Japanese V8s

[Skygrasper550]

Aside from the Lexus IS-F and the Toyota Soarer 430/Lexus SC430, are there any other Japanese road cars in the game that have V8 engines as standard?

 

[Grandea GTR]

Isuzu 4200R, has a 4.2L V8.

 

[Skygrasper550]

Isuzu 4200R, has a 4.2L V8.

Hmmm, interesting. It's a concept car, though. You really can't consider it as a road car because, as far as I'm concerned, there's no licensed, full-fledge road legal version of the thing.

 

[Griffith500]

The R390 LM Road Car has basically the same V8 engine as in the racer; flat-plane crank (and turbo) though, if that matters.

 

[SCER]

Japan don't really use them for cars due to their laws regarding taxation on vehicles with engines exceeding 2 litres.

 

[wvmgmidget]

Until 2004 (I think) Japan limited all of its cars to 280 hp unless it was to be sold exclusively abroad.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Until 2004 (I think) Japan limited all of its cars to 280 hp unless it was to be sold exclusively abroad.

2005, Acura broke the gentleman's agreement (not like a **** the rules deal) when it advertised the Honda Legend, stating it had 300 HP.

 

[jagenigma]

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2005, Acura broke the gentleman's agreement (not like a **** the rules deal) when it advertised the Honda Legend, stating it had 300 HP.

The gentlemen's agreement was broken on several occasions, the evo, 3000gt, rx7, gtr, all had above 276hp.

 

[Furinkazen]

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The gentlemen's agreement was broken on several occasions, the evo, 3000gt, rx7, gtr, all had above 276hp.

But marketed as 276.

 

[Grandea GTR]

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The gentlemen's agreement was broken on several occasions, the evo, 3000gt, rx7, gtr, all had above 276hp.

They did, but they all were advertised to have 276 HP.

 

[JKgo]

.........There aren't too many of 'em in GT6 - besides the racing cars, Lexus IS-F, and, and.....
Nope, totally blank.

As an aside, I'll just leave this here.....

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/toyota-century-2nd-gen-1997.301358/

 

[Rotorist]

To be honest, even '89 R32 GTR had over 300PS so...

 

[SCER]

...let's get back to the topic at hand.

 

[snowgt]

Infiniti FX45 Concept '02

 

[sparkytooth]

Hmmm, interesting. It's a concept car, though. You really can't consider it as a road car because, as far as I'm concerned, there's no licensed, full-fledge road legal version of the thing.

Doesn't matter in the game.

 

[Speedracer8218]

Japan has never been known to produce world renown V8s but they did create one of the best sounding V10s in history

 

[sid_chiclana]

Japan has never been known to produce world renown V8s but they did create one of the best sounding V10s in history

And here it is...

 

[Speedracer8218]

@sid_chiclana I was actually thinking about this



But yes that TS010 sounded glorious! almost forgot that was a V10

 

[05XR8]

The Tom's Woodone Supra has the 4.5L V8. Should have been developed for the Road car too just like the SC.

 

[Skygrasper550]

...let's get back to the topic at hand.

Yes, gladly.

Doesn't matter in the game.

But it matters to me.

The Tom's Woodone Supra has the 4.5L V8.

Yeah but it's a race car. I'm looking for a road car.

 

[sparkytooth]

If you insist on strictly production cars, the asian selection of production cars in general has very few V8s. Only one I know of is the IS-F and the Toyota Soarers/Lexus SCs.

 

[05XR8]

It does surprise me there wasn't a small displacement V8 made for current cars. Like Mazda made the MX-3. A 1.3L V6. A 2L V8 would have been awesome in a Honda S2000.

It all stops with Lexus. As far as Japanese makes. Korean?... We'll wait and see if we get the Genesis V8.

 

[Skygrasper550]

If you insist on strictly production cars, the asian selection of production cars in general has very few V8s. Only one I know of is the IS-F and the Toyota Soarers/Lexus SCs.

yeah that's what I mentioned in the original post. It seems that only Lexus has Japanese production cars in the game that have V8s. Guess there's no more.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Like Mazda made the MX-3. A 1.3L V6.

I thought it was a 1.8L V6.

 

[05XR8]

I thought it was a 1.8L V6.

It is a 1.8. Good spot.

 

[MidFieldMaven]

Smallest V6 ever made was 1.6L in the 1992–1994 Mitsubishi Mirage and 1992-1998 Lancer.