Muscle car mania hits LEXUS; OR IT MIGHT HIT JAPAN, IF THE HOME OFFICE GREEN-LIGHTS THE V8-POWERED IS 430.(News)
AutoWeek, December, 2003 by Vaughn, Mark
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Byline: MARK VAUGHN the formula is as old as time. Okay, it's as old as the 1964 model year, when John Z. DeLorean, Bill Collins and Russ Gee dropped a 389 from the big Bonneville into the smaller Tempest LeMans and created the mighty Pontiac GTO. There are probably earlier examples of this formula but the GTO is the one that gets all the credit.
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It works because it's simple-stuff a big engine in a small car, step on the gas and go, leaving a trail of tire smoke. Now it is Lexus' turn to apply the formula. Yes, Lexus has gone muscle car. That bastion of muted elegance and ...
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