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Old Apr 10, 2007, 09:35 PM
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5.0 Liter Lexus IS-F over 400hp

Have you guys seen this:
http://www.lexus.com/fcv/is_f.html?s_ocid=30155




Didn't even hear about this one yet, I was looking for the 438 hybrid they have and stumbled upon this. If you look at the pictures it looks very much like how the evo X is going to be, even more so than before flared fenders and all. Quad exhaust is a little much though.

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I've seen it in the of the Car and Driver issues. I like it. Don't know if I'd get one though.
Old Apr 11, 2007, 06:34 AM
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Its a really nice car, but I think the M3 will still smoke it.
Old Apr 11, 2007, 07:16 AM
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I saw it at the NY AUTO SHOW, I love this car!!!!

Lexus and Infiniti are killing the competition, IMO of course .
Old Apr 11, 2007, 07:45 AM
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class and performance is a great combo.. a lot of manufacturers are going with this direction.
Old Apr 11, 2007, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bmfgsxr
class and performance is a great combo.. a lot of manufacturers are going with this direction.
those who think they can get class and performance in a car are delusional... These luxury sport sedans are specificly targeted at the delusional yuppy. This car also fails to look classy...looks like some riced out toyota camry.

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Old Apr 11, 2007, 10:08 AM
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then again i dont think this car was made to stomp the m3...... definetly in the same class but the new m3's gonna be such a beast
Old Apr 11, 2007, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by mifesto
then again i dont think this car was made to stomp the m3...... definetly in the same class but the new m3's gonna be such a beast
I doubt the m3 is going to be out pacing the evo X or next gen STi... Its overweight, overpriced, and lost focus of what it means to where the M badge.
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i saw one of these in person the other day. i'm in an area of socal where i see test cars all the time. it was nice looking from what i could tell since the whole thing was pretty much covered up.

i'll tell you one thing....this thing can move. i see m3's everyday and i have yet to see one that took off as fast as this lexus when it got on the freeway. i was more than impressed with the pickup it had. guy was pissed cuz i was trying to take pics of it
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Originally Posted by bdking57
those who think they can get class and performance in a car are delusional... These luxury sport sedans are specificly targeted at the delusional yuppy. This car also fails to look classy...looks like some riced out toyota camry.
How would you describe a Porsche?
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rs4 m5 e55 = class and performance

is-f looks gorgeous but not so thrilled about those vertical exhaust tips.
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I dont like the exhausts tips
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Originally Posted by doccommando
How would you describe a Porsche?
which one.. they are real sports cars for one thing.. you cannot compare the lexus IS-F to carrera.. Plus, as few as they well they do it right with the GT3 and GT3 RS. Plus I wont even mention looks here.. clearly the cayman is sexier in ever regard over the lexus ISF or M3. Saw one in british racing green with tan interior yesterday! The cayman is also no where near as soft nor luxurious as an m3 or lexus... and the GT3 and GT3RS are NOT luxury at all. The great thing about porshe is they let they consumer choose.. lets see, do I want an overweight pig that will make my wife happy? Or do I want the strip out track model.... but the platform as flexibility.. everyone else is going to way of cookie cutter, one size fits all over engineered slowness.
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Originally Posted by bdking57
those who think they can get class and performance in a car are delusional... These luxury sport sedans are specificly targeted at the delusional yuppy. This car also fails to look classy...looks like some riced out toyota camry.
Apparently the thousands of people who work at BMW M technique and Mercedes AMG and Toyota are all delusional. That's just amazing, you add thousand of engineers together and they're not as smart as you.

Class and performance does go together, look at the Mercedes CLS 55 AMG. That's class and performance.

I don't know what you're smoking but I think you want to argue with the people on here.
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Originally Posted by tvbf1
Apparently the thousands of people who work at BMW M technique and Mercedes AMG and Toyota are all delusional. That's just amazing, you add thousand of engineers together and they're not as smart as you.

Class and performance does go together, look at the Mercedes CLS 55 AMG. That's class and performance.

I don't know what you're smoking but I think you want to argue with the people on here.
Don't waste your time. He's one of those that confuses his opinion with fact and then can't support it.


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