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I think times have changed somewhat since squishy 6.7L V8s that made 180hp and got you 5km/L. :P

Yeah, american car engineering is mind blowing. I have a 2008 Lexus IS350 - 3.5 liters V6, naturally aspirated and it produces 306 bhp. Friend has 2008 Ford Mustang - 4 liters V6, and it makes 210 bhp. What the hell.

Isn't Lexus a Japanese car company?

Lexus is Toyota's luxury division. So, yes.

The Cologne V6 was a truck engine designed in the 1960s with a 5500rpm redline. Which are all good reasons why it made no power. The reason it was used in the Mustang after so many years was for cost/marketing reasons that had little to do with engineering.

If your friend instead had a 2011+ Mustang V6, it would have a modern(ish) engine making 305hp out of 3.7L on 87 octane, where the 2GR in the IS350 needs premium gas to make 306hp.

I'm assuming that's a dig against American cars, but most European and Asian cars sold here are also automatics.