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^Nicely spotted!!! Glad they're actually putting it in production. I imagine the interface will involve lots of gesture-based controls in line with the current smartphones/tablets, but am curious to see how they implement text input.
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anyways, the pic of the RCF isnt new, i just wanted to show how the RCF remote touch looks like both the LF-CC and the LF-NX. at first i was skeptical that the RCF interior had a touchpad. but seeing the crosshair on both concepts means this is clearly what lexus plans to do. if they use the remote touch like a smartphone/tablet screen (pinch zoom
) then idrive, etc will be obsolete overnight...
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the reason is simple. fuel economy. its no coincidence that the RCF is rumored to have cylinder deactivation. there was talk about the 5L V8 being unable to pass euro6, and now we have reports that it can with cylinder deactivation. toyota/lexus will be conservative in their engines because they have to care about mpg.
There's no law against having poor fuel economy. You can do that. You just have to pay a fine.
Edit: Just to be clear, it's very much analogous to Obamacare. You don't *have* to buy health insurance if you don't want to, although there is a fine associated with that. I mean in that sense there is a law for average fuel economy, but it's nuanced and car companies ignore it and pay the fine all the time.
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They don't have to do anything. Ferrari doesn't care about fuel economy. They just pay the annual fine, as do a couple of mainstream car companies IIRC.
There's no law against having poor fuel economy. You can do that. You just have to pay a fine.
Edit: Just to be clear, it's very much analogous to Obamacare. You don't *have* to buy health insurance if you don't want to, although there is a fine associated with that. I mean in that sense there is a law for average fuel economy, but it's nuanced and car companies ignore it and pay the fine all the time.
There's no law against having poor fuel economy. You can do that. You just have to pay a fine.
Edit: Just to be clear, it's very much analogous to Obamacare. You don't *have* to buy health insurance if you don't want to, although there is a fine associated with that. I mean in that sense there is a law for average fuel economy, but it's nuanced and car companies ignore it and pay the fine all the time.
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From: NY
They don't have to do anything. Ferrari doesn't care about fuel economy. They just pay the annual fine, as do a couple of mainstream car companies IIRC.
There's no law against having poor fuel economy. You can do that. You just have to pay a fine.
Edit: Just to be clear, it's very much analogous to Obamacare. You don't *have* to buy health insurance if you don't want to, although there is a fine associated with that. I mean in that sense there is a law for average fuel economy, but it's nuanced and car companies ignore it and pay the fine all the time.
There's no law against having poor fuel economy. You can do that. You just have to pay a fine.
Edit: Just to be clear, it's very much analogous to Obamacare. You don't *have* to buy health insurance if you don't want to, although there is a fine associated with that. I mean in that sense there is a law for average fuel economy, but it's nuanced and car companies ignore it and pay the fine all the time.
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With even the GT3 going PDK, Lambo, Ferrari dropping manuals, there is no way Lexus would offer one and it traditionally it wouldn't be that great anyway. Not to mention if this is using the same 5.0 from the IS F a manual would only make it less efficient with worse emissions scores for Europe's market.
Everything points to the Lexus 8 speed which is a fantastic transmission. From my understanding the Lexus LF CC will debut a new transmission, possibly dual clutch and new technologies to merge hybrid tech with sports tech.
With even the GT3 going PDK, Lambo, Ferrari dropping manuals, there is no way Lexus would offer one and it traditionally it wouldn't be that great anyway. Not to mention if this is using the same 5.0 from the IS F a manual would only make it less efficient with worse emissions scores for Europe's market. Everything points to the Lexus 8 speed which is a fantastic transmission. From my understanding the Lexus LF CC will debut a new transmission, possibly dual clutch and new technologies to merge hybrid tech with sports tech.
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Fixed With even the GT3 going PDK, Lambo, Ferrari dropping manuals, there is no way Lexus would offer one and it traditionally it wouldn't be that great anyway. Not to mention if this is using the same 5.0 from the IS F a manual would only make it less efficient with worse emissions scores for Europe's market.
Everything points to the Lexus 8 speed which is a fantastic transmission. From my understanding the Lexus LF CC will debut a new transmission, possibly dual clutch and new technologies to merge hybrid tech with sports tech.
With even the GT3 going PDK, Lambo, Ferrari dropping manuals, there is no way Lexus would offer one and it traditionally it wouldn't be that great anyway. Not to mention if this is using the same 5.0 from the IS F a manual would only make it less efficient with worse emissions scores for Europe's market. Everything points to the Lexus 8 speed which is a fantastic transmission. From my understanding the Lexus LF CC will debut a new transmission, possibly dual clutch and new technologies to merge hybrid tech with sports tech.
