One of the greatest arguments about the Lexus IS-F is that it brings about more practicality and reliability than its rivals. But, as a writer from CAR Magazine soon finds out, that is not exactly the case.
CAR recently wrapped up testing on its long-term IS-F and found some interesting things about the car that remain unfounded in brief testing. The value of long-term tests continues to show itself.
If you want to find out all of the insights into the first F-car out of Lexus, follow here...
CAR Magazine reports:
"I’m afraid I’ve been a bit lax with the Lex, or at least in telling you about it. The IS-F actually disappeared from the CAR car park in the autumn, since when I’ve been taking things at a somewhat more leisurely pace.
After 12 months and 22,000 miles at the wheel of a 170mph Lexus IS, I needed to calm down a bit. The F was seriously quick, particularly past 4500rpm when the two-stage intake system did its work and piped a load more power to the wheels and a brilliantly bassy growl into the cabin.
It was a great year, and not just because of the ability to hit 62mph in 4.8sec. There were surprises: regularly averaging an indicated 30mpg from a tank on longer journeys (on a V8 M3 rival!), making the back tyres last over 20,000 miles and finding that something went wrong (the keyless entry) even if it did fix itself by the next day..."
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