very difficult for me to see toyota/lexus investing in 2 totally new & separate low production twin turbo powerplants especially since the industry is trying to move away from 8 cylinders...makes no sense why their board would give the green light to an engine configuration their German competitors barely use while they refused to do the Supra project on their own. The money doesn't compute at all here. My bet is the TT 3.5 from the LS will have different variants for possibly the LC F and next gen RC F/GS F.While we are on the topic of the Crown/GS.
You have a valid point. However BMW, Audi, MB, and Porsche all use 4 liter TT V8 units in many states of tune throughout each of their line ups. It's now the go-to unit for many of the high performance models.very difficult for me to see toyota/lexus investing in 2 totally new & separate low production twin turbo powerplants especially since the industry is trying to move away from 8 cylinders...makes no sense why their board would give the green light to an engine configuration their German competitors barely use while they refused to do the Supra project on their own. The money doesn't compute at all here. My bet is the TT 3.5 from the LS will have different variants for possibly the LC F and next gen RC F/GS F.
Agreed.Ditto, I am really disappointed that Toyota didn't just develop the Supra all by themselves. I wouldn't be surprised if the upcoming Supra is 90% BMW, may as well rename it the 2018 BMW Supra.
I believe 'Supra' is the only name Toyota has trademarked at moment.Agreed.
And if it has that 4 banger... might as well leave the Supra name out completely.
(although we dont have an official name yet) perhaps 2018 BMW/Toyota Celica maybe?
Not sure, but the NSX had it as well.Is the yellow sticker a new rule? I can't recalling seeing LC test mules/prototypes will yellow stickers.
On another note, this site is saying its the new four cylinder hybrid Crown testing, and not the next GS.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...rtedly-packs-four-cylinder-hybrid-118977.html