Check out the July issue of Road and Track, page 23. A photo and paragraph about a possible Lexus LS600h. 500hp engine plus 100hp motor. Head to head with Mercedes S65SMG! A 4.6 liter V8.

Very cool indeed!

Flatfoot

2006 RX400h
2003 Sc430

 

Sure will be if it comes out!

THere has been quite a bit of discussion on it, do a quick search on ls600h

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ghlight=ls600h
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ghlight=ls600h
etc

 

just got my mag today, cant wait to see it in person.

 

yeah its' coming, though with the ls600h, i really dont' think it's going to be 500hp plus 100hp hybrid

it's going to be a 5L engine i think, and if so then it should be pushing around 400hp. with the hybrid engine it's going to be around 500hp "total"

 

I don't think the hybrid will be head to head with an S65 AMG. Probably will not be able to put out 700+ ft lbs of torque like the Benz,

 

I saw the pics and it looks like a big Mazda 6. The tires are very thin as if it has 22" rims. I doubt it'll like that. It doesn't look classy

 

When they showed the LF-S concept last year, some already said it has some similarities to the then new Mazda 6, so I think some resemblance is inevitable, depending on how you look at it, in all car models, you can find something that ' ll have some resemblence with another. I won't trust renditions from most magazines though they're usually not accurate.
All it matters is that it looks appealing to me overall, whether or not it has similarities to other models or not. I happen to love the Mazda 6's design too

 

actually, torque is not a problem with hybrid at all, although I doubt it will be priced to compete with S65 AMG...

 

depends on the motor, electric motors are known to put out huge torque from 1-watever max rpm. That butt ugly GM thingy had about 170lb ft of torque from 1rpm all the way to 20k rpm.