Toyotas Engineering

.........    So, the question on every one’s lips is: does the new 3.3L twin-turbo diesel V6 perform as well or better than the 4.5L TT diesel V8 it replaces?

Well, in the limited time we’ve had around the high-security Anglesea Proving Ground, the Toyota certainly feels at least as fast, and certainly quiet and smooth and refined in the way you’d want an all-new V6 engine to be.

Secondly, the 10-speed auto transmission seems to shuffle through each of the ratios quick smart, with no delay or lag or jerkiness – so that’s a good thing. How it would behave with a bigger load, we cannot say, but on the day, the shifter seemed swift, smooth and sure.

And thirdly, we did a towing test with 3000kg and a 10 per cent load on the towing ball, and we found that the towing capacity of that car was smoother and more effortless than driving the similarly-hitched 4.5L V8 200 Series. So, as far as I’m concerned, that’s a win for the 300 Series.     .......

jirqoadai wrote:i compare the toy vs mopar. its akin to the pavn in vietnam outlasting the technological superior americans. all they had to do is survive, and now they smell like roses because the good ones died.

Sprintcyclist wrote:

jirqoadai wrote:i compare the toy vs mopar. its akin to the pavn in vietnam outlasting the technological superior americans. all they had to do is survive, and now they smell like roses because the good ones died.

I have no idea what you mean.

jirqoadai wrote:that about sums it up for you, dont it? you post stuff about engines, yet havnt a clue to a hemi