Toyota bring this car... new Mark X

[TRD-MX83]

$26k for this car??? Man.. I'd SO buy one!

http://www.insideline.com/toyota/mar...ing-to-us.html

How do we petition for Toyota to bring this? Replace the Avalon!

[toyotaholic]

use this thread as a petition. Bring it over damnit!!!!

[ECHOKnight2000]

I like it. I like how they put the x in the grill. So cool.

[Frozentide]

Why Do You Keep Creating Cars That Are Awesome And Not Selling Them To The Rest Of The World!!!! Wtf Mate!!

[r0n]

hecka nice car ... like the styling and fluid lines . The X is so cool.

[LynchburgCSI]

ehhhhhhhh....lexus downgrade?

[IronNam]

i think X would be placed against the taurus fusion thing

[xpeed]

^ It's bigger than the Fusion. It's slightly bigger than the Camry. I would say it'll probably be based between the Toyota Crown and the Avalon. That is, if Toyota would be smart to bring the Crown over and replace the Avalon cause....who cares about the Avalon these days? The Crown would be just sweet. It would be the flagship for Toyota USA. Toyota needs to bring some of their RWD cars over from Japan to us.

[got-rice]

Its a definite nicer car than the Avalon, though the giant X in front looks silly IMO (easily can be fixed); however, it would need more power than the 2GRFSE has in order to compete with a Taurus SHO. However, Toyota probably sees no need for the Mark X to come here, since the Dollar is so weak right now.

[PhatRoyale]

It kinda looks like a 10th gen Corolla on steroids.

Too bad they will never bring it over as it will undercut IS sales.

Although I'd buy this over the current IS anyday.

[Camread]

[quote=xpeed;2956418It's slightly bigger than the Camry.[/quote]

really? profile looks almost identical to the Cam....

[xpeed]

Originally Posted by Camread

really? profile looks almost identical to the Cam....

You're right. I double checked the dimensions and the Mark X is smaller by couple of inches.

The Camry is 4815mm inches long, 1820mm inches wide, 1470mm inches high. 1200mm inches of head room.

The Mark X is 4730mm inches long, 1795mm inches wide, 1435mm inches high. 1170mm inches of head room.

So forget what I said. I was confusing the specs with the Crown.

[touringcamry]

Originally Posted by xpeed

^ It's bigger than the Fusion. It's slightly bigger than the Camry. I would say it'll probably be based between the Toyota Crown and the Avalon. That is, if Toyota would be smart to bring the Crown over and replace the Avalon cause....who cares about the Avalon these days? The Crown would be just sweet. It would be the flagship for Toyota USA. Toyota needs to bring some of their RWD cars over from Japan to us.

It's the same wheelbase as GS and use the IS range of engines mated to 6 auto. I assume it's a variant of one of those, or they are related models.

Looks like for US$26K, you get the "standard" model with 2.5L V6 which has 215/60-16 tires and steel wheels and hubcaps like Camry. No way this wheel/tire combo will fly on a Lexus branded vehicle. Interior some kind of textile. No HID, fog lamps, and optitron gauges on base model. Seems like a fairly mundane vehicle.

So it seems like a stripped down restyled GS/IS. Wheel base is 1" longer than Avalon but overall length is 1ft shorter (Avalon is 5009mm length). It probably won't replace Avalon and it can hurt GS/IS sales which command a premium price so I don't see it coming over here as a Toyota branded vehicle.

[touringcamry]

Originally Posted by xpeed

You're right. I double checked the dimensions and the Mark X is smaller by couple of inches.

The Camry is 4815mm inches long, 1820mm inches wide, 1470mm inches high. 1200mm inches of head room.

The Mark X is 4730mm inches long, 1795mm inches wide, 1435mm inches high. 1170mm inches of head room.

So forget what I said. I was confusing the specs with the Crown.

Why do you have units of mm inches?

[xpeed]

^ simple mistake. I was about to convert it to inches but I forgot about it when I finished.