Lexus‘ bid for the mid-life crisis market is finally coming to fruition in the form of the new IS F, a sport performance vehicle with a 416-horsepower V8 engine that’s due to hit the market next spring. We had the opportunity to be some of the first to experience the prototypes when Lexus brought us out to California last week to test the vehicle on the Laguna Seca raceway.
With the body’s “muscular” design (we could do without the sculpted fenders) and the pleasing low rumble of the engine while idling, it’s clear this is a car meant to appeal to would-be racecar drivers—much like BMW’s M series with which the IS F is obviously in competition.
On the drive to the track, the car was butter-smooth around sharp curves and accelerated forcefully with all the aggressive confidence that you’d expect from a luxury sportscar. The set up at Laguna Seca […]
Original post by Ami Kealoha
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