much less oomph than all the competitors and gets lousy gas mileage too. That is a real engineering feat.
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That really sucks. I'm going to have to abandon Lexus. I abandoned Acura when they took the Turbo charger and Super-Handling AWD out of the RDX, and substituted two more cylinders and regular, conventional AWD. Basically they turned it into a soccer mom car. Now Lexus fails me.
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I had a RX200t loaner today. I cannot imagine a GS with that weak-*** 4 cylinder turbo 228 horsepower engine. Yuk!
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Turbo 4 which is the standard starting engine for everyone in the mid size class now. Something Lexus ridiculed in commercial a year ago. Unfortunately, Lexus managed to make an engine with much less oomph than all the competitors and gets lousy gas mileage too. That is a real engineering feat.
Although Benz's turbo has less power, Benz's turbo has a relatively flatter torque curve, combined with a relatively smooth revving nature.
BM's 2.0 turbo is more powerful, and relatively smooth revving like the Benz, but unfortunately, BM's turbo has a peakier torque curve.
Lexus has a fairly powerful 2.0 turbo like the BM, with a relatively flat torque curve like the Benz, but the Lexus turbo does not rev as smoothly as either Benz or BMW.
Thus presently, none of the small capacity turbos are perfect; each have their pros and cons.
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It's to help sales by offering more price points to compete with other auto manufacturers and it also gets 34+ mpg. No different than previous GS models offered with different engines. A lot of car manufacturers are decreasing engine size and adding turbos to compensate.
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I remember when Infiniti made G25 for a short while maybe this will happen the same.