Okay, we’re going to want your assist with this one. Toyota’s luxurious division has shared with Lexus Fanatic a mysterious teaser picture of a brand new efficiency automobile, however with out offering any particulars relating to its id. All we’ve is that this sole picture depicting what appears like a carbon fiber engine cowl with F Sport badging, so what might or not it’s?
As Lexus Fanatic factors out, the engine cowl is seemingly the identical one utilized by the RC F and the defunct GS F with their naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8 engines. It doesn’t essentially imply that the precise engine hiding beneath additionally has eight cylinders, particularly since we’re coping with an F Sport mannequin reasonably than a full-blown F.
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Sure, there’s a considerably wild rumor indicating Lexus is planning to introduce no fewer than three F fashions later this yr with V8s, however this isn’t one in all them. Our cash is on an IS500 seeing as how the corporate utilized for this trademark on June 25, 2020 in the USA. We’ve now checked the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) web site the place “IS500” seems with a publication date of November 10, 2020.
Whereas Greatest Automotive Net’s report claims the totally fledged IS F will use the acquainted 2UR-GSE 5.0L V8, logic tells us an IS F Sport would pack six-cylinder energy. It may very well be a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 with a big bump in output over the 311 hp and 280 lb-ft (380 Nm) of torque obtainable in in the present day’s naturally aspirated IS 350.
The warmer variant with pressured induction would enable Lexus to rival the likes of BMW M340i, Audi S4, and Mercedes-AMG C43. The six-cylinder is rated at 416 hp and 442 lb-ft (600 Nm) within the flagship LS500 sedan, nevertheless it stays to be seen whether or not the smaller IS may have entry to its full pressure.
We would not have to attend for much longer to search out out what’s what as Lexus Fanatic claims further particulars are going to be disclosed within the coming days. The massive query is – V6 or V8? And what if this is not an IS in any case? Thrilling occasions forward…
