Wow! Lexus IS-F in Action At Nurburgring

Wow, the damn thing was flying by like a rocket!

009- I may have to rethink your positive to negative ratios afterall. BTW- Did you meet Jay Shoemaker?

What impression am I supposed to take from this? I don't doubt that the IS-F will be a very fast little sedan, but this was just a video of the car going straight at high speeds, with no handling involved... M3, RS4, C AMG, etc. (or even any other stable luxury car) could go that fast in a straight line.

Just about to say that. Theres really nothing special about a sports sedan that can drive straight a relatively fast, its the ability to take corners stable and at a high speed that sets certain sports sedans apart.

A Japanese car in a European track to test handling.

what if it doesn't

Please leave. Thank you!

are you insane? yes, i'm sure it's going to blow every version of the 911 off the nurburgring.

I've been there multiple times. It's a huge and scary track but after about a 150 laps you are starting to know you way around it.

I haven't driven 150 laps on it Sailor! :) It was a statement from the locals there.

Personally I reckon I've done the track about 40 times and still it scares the crap out of me. Last time in the A8 I was being overtaken by small VW Golfs at over 200 kmh... in a track that is THAT wide! But the most impressive thing has to be the ring taxi. (E60 M5 with Sabine wheels) She is one talented driver.

"Wow! Lexus IS-F in Action At Nurburgring'

Watch out AMG Mercedes?

BTW, is Lexus coming out with a funky lookin' wagon like last time?

This video shows nothing. I was expecting to hear a nice V8 sound but no..

Lets hope for no wagon versions of the IS. The last one IMO was really not needed, a coupe would have done much better. Anyway this vid isnt really appealing. We knoe the IS-F will be fast, but how about showing us some tire screeching and maybe a little drift out the corners.

Still...performance or not...lexus royally destroyed the looks of that car. That alone is going to hurt its sales.

Ok, the IS-F with no doubt will be fast, the movie doesn't explain anything really. But, for the IS-F to truly rule in speed and performance, first thing it needs to have more horse power than the M3 from its bigger engine V8. The M3 with a 4.0 V8 is making 420 hps, the IS-F with its 5.0 V8 it better make more than 450hps.
And as far as handling, they better tune up the suspension for a true sporty feeling, otherwise it won't beat the M3 in performance and speed.

Of course, with no doubt it will beat the M3 in other areas, quality, design, reliability and price, but as a sport sedan, it does need the true sporty performance.

Lexus says the IS-F will have "400+" horsepower. Usually, a "+" doesn't denote 50 horsepower. I'd be surprised if it had over 420.

That was really fast, I wonder how fast can it goes from 0-60? probably mid 4.4-4.7 seconds range. I guess we have to wait for the test result to come out, than we know how it is.

Designer1, I belief rumor have been floating around for awhile now that the IS-F will have 450+ hp. It is a rumor so I don't if it true or not, but I hope it is.

well, the marketers at lexus say 400...and they're experts at squeezing every claim they can out of a car...

http://www.lexus.com/fcv/is_f.html

Yep. As a newly-converted ignorant die-hard German fanatic, I have to agree: this video, as all Lexus products, is crap.

Lol

We didn't say it was crap. It just doesn't show us a damn thing. It's not "Wow!" at all, 009.

damn, the video is so short

I could do that in my car. It just might tip over near a corner. And it may take a while to reach that speed.

Designer1, English my my third second language, actually. Me and my family move to Hawaii and than now here in the OC. So please don't make fun of my English skill.

It's your third second language? Which one?

The Sailor, you say that BMW is among the best engine reliability? yeah right! Care to explain what happen a month or so ago when the BMW 335i got "OVERHEATED" in the fourlap? This happen when it was be compared to the Infiniti G37.

Overheating has nothing to do with engine reliability, they probably didn't even warm up the car, just took it out cold. Overheating requires a top up of coolant, no big deal.

Sailor, it's not even the interior parts that are faulty- BMW's are excellently built. Very solid cars. It's just things like the navigation system glitching or the A/C not working one day, etc...

I've never owned one, but I plan on it eventually, and I'll give a reliability report. I can say that my Audis have been very reliable. No mechanical problems of any kind.

correction, the above comment is for the TheSailor about making fun of my English Skill.

Can you just stop saying dawn? Dawn is when the sunrises.
Say dang (if you're a hillbilly), damn, or just leave it out altogether.

There is a space between sun and rises, you just all can't see it.

Actually if memory serves me correctly, I turned it down due to language and content.

And some of you think I am anti Lexus.. If you only knew.

Hans: Do you work for any Germ,an automakers?

Wrong Hans: Telling the truth is indeed hating. Proof is all the Lexus fans here.
If everyone was telling the truth, we would not have seen a single pro-Lexus post here.

I'd like to note the link you sited was for "Head restraint Protection" not necessarily “Rear Crash Protection Tests” .
Second if Lexus is bad... BMW is worse.

3 series 2002-05
"POOR"

3 series 4-dr 2006-07 (mfg. after Feb. 2006) "ACCEPTABLE"

3 series 4-dr 2006 (mfg. before Mar. 2006)
"POOR"

5 series 2004-07-Base seats
"POOR"

5 series 2004-07 Comfort seats
"ACCEPTABLE"

5 series 2004-07-Sports seats
"POOR"

X3 2004-07 Seats with adjustable lumbar
"POOR"

X5 2001-06 Base seats
"POOR"

X5 2001-06 Comfort seats
"POOR"

X5 2001-06 Sport seats
"POOR"

Lexus = 3 Poor, 6 Marginal, 1 Acceptable
BMW = 8 Poor, 2 Acceptable

Statistically I'd take my chancce with a Lexus over a BMW if we were to base this on safety.

Here is the link to IIHS, see it for yourself - http://www.iihs.org/ratings/head_restraints/headrestraints.aspx?bmw

what the hell was that?
3 seconds going fast in a straight line.
this tels us precisely....nothing.
the 1990 integra i drove in college could have done that.

Even Will could beat it in his Avalon.

Stupid! I don't have an AVALON!!!



I have a Corolla, remember?

you can see the car revving from the recent show in Long beach. www.yourcarguide.blogspot.com

Oh wow, thats amazing, truly a car that is going fast after a kilometre or so straightline run-up is amazing! Thats sarcasm by the way. People who know the ring know where that is, and going fast there isn't difficult.

A soaped up corolla 1.3 can go fast on a straight line.

This doesnt prove anything. I wonder why the vedio was so short, maybe when the IS-F reached the corner it went on grass and hit the barrier?

bwhahaha this thing will never beat an RS4 or M3.

obviously it went fast cause it was a straight but i have to disagree with this "Lexus IS-F Burning Up Nurburgring"

My Land Cruiser can do that!

are we still talking about a car that's totally new, unknown and never been driven by anyone?

Lexus ALWAYS understates their 0 - 60 times by at least .5 seconds. Here are the results of the 5 Top Luxury Cars in this test which was reported in the January Issue of Car and Driver. Please note these tests were all done on the same day at about the same time and at the same altitude. The results reflect the average of 3 runs and all cars are the 2007 vintage.

Mercedes S550 5.6, 0 - 60 quarter mile in 14.1 (Benz show 5.4 in their specs)
BMW 750iL 5.7, 0 - 60 quarter mile in 14.2
Jag XJ Super 6.0 0 - 60 quarter mile 14.5
Lexus LS460L 6.2 0 - 60 quarter mile 14.6
Audi A8 6.8 0 - 60 quarter mile 15.2

Note that Lexus, as usual, is more than the 5.4 the manufacturer CLAIMS to get by .8 seconds.

Also note the LS430 (prior model the LS460 replaced) was rated at 295 HP and was actually 278 when Lexus corrected their rating. And there were no refunds or apologies from the so-called "quality" car company. ABC - Always Be Careful what you buy from the Lexus people.....

If you look closely, I think you can tell it's just a Avalon.