RX469

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Would you buy one, if it were offered?

Taking into account todays modern diesel technology.



Regards,

Sheldon.

LEXUS4NZ

I'd rather to take a GX470H

brent0226

I'd definitely take the Diesel. Do you know how much torque those things pump out?!? The Touareg V10-TDI goes 0-60 in 6.2 seconds. It's 7.5 with the V8! And, the V8 gets around 15mpg while the diesel V10 gets 22. It would be awesome if Lexus would debut a diesel model.

lspower

they do its the jdm toyota ...... aka gx470 it has a 3.0 v6 turbo diesel motor, to bad that cant make it to the states cause of all the bs emissions

<VENOM>

yup

irsa

It's actually a 4cyl. And damm they haul! Although I don't think the diesel would suit Lexus image of perfection, it's still a little noisy and smokey.

brent0226

BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Volkswagen all use diesels in all model ranges (3, 5, 7, A4, A6, A8, C-class, E-class, S-class, Touareg, Phaeton etc). In case you haven't been keeping up, diesel has been really refined in Europe from what you see here in America's diesel pickups. They make gobs of torque and get excellent fuel mileage with no smoke. They just aren't in the US yet because our diesel isn't refined enough (too much sulfur, though to change in the next few years).

<VENOM>

emissions would not be a problem if we could use bio diesel smelling donuts and french fries would be cool

irsa

Must be the diesel that the owners are useing here in Australia then. The few Prado TDIs, and Hilux TDI which uses the same engine, have all appeared to puff a little more black smoke then the Euro diesels that I've driven.

<VENOM>

Do they puff on start up or when you put the pedal to the floor.

I doubt Toyota is gonna introduce a diesel into a Lexus, we will most likely see a Hybrid GX that has a combined HP of 300+ and get 60mpg, Toyota has yet to put a diesel in the Tundra and most Americans don't see diesel as luxury they see them as work horse, loud and noisey American Trucks depite the few Mercedes diesel on the road.

American market is backwards, gasoline powered automatic vehicles changing the oil every 3-5k, Europe is all diesel manuals on extended interval oil changes of 15k, not all disel manuals but way more.

brent0226

Check out this clip of the diesel Touareg.

http://www.fw.hu/ave/videok/VWTouaregV10TDI.mpg

That's a full throttle launch and there's no smoke. That thing goes 0-60 in 6.2 seconds and gets better gas mileage than a V6 sedan! 5.0l V10 biturbo mmmmm

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sayadil

hey saw the clip... but i find it too noicy... i have 2003 landcruiser prado diesel (back home)... and i find that much smooth and less noisy...

brent0226

How many cylinders does the LC Prado have? 5? The Treg has 10. The outside may be loud, but the car has so much sound deadening material you barely hear it inside.

DavidsGX

Getting much and much popluar in Europe!

Great milages and less pollution!!