Japan Future Rockets: Uber-Lexus IS & Nissan Skyline GTR

[NJG35]

Rumors suggest this disguised Lexus IS prototype has V8 power underhood. (All photos by Hans G. Lehmann/Hidden Image)

Japan’s Future Rockets: Uber-Lexus IS, Nissan Skyline GT-R in the wings
AUTOWEEK
Posted Date: 5/25/05

At the Geneva Motor Show in March, Lexus launched its new BMW fighters, the IS models, introducing the V6-powered IS 250 and IS 350. But is there another IS that will punch the performance even higher?

Rumors from Japan point to a high-performance uber-IS powered by a modified 4.3-liter V8 producing 400 hp, but speculation also suggests a possible 3.5-liter hybrid with equal pulling power. At the same time, the German automotive press is going gaga over word that Lexus has registered the name “IS460”—suggesting the possibility of an even more powerful autobahner with a 4.6-liter V8 under the hood.



Recent photos from the Nürburgring show a disguised Lexus IS prototype with twin exhaust pipes, a hood vent and upturned trunk lid, all indicating this is the high-performance IS 430, if not the bolder IS 460.

Meanwhile, the car Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has promised in time for the 2007 Tokyo motor show—the Skyline GT-R—appears to be running through its paces in the form of a super-powered, special-bodied Infiniti G35 Coupe (below). The all-wheel-drive Skyline will be powered by a 450-hp, twin-turbocharged V6 engine, with suspension tuned by Lotus engineers.



Source: http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102454

[msb3079]

WOW you can tell by that back "bumper" how much W I D E R and longer the skyline will be compared to our G's.

i wonder how many see those pics and think the Skyline will look like that. haha

it will nice to actually see at somewhat what it will look like....

[NJG35]

Yea, i doubt it'll look like that but i thought it was kinda interesting to post