4GS mega thread (UPDATED; preview drives, specs, more interior pics)
05-21-11, 09:25 PM
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Yes I got to sit inside. The interior was real nice, still liked the BMW better. They didnt mention the horsepower. They just wanted feedback on the styling of the exterior and interior of the gs compared to the others. I couldnt ask questions about the car because I was being interviewed by the focus group who has no info. It seemed like everyone in the group liked the new GS. Only negative was the tan interior.
As far as the focus group goes I got called asking if I was interested in doing a study on cars. They dont tell you what it is until you get there. I had signed up to do some market research studies a couple years ago and get calls occasionally to see if Im interested.
I have been looking at pics all day to give you guys an idea. The headlights do look like the pic dunnojack posted. The grill is somewhat like a ct200 and the tail lights looked kind of like the IS convertable. Shape was close to the lf-gh just gs sized.
Didnt hear anything about smartphones.
As far as the focus group goes I got called asking if I was interested in doing a study on cars. They dont tell you what it is until you get there. I had signed up to do some market research studies a couple years ago and get calls occasionally to see if Im interested.
I have been looking at pics all day to give you guys an idea. The headlights do look like the pic dunnojack posted. The grill is somewhat like a ct200 and the tail lights looked kind of like the IS convertable. Shape was close to the lf-gh just gs sized.
Didnt hear anything about smartphones.
05-22-11, 04:24 PM
#1940
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According to Motor Trend, the GS-F is a go for 2012, but details of the powerplant are unclear.
http://lexusenthusiast.com/2011/05/1...-gs-f-in-2012/
Motor Trend is reporting that a Lexus GS-F version of the next-generation GS will be introduced some time in 2012:
Plans to drop the Lexus LFA’s 552-horsepower, 4.8-liter V-10 into the engine bay of the new Lexus GS-F are off, though the F variant is not. The LFA’s engine, we hear, would have cost “far more than half the price” of the GS-F, which we expect to launch about a year after the ’12 GS line’s late 2011 introduction. The most likely scenario is that the GS-F will get the IS-F’s thoroughly competent 416-horsepower, 5.0-liter V-8, instead, and provide an extra slab of meat to Lexus’ F performance lineup, which now consists only of the IS-F.
I’ve been told on more than one occasion that the LFA engine would add around $75,000 to the price of any car that used it, so it’s not all that surprising to find out that the rumored V10 GS-F is no more — and when you consider that with some tweaks (read: a power bump to 500hp), the 5.0L V8 engine in the IS-F will be more than capable of contending with the BMW M5 & Mercedes E63.
[Source: Motor Trend]
http://lexusenthusiast.com/2011/05/1...-gs-f-in-2012/
Motor Trend is reporting that a Lexus GS-F version of the next-generation GS will be introduced some time in 2012:
Plans to drop the Lexus LFA’s 552-horsepower, 4.8-liter V-10 into the engine bay of the new Lexus GS-F are off, though the F variant is not. The LFA’s engine, we hear, would have cost “far more than half the price” of the GS-F, which we expect to launch about a year after the ’12 GS line’s late 2011 introduction. The most likely scenario is that the GS-F will get the IS-F’s thoroughly competent 416-horsepower, 5.0-liter V-8, instead, and provide an extra slab of meat to Lexus’ F performance lineup, which now consists only of the IS-F.
I’ve been told on more than one occasion that the LFA engine would add around $75,000 to the price of any car that used it, so it’s not all that surprising to find out that the rumored V10 GS-F is no more — and when you consider that with some tweaks (read: a power bump to 500hp), the 5.0L V8 engine in the IS-F will be more than capable of contending with the BMW M5 & Mercedes E63.
[Source: Motor Trend]
05-22-11, 04:37 PM
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If the LFA is a multi-hundred million dollar project losing money and is only selling 500 units, logic would tell one that the engine must cost an arm and a leg to produce. One can simply google up or read in the LFA forum why the engine is so special and it should answer most questions. I can understand if one cannot understand if they don't understand engineering, that is entirely feasible much like they say "why is the LFA so much".
05-22-11, 05:17 PM
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So a engine that is shared with only 500 other cars and a small amount of GS-F, it can get that pricey
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05-22-11, 06:25 PM
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05-22-11, 06:49 PM
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05-22-11, 06:55 PM
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05-22-11, 06:59 PM
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05-23-11, 05:37 AM
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