DOC4LEX

Any word if its still coming out and when?

spwolf

I think it is coming in 6-7 months to Europe... Possibly sales might start in March 2015, not exactly sure... I am not sure if US will get 2.0t though - Europe isnt getting 350, just 2.0t (and 300h)

Nights

It's been trademarked in Australia, and I'd expect it to come out next year as a 2016 model. Probably be announced along with an IS200t and a GS200t.

Vladi

If US craves for RC sales then there is no doubt RC200t will be there next year.

Hoovey689

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If information is correct, September 2015 for IS200t, RC200t and GS200t. Still a year away, anything can change

Nights

Any word Hoovey if there's going to be a "tuned" version of the 200t for the RC/IS? There would seem to be a lot of headroom for a higher powered version of the 2L turbo, especially as the 3.5L V6 must be coming to end of life soon.

Hoovey689

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Sorry, nothing of that nature has reached my ears at the moment.

spwolf

GR isnt going anywhere... likely it will be updated same as UR in RC-F, but we dont know that... anyway, Lexus does not plan to replace 3.5l GR with 2.0t.

Whitigir

Omg...200t IS and RC ? Wow...finally for a Toyota lover of me will be able to enjoy it again. Hopefully my STI will still hold the value :-D...well only 1 year hehehe

Levi68

How is Lexus going to compete against the next +350 PS/500 Nm 3.0l I6 engines of BMW and Mercedes?

Whitigir

Well, if I am not mistaken, the 200t engine from Lexus development can and was proven to make 350hp and 300+ torque from the factory.

Going with Toyota definition of engine engineering, I say the 200t pot can get into the 1000hp without problems.

There are two major things many other manufactures do not understand about Toyota and praise them for.

1/ simplistic wiring diagram
2/ ability to withstand punishments of stock engines

The 4 pots in Scion TC was tuned to make 1000+ hp reliably, and bring the car down to 7 seconds quarter mile.....there is no way the 200t make less or less reliable.

cino

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But that uncrackable ECU. There will be a lot of work for a tuner to unlock that thing. And I don't think tranny designed to hold 250hp~ can hold anything over 350hp. If Toyota can tune the 2.0L turbo to 350hp out of the box, that would be perfect.

Hoovey689

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Guys the 200t is an entry level mill and will likely develop around 250bhp. It DOES NOT replace the 350. No news on the 350 but it either gets a host of improvements or a new powertrain will replace it in the coming years since the gap between 250/200t closes in on the 350.

Joe Z

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But it does FINALLY replace that 250 motor once and for all..

Glad they phased it out of the RC launch..

~ Joe Z

rominl

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for sure glad they have a good replacement for the 250. the 250 is quite painful imho