The only real issue with it is that it would hurt the difference in brands.

It would have to be quite a different car not to encroach, even if only a little, on Lexus' V8 sports cars

But tbh, Lexus is clearly moving away from N/A V8s, anyway.

Lexus/Toyota, I mean.

The LS doesn't have any V8s at all anymore. They're steadily removing the naturally aspirated engines from the other Lexus cars as well.

And cars like the Camry, by Toyota's own admission, only have a V6 option because it makes for a better halo version of it. Hardly anyone actually buys the top engine option on the Camry anyway, so they can afford to.

The moment that changes, they will likely nyx the V6 on that car too.

And the momentum for turbo engines, at least at the moment, seems to be shifting towards mid displacement, low boost, high compression motors, as seen with the new Tiguan, Silverado, CX-9, and others since they get better fuel economy and have better driving dynamics than small displacement, high boost, mid compression motors.

Given that, I could really see Toyota making a muscle car with a V6 turbo.

Gimme dat ol' 4.0 Lexus V8

That would be good too

V6 would have better torque tho...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-08/u-k-plans-investment-boost-for-electric-car-charging-points

Oh look

Another way to make houses more expensive with no feasible gains

That's like $50 in parts

i6 is smoother running than v engines as well and the reason inline engines carry weight is because traditionally those heavy inline engines were made of heavy materials, and handled a lot of boost as a result, not all good inline engines are heavy though; the s54 is pretty reasonable really

GM killed off the Atlas 4.2 too soon

also electric charge points cost very little really, especially when installed with a construction

Its just another breaker and an outlet

Depends on how they handle it.

I actually wish I'd had one fitted when they were doing a free scheme

If they have any extra requirements or certification...

just because why not

@LordCaledus It's no different than a freezer or washing machine

I mean, I'm all for _encouraging_ builders to build houses with these

Requiring it is stupid tho

Particularly given that it's part of the shoe-on-head level of stupid Road to Zero plan

the requirements for electrician work being signed off in the uk is extensive but any decent electrical worker will have someone to sign off on ev outlets

it's not a complicated installation, there are far more difficult things being stuffed into modern builds

The electrician who builds an EV station vs installs an outlet in your house is the same guy

Also, i6s are smoother running inherently, yes, but they were heavy not just because they were made of heavier materials.

If that was the case, Toyota's 3.0L iron block turbo wouldn't be the same weight as GM's iron block 5.3

They need to be made stiffer because they're so long

^

This does make them inherently good with handling boost

But here's the thing, you can make a heavy V6 that handles boost just as well and fits in a smaller space to boot

A v6 and a 3cyl have about the same amount of structural metal for the engine block

One just has more heads

Thus, i6s are really really good for applications where you don't care about weight all that much

Ie, truck engines