I was responding to the question that the 2UR specifically has to be manufactured for the car it needs to go in. It is not a mass produced engine so Lexus makes it in specific quantities so spares are out of question. That makes it more expensive to manufacture.
Very true. This could mean one of two things: either the 3IS major facelift will follow RC in replacing the IS front sub-frame with the GS's in order to fit the 2UR V8 (unlikely) or Motor Trend got it right and the IS 500 will, in fact, use the V35A TT V6 from the current LS and not the 5-liter V8 (far more likely).I am not sure the UR V8 will fit in the 3IS - Lexus themselves have said the third generation car is too snug, thus there not being a 2nd gen IS F. Keep in mind the RC uses the front sub frame from a GS, not an IS, and that is likely to make room for the V8 in the RC F. Just making the RC an IS coupe all the way around would have been a lot easier (and cheaper)... there is a reason they specifically used GS parts for the front and IS parts at the middle and rear.
Monday 15 June at 7 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time = Tuesday 16 June at 8 AM Japan Standard TimeSo what time exactly are we expecting specifics to drop?
To spread some optimism, I saw some youtube vloggers saying it is pretty spectacular to people saying it would not be as good as the TLX or 3-series etc. Hope there are some great surprises in there.
Links?
Those round vents...what are they doing??? They designed masterpiece interior like LS and LC. And then hired an intern to do the IS interior design.