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Friday, Aug 7
2008 Lexus IS-F - Four Seasons Wrap-Up
F" for fast, not for finesse.What does the F stand for? It's a question we were asked a lot during our year with the Lexus IS-F, which has F badges scattered liberally over the exterior and throughout the interior. Their quantity is perhaps not surprising, as F is what designates this as a spec...
Monday, Jun 15
First Drive: 2010 Lexus IS 350C/250C
Ten years after the first Lexus IS rolled into dealer showrooms, Lexus is finally following its competitors and offering an IS convertible, and it's a hardtop, just like the ones from BMW, Volvo, and Infiniti. The IS350C and IS250C, which hit dealers in late May, "give us an opportunity to...
Sunday, Apr 19
Review: 2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet
Lexus IS, and Mercedes-Benz E-class droptops. The sexy S5 cabriolet replaces the S4 cabrio, and since it's based on the gorgeous S5 coupe, it's longer, lower, and wider than the old car. Although the Infiniti and the Lexus join BMW in using folding ...
Tuesday, Mar 24
2008 Lexus IS-F - Four Seasons Update - March 2009
By Joe Lorio Assistant editor David Zenlea brings the IS-F out to New York, where contributor Jamie Kitman and I will spend several weeks with the car. Zenlea, who already has logged plenty of miles in the bright blue Lexus, traveled on the day of a ...
Tuesday, Feb 24
2009 Lexus IS-F - Four Seasons Update - February 2009
We've crossed the 20,000-mile mark in the Lexus IS-F so it's time to make a list of what has broken on the Japanese sports sedan in eight-months of service. Nothing.We've crossed the 20,000-mile mark in the Lexus IS-F so it's time to make a list of what has broken on the Japanese sports sedan in...
Friday, Jan 30
2008 Lexus IS-F - Four Seasons Update - January 2009
Lexus finally builds a proper sports sedan and we've got our hands on a nice blue one for a whole year.Just what is in a name? When it comes to the Lexus IS-F, it depends on who you talk to. Some say the letter F comes from the original prototype for the Lexus LS400. When the first model for the Toyota...
Friday, Nov 21
The Los Angeles Auto Show with no politics.
Nissan's other sporty debut is the Infiniti G37 convertible, which isn't just drop-top, it's drop-dead gorgeous, too. It looks surprisingly similar to the Lexus IS Convertible (which is strange because the IS and G sedans don't resemble one another in the least) but it's more successfu...
Thursday, Oct 2
2010 Lexus IS 250C and IS 350C Convertibles
Photo Gallery: 2010 Lexus IS 250C and IS 350C Convertibles- 2008 Paris Motor Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars - Automobile Magazine Photo Gallery: 2010 Lexus IS 250C and IS 350C Convertibles- 2008 Paris Motor Show Coverage, New Car Reviews, Concept Cars - Automobile Magazi...
Friday, Oct 19
2008 Lexus IS-F Dyno Run
As always, it's not the peak numbers of a dyno graph that are important, it's the shape of the torque curve. The Lexus' torque builds in a linear fashion as revs rise, but then things get a little hairy. Torque dips slightly between 4500 and 5000 rpm, and then peaks at 5200.
Thursday, Oct 18
2008 Lexus IS-F
V-8 Sport Sedan Smackdown Audi RS4 BMW M3 Nevertheless, the M3 still owns this segment. Its weight might have ballooned over four generations, and its cylinder count might have doubled, but it has remained true to its manual-transmission, rear-wheel-drive roots. Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG
