The LS 500 is just missing a decent engine. One that pushes out 450-500 HP in a non-F guise.
I personally believe this V6 will be so overrated by Toyota that it will be kind of slow in real-world, third-party testing.
Toyota just recently did a 100% in house designed engine, a turbo engine that performs very poorly. It's not a dynamic force, but it was just put in use a few years ago and the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. It looks good on paper, but performs badly. I think this engine will be the same. It's another reason why Yamaha use to figure so prominently in Toyota engine design imo. Look what happened when they went it alone very recently.
We shall see.
In this day and age, when SUVs are taking center stage, the only thing cars can offer is power, speed and performance.
http://www.carbuzz.com/m/Article.aspx?Id=40026
I personally believe this V6 will be so overrated by Toyota that it will be kind of slow in real-world, third-party testing.
Toyota just recently did a 100% in house designed engine, a turbo engine that performs very poorly. It's not a dynamic force, but it was just put in use a few years ago and the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. It looks good on paper, but performs badly. I think this engine will be the same. It's another reason why Yamaha use to figure so prominently in Toyota engine design imo. Look what happened when they went it alone very recently.
We shall see.
In this day and age, when SUVs are taking center stage, the only thing cars can offer is power, speed and performance.
http://www.carbuzz.com/m/Article.aspx?Id=40026
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