Rumoured Lexus LC F May Have Twin-Turbo V8 With Nearly 600bhp

If the latest reports are to be believed, Lexus is working on a new twin-turbo V8 to give the rumoured LC F 592bhp
Rumoured Lexus LC F May Have Twin-Turbo V8 With Nearly 600bhp

With Lexus trademarking the ‘LC F’ name recently, it’s looking more and more likely that a hot version of the striking coupe is in the works. But what would power it?

Koji Sato - chief Lexus engineer - had previously suggested to Autocar that a hybrid powertrain would be the answer, probably involving a development of the existing V6 500h system. However, according to a new report in Car & Driver, the incoming LC F is set to be powered by a twin-turbo V8, and will be here as soon as the Tokyo Motor Show in October.

What’s particularly interesting is Lexus won’t just be strapping a pair of turbos to the 5.0-litre V8 found in the range-topping LC 500 (above). According to Car & Driver’s Lexus source, the company will be creating an all-new 4.0-litre V8, derived from a pair of Toyota’s 8AR 2.0-litre four-cylinder lumps.

Naturally, that’d be some undertaking just for a single, bonkers fast coupe, but the same engine is reportedly going to appear in the GS F too. In the GS F it’ll make 542bhp, but in the LC F? That’s set to get as much as 592bhp plus 470lb ft of torque, all put through a 10-speed automatic gearbox.

The downside? If all this turns out to be true, it would probably spell the end of that awesome, aforementioned N/A V8. In a world where N/A eight-bangers are in short supply, that seems like a shame.

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Comments

Echo

10-speed? Apparently this car have a gearbox from a lorry now

02/28/2017 - 08:59 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Echo

Or a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

02/28/2017 - 09:07 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Echo

Or a gearbox from a Fast and Furious car

02/28/2017 - 09:11 |
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Joshua Lue

By 2020 a Lexus will have more gears than my mountain bike !!!

02/28/2017 - 09:13 |
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Noah Thorley Images

Leaked Photo of LC-F Gearstick:

02/28/2017 - 09:18 |
228 | 4

No reverse?
What age is it?

02/28/2017 - 09:41 |
70 | 4

That’s an Audi TT, used in the chasing scenes for the latest Fast & Furious movie.

02/28/2017 - 11:03 |
28 | 0

Next year : 20 gears 😂

03/01/2017 - 01:04 |
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HfromB

What LC F means

“Luxury Coupe? F*YOU”

02/28/2017 - 09:43 |
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Tomislav Celić

When is the LFA suscesor comming

02/28/2017 - 09:50 |
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Zain 7

They should have used a Hybrid powertrain with the existing 5.0 NA V8. Lexus were one of few manufacturers to use a NA engine and now even they have gone to turbocharging, Booooo

02/28/2017 - 10:23 |
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Cesare "Il Valentino" Borgia

In reply to by Zain 7

This isnt bad news though

03/15/2017 - 18:28 |
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InjunS2K

I’m alright with the turbocharging, knowing Toyota, they’ll make it alright, I’ll trust in the Toyota engineers since I want to be one in the future, good luck future senpais!!!

02/28/2017 - 10:32 |
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Anonymous

FFS Lexus! Make a Hybrid GS F

02/28/2017 - 11:08 |
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AmilBRZ 🌐

Amazing.

02/28/2017 - 11:40 |
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EKDrifter458

Really excited for this one. I truly hope it lives up to the LFA but it will never beat that sensational V10. The render looks beastly 😊

02/28/2017 - 12:18 |
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