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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 07:19 AM
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Why the hell would you have a Scion concept and then a Toyota production at the Tokyo Auto Show? I call BS on this rumor.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 07:58 AM
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Why the hell would you have a Scion concept and then a Toyota production at the Tokyo Auto Show? I call BS on this rumor.
because Scion is only sold in the USA and in the rest of the world, same cars are sold as Toyota?
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 08:46 AM
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Thank the L(exus)ord for a new GS. I'm very excited and it is perfect timing for me, I'm really hoping for a high MPG GS.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 08:55 AM
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Thank the L(exus)ord for a new GS. I'm very excited and it is perfect timing for me, I'm really hoping for a high MPG GS.
which would mean hybrid, which would mean it won't pay for itself unless you do a lot of city driving, or a TON of driving, period.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 09:40 AM
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Hmmm, crossing my fingers for anything on the GS, but please, no more of the 3rd gen mules
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by G Star
Thank the L(exus)ord for a new GS. I'm very excited and it is perfect timing for me, I'm really hoping for a high MPG GS.
Blasphemy
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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The GS is a very important car, hopefully they don't do conservative designs and use cheap materials, which seems to be Toyota's way lately.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 10:32 AM
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I'm hoping this new GS is a huge improvement over the current one. At this point, I'd take a 5 series BMW over it any day.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
which would mean hybrid, which would mean it won't pay for itself unless you do a lot of city driving, or a TON of driving, period.
i wonder how does the V8 or high power V6 pay for itself?
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 10:58 AM
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Can't wait to see the new GS. Hope it's production and not a concept.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 11:00 AM
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i think he meant pay for itself as in the the amount of money you would save on gas versus buying a normal non-hybrid car. Like how its estimated that in order to actually make money on the prius versus just buying a normal honda, you would have to drive for some ridiculous amount of miles that would take you like +10 years
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 02:35 PM
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GS is too important.

they need to top their original 2006 sales figures.

so far the infiniti M has been a sales loser. looks like they're only gonna hit 20000 this year.
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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two very highly anticipated cars.. cant wait to see em
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 03:49 PM
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New York will the place to be this April. Looking forward to hearing more from those attending...
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by edgeucated
i think he meant pay for itself as in the the amount of money you would save on gas versus buying a normal non-hybrid car. Like how its estimated that in order to actually make money on the prius versus just buying a normal honda, you would have to drive for some ridiculous amount of miles that would take you like +10 years
but compared to what? GSh is as fast as V8, while saving fuel compared to V6 and V8.

You would buy GSh over V6 not just to save fuel - but to have significantly faster car with cool technology, and as such it has many advantages over V8.
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