There is no replacement for displacement.

 

4.7 engine is old tech now, 5.7 is brand new, i bet its going to make similar or not that much lower mileage even with a 1 liter increase, larger engine means it doesnt have to work as hard as the old one to get moving, so it doesnt have to decrease mileage

 

i agree, there is no replacement for displacement. if you want to talk about smoothness, tq at all speed, etc... big engine is almost a must

 

LOL YAY!!! An engine that is a generation old!!! Weeeeeeeee!!! lol

 

In a streetcar there is.... Its called FORCED INDUCTION. You can make claims about turbocharging a V8 blah blah blah... but in the end, its less work to make 800whp in a Supra than 800whp in some V8. And don't give misinfo on dyno-queens either... The turbos available today are VERY efficient and spool MUCH better than the older varieties from 5 or 6 years ago.

In a drag car? yeah, most things being equal the bigger motor wins... of course there's 2jz-gte cars running in the 6s nowadays... and its not exactly a rare sight either. Until you get to the point where the car isnt streetable, displacement doesn't REALLY matter. Unless you're running a really small motor of course.

Stock cars? Toyota found it a better idea to run larger V8s in the new vehicles... the low emissions of newer motors coupled with great gas mileage figures lets them have the best of both worlds. If the 4.6L makes 380 ft-lbs of torque... imagine what a 5.7 will make when its setup to make the big torque?

 

wee.. yep. Thats in this freakin month edition... and how long have we been talking about 4.6l UR engines?

At some point, they get so full of it that you wonder why the heck are we reading this craep

 

You must remember these are "insiders". LMAO I'm just preparing myself for when they tell us about Lexus' new L-finesse design and plan for hybrids.

 

Lexus is going to have some tough competition ahead

Acura is bringing AWD to most of its vehicles
that includes the TL and the TSX

i hope that winking smiley means you are joking, GFerg.
going for cloth top is like taking a step back from hardtop convertible
the current SC is pretty hard to improve upon i would say
except maybe bigger leg room in the rear seats
i just watched Terminator 3 again tonite, what a sweet car the SC430 is...

 

To make it better? Make it a little bit lighter chassis with a sport option; stiffer springs and other reinforcement, the new UR engine, and a manual transmission Thats how I'd improve it.

 

good ideas but i think there are many of us that would rather have lexus keep the SC a luxury convertible than to lean more towards performance

there are just too many performance convertibles out there, but almost no convertibles at this price range with this level of luxury