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Tuesday, May 19
Lexus IS C, GS Get F-Sportier
MI If you have a Lexus IS Convertible or GS and still want to look like you're driving a Lexus, but not the Lexus IS-F, you'll soon be able to upgrade with official "F-Sport" parts. Previously, the F-Sport tweaks were limited to the IS sedans but as we ...
Thursday, Jan 15
Wald Tunes Nissan GT-R and Lexus IS-F For Tokyo Auto Salon
MI - The Lexus IS-F is gets a carbon fiber schnoz and side skirts, it wears an all carbon fiber spoiler and rear splitter. It does not on the other hand wear a ...
Monday, Dec 1
Top Gear Pits BMW M3 Vs. Lexus IS-F, We Translate Stig's Morse Code
If you had a chance to see last night's episode of Top Gear you'd have seen the four-door BMW M3 take to the track against the Lexus IS-F. You'd also see Stig take the IS-F for a power lap, again while listening to the sounds of Morse code. The inability to understand what Stiggie was saying / hear...
Wednesday, Oct 29
Lexus Tuner Sextet Heading To SEMA
Following its stunning debut in 2007, the Five Axis Project IS F went back to the shop for another makeover, this time in the engine compartment. With 416 hp on tap right out of the box, the standard IS F is no slouch. But the Project IS F concept brief included exploring the performance potenti...
Thursday, Jul 10
Jalopnik Visits Hennesey Performance: Track Addicts, The Corvette ZR1 And Lexus IS-F
With the demise of the Viper looming, Hennessey Performance is setting itself up to continue providing tuning services well into the future. Surprisingly, Hennessey will be working on the 2009 Corvette ZR1, a car that the company acknowledged as the Viper's enemy. They're also working o...
Wednesday, Jun 4
Auto-Inspiration: The Real-Life Cars Behind Grand Theft Auto IV
This one goes out to the tuner crowd that is definitely playing this game. Seriously, we can't even enjoy a video game without carbon fiber madness? The headlights and spoiler say Lexus IS/first-gen Integra. In terms of performance, the Sultan RS is pretty speedy at 186 mph and the handling...
Monday, May 12
Lexus IS Mystery Solved: It Was An Endurance Racer In Germany With The Candlestick
Last week's appearance of a disguised, and suspiciously fade-painted Lexus IS led to much speculation about the true nature of the camouflaged test car. Guesses on the ID of the IS ranged from a mid-cycle facelift for the production car, a new Hybrid model, while the roll cage, Recaros and...
Thursday, May 8
Mystery Lexus IS: Turbo? Hybrid?
Let the Nürburgring mysteries continue! Today's super secret car out testing on the 'ring is clearly a Lexus IS, but the intel from our spies at BridgeToGantry is limited at the moment. Under that camo, there's some sort of faded paint job inspired by a '70s custom van which leads us to belie...
Monday, Mar 24
Play With It: Top Seven Examples Of Automaker-Video Game Industry Love-Making In New York
Lexus: Lexus brought a video game setup that made me do a double-take. It wasn't big, gaudy or flashy, but it was a great partnership. Lexus had three driving simulators set up running the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 5 Prologue that's due out in mid-April. Since it was obviously a Lexus pa...
Tuesday, Feb 26
Lexus IS Convertible Spied Testing in Germany?
One of the posters at Club Lexus managed to get their hands on a scan from some unknown German magazine with a shot of what is purported to be a Lexus IS convertible in light camouflage. The claimed horsepower numbers range from 177 to 423 horsepower, which covers the IS from the entry-level d...
Thursday, Jan 17
Lexus Developing IS-F Racer for Super GT?
The surface for driving that is always circuitous has some tantalizing racing news for fans of Japans Super GT racing series. It seems the Lexus IS-F Racing concept that showed up at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon was a harbinger of things to come. Lexus is reportedly working on a mid-engined ra...
Tuesday, Jan 8
Team Lexus Entering ALMS GT2 With Lexus IS 350 GT2
Hoping to put the Man back in the American LeMans series, Lexus released pictures of their new Panoz-fighting Lexus 350 GT2. Powered by a V6 that should generate more than 470 horsepower, the new Lexus hopes to compete with the likes of the M3, Viper Competition Coupe, Ferrari F430 GT and ev...
Tuesday, Dec 11
The Importance of Underhood Styling: Audi RS-4 or Lexus IS-F? [Engine]
I have a fair number of friends who work in design-related fields- architecture, industrial design, graphic design, that sort of thing. Each seems to feel real physical pain when some controllable element of their surroundings does not glow with an aura of quality design. Furniture, clo...
Wednesday, Nov 14
LA Auto Show: Hyundai RWD Coupe [La Auto Show]
• Configuration: Front engine, rear-wheel drive sports coupe • Wheelbase: 2,820 mm / 111 inches • Overall length: 4,666 mm / 183.7 inches • Overall width: 1,902 mm / 74.9 inches • Overall height: 1,386 mm / 54.5 inches • Tires: Hankook 255/35 ZR front and 275/35 ZR rear
Thursday, Nov 8
Lexus IS-F, Part 4 [Jalopnik Reviews]
Vitals: · Manufacturer: Lexus · Model tested: IS-F · Model year: 2008 · Base Price( est): $59,995 · Price as Tested: n/a · Engine type: 5.0-liter V8 · Horsepower: 416 hp @ 6,600 rpm · Torque: 371 lb.-ft. @ 5,200 rpm · Red line: 6800 rpm · Transmission: 8-speed "direct shift" automatic
Wednesday, Nov 7
Lexus IS-F, Part 3 [Jalopnik Reviews]
Acceleration: ***** As it is, 371 pound-feet of torque makes this puppy fly. When the transmission is in manual mode, you are controlling the shifts; the torque converter only saps power in first gear. Once you click into second, the transmission connects directly to the wheels. Lexus quot...
Monday, Nov 5
Lexus IS-F, Part 2 [Jalopnik Reviews]
On the next lap, we switched it into Sport mode, began pullin' the paddle shifters and goodbye tedium. While the computers are instructed to ease up on nannying, the best thing about Sport mode is much quicker throttle response that really uncorks the engine. There's still enough electron...
Sunday, Nov 4
Lexus IS-F, Part 1 [Jalopnik Reviews]
Of course, that's in Sport mode. The IS-F actually has three modes. Normal features an especially cruel nanny. Lexus calls this Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM), and it encompasses traction control, stability control, ABS, brake assist, electric brake force distributio...
Friday, Oct 26
Twelve Observations Concerning the Lexus IS 350 [Jalopnik Reviews]
3 Needs a clutch pedal! Manumatics r 4 teh sUx. 12 You can disable the traction control, though we'd advise against it. While sublime in a straight line, corners are not the IS 350's forte. Especially considering those seats. Best to live and tell about it.
Wednesday, Oct 3
Lexus IS F for the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book
The IS F is the fastest production car Lexus has ever built...so fast that the Neiman Marcus Special Build Sedan includes a personalized half-day of pro-driver training compliments of the Skip Barber Racing School. Owners will have the chance to take the high-performance vehicle to the lim...
Monday, Aug 20
Lexus IS-F Carves Raceway Laguna Seca [Pebble Beach Concours]
We really haven't seen too much of the Lexus IS-F since the meanish blue beastie rolled onto the fog-filled set at the Detroit Auto Show. This past weekend we not only saw a sweet pearl white IS-F, but we witnessed that same IS-F setting the pace for the vintage Can-Am and IMSA racecars on top o...
Tuesday, May 29
Over The Back Fence: Memorial Day Drop-Top Madness Infects Infiniti Next?
Seems we're hearing a lot over the back fence today, eh? Not moments after penning the earlier post on what Nissan and Lexus are looking to bring out for a bright sunshine-y day, we were tipped off to a VWVortex thread on a Japanese magazine with a rendering for us to drop atop the Nissan rumor....
Thursday, Dec 7
Spec'ing The New Lexus IS-F
The commenter currently known as Goldmemberer pulled out his Photoshop detective kit and did a bit of forensics on the Lexus LS-F teaser shot the company released yesterday. Here's the result, in the same glorious blue-jay metallic (or whatever) as the original. Seems realistic enough t...
Wednesday, Oct 25
"Chrome" Lexus IS 250 Unveiled at Sydney Show
Lexus's Austrailian aftermarket team went arse over tit for 50 Cent's chrome Lamborghini, to paraphrase today's press release. So much so that the accessory squad worked up a chrome-like IS250 for the Oz market. It's layered in Alsa Corp.'s MirraChrome paint, a reflective formulation th...
Thursday, Sep 14
Your Car Is Delightful: 2006 Porsche Cayman Tops JD Power Top Ten List Of Most Appealing Vehicles
Top 10 Most Appealing Vehicles according to JD Power & Associates) 1. 2006 Porsche Cayman 2. 2006 BMW 7 Series 3. 2006 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 4. 2006 Lexus IS 250/IS 350 5. 2006 Infiniti QX56 6. 2006 Nissan Armada 7. 2006 Scion tC 8. 2006 Mini Cooper 9. 2006 Lexus GX 470 10. 2006 Infiniti M-Series
Thursday, Jul 13
Jalopnik Emissions
Captain Lutz's Violin: Cadillac Gets New Interior, Exotic Wood Is BMW Working on a Z2 Roadster? Brutish Bulldog: The Marcos TSO GTC, R/T Spy Photos: Lexus IS 500, Around the 'Ring An Update of Rumors: 2008 Dodge Viper Spy Video: Holden Commodore HSV Spotted? Contests News
Friday, Feb 24
What in the World: Finalists Named in World Car of the Year [News]
· BMW 3-Series · Honda Civic / Civic Hybrid · Land Rover Range Rover Sport · Lexus IS · Mazda MX-5 · Mercedes-Benz M-Class · Mercedes-Benz S-Class · Porsche Cayman S · Suzuki Swift · Volkswagen Passat Related: It s Official: Ferrari F430 is Jalopnik s Car of the Year [internal]
Wednesday, Dec 21
Jalopnik Reviews: 2006 Lexus IS 350, Part 3
· Manufacturer: Lexus · Horsepower: 306hp @ 6400 rpm · Torque: 277 ft.-lbs. @ 4800 rpm · Redline: 6600 rpm · Wheels and Tires: 17 X 8 aluminum alloys, [optional] Michelin Pilot Sport 225/40YR18 (front) 255/40YR18 (rear) · Drive type: rear wheel drive
Thursday, Dec 1
IS350 to Run ALMS
Lexus' IS cars haven't quite been the 3-series-beaters the Toyota division has hoped for. They hope to change that with the release of the completely revised version, and to put their scrill where they grill is, they've announced that they're entering the cars in the American Le Mans Seri...
