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3321 messages, Last post on Apr 22, 2007 at 12:29 PM
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For months it's been GS300 this and that. Lexus themselves have been putting over the 3.0 engine. Nothing else there surprises me. The GS hybrid should be given some time to flourish before the LS arrives. I wonder when the 5.0 V8 arrives. Is that a facelift addition. DrFill |
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| So the engine powering the next-generation GS will produce more than 300 horsepower? | |
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(Check their website), this adds credence to the potential 300HP version of the 3.5. Danny Clements said this GS will be the best-performing Lexus ever, so hopefully he has some heavy weapons up his sleeve, as not enough has changed yet. DrFill |
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Replying to: jamesfletcher2 (Jan 31, 2005 8:16 pm)
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Replying to: drivetrain (Feb 02, 2005 11:49 am) It make sense to me that they would want to have at least a year with the regular gasoline version of a totally new model before they make the leap to the hybrid. In fact, for any automobile company other than Lexus/Toyota I would say that only a year would be pushing it too much. However, as many of you have noted, Lexus has demonstrated that they are the master of automotive product execution. |
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The LS will have a L460h LWB for 2009, and a L500 LWB model. DrFill |
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No this is certainly not the Lexus LS sedan. From what I heard people whom are currently working on this project at Higashi-Fuji Technical Center (東富士研究&- ;#25152;), the first prototype of this vechile would not be produce until May of this year. Hope this would help Ken
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Replying to: k_mitsui (Feb 03, 2005 7:33 pm) |
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Since Japanese is my native language, let me help you to translate this article. Basically what the person said in the article is the new LS sedan would have a 4.6 liter engine, a hybrid version for the 4.5 liter engine and a 5.0 liter GT version. Other sources (outside this article) from Japan also claim there would be also a traditional 5.0 liter engine available for the LS and a stretch wheelbase model for each displacement model on the LS sedan as an option. These rumors have being confirmed in several Japanese automotive forums and my discussion with some of the researchers working on this project on Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Japan, but there's always a chance Toyota might change their mind at last moment before the LS release date. Now the question is would the GT version would import a hybrid powerplant like the 4.5 liter version as well? the general consent currently flowing around the Japanese forum is "YES", however it's still early to tell and we hope that more information such as photos would become available once the first prototype of this vehicle is made at around May of this year. Now allow me to explain what is main target market for the LS sedan; like always their major competition would point directly to the Mercedes S-class but this time the LS model would take onto the entire S-Class Line-up and would try to suppress the current and the future S-class sedan in all aspects such as interior dimensions, power, driving dynamics, etc. Here's are the breakdown of possible competitions: LS460 would compete S430 LS500 GT would compete S55 LS450 hybrid?? or LS500 hybrid would compete S600?? Okay this would be as far as I would talk about the LS sedan today, I would continue with a discussion about the possible release date for the LS sedan and other interesting rumors about the LS sedan on a later date Ken
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Replying to: k_mitsui (Feb 04, 2005 5:27 pm) |
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