Agree with both of you. 11 pages of speculation and guesses from a magazine that has been wrong more times than right.

You guys must be bored.

 

Has Lexus even confrim the production of the GS-F yet?

 

Yeah they did....did you forget about this?

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Rod Millen IS430 project car.

 

I msut say, the last gen IS was one of the ugliest Lexus ever made.

 

A SUPERCHARGED GS-F will work & be cost effective for Lexus. The Caddy CTS-V & Jag XFR come to mind. Fuel economy won't be effected all that much with the blower.

 

Have Lexus ever made a supercharged or turbo charged production vehicle?

 

There is a first time for everything

 

Experimenting on a $80000 car that is suppose to be reliable is not a good idea.

 

Experiments are conducted all the time during vehicle testing. Be it cold weather, high speed, etc.. Heck, the V10 is a first for a Lexus production vehicle. Long term reliability is unknown and is based on perceptions at best. Lexus can't be that conservative now

 

supercharged car will never be as reliable as same car without blower...

 

True, but never say never. How are FI Supras holding up?

 

I agree with spwolf, forced induction is not as reliable in general. Even companies like Audi and Saab who have been using them for decades still have relaiblility issues.

 

There's never been a boosted Lexus-badged production vehicle per se, but corporate parent Toyota and its TRD division have certainly dabbled in supercharging, most recently in the short-lived Australian Toyota Aurion TRD, essentially a 2GR-FE V6 Camry fitted with the first production application of Eaton's twin-vortices supercharger.

 

I think a few posters here have had problems with the TRD superchargers.

 

Only if you count the IS220d.