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
That is one of the ugliest new cars there is !
The rear is SO ugly :(
Isn’t this technically a supra?
Why so many gears? Even some heavy lorries have less gears than this
lol a twin turbo v8? cmon this is toyota we’re talking about. They wont do anything that cool…
That photoshop has me wet
my favorite car, well done lexus
We need turboes!
How is a car supposed to be a car if it only goes “BRAAAP” without the “STUSTUSTU”