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New Lexus IS-F burns out at Laguna Seca

Agent001 submitted on 8/16/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:09:12 PM

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Were getting closer and closer to the official launch of the new Lexus IS-F and we can't wait!

Until then, enjoy this awesome video of it burning out at Laguna Seca!

Thanks to BLHsing for the tip!

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What a misleading thread title!
— delan (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 7:21:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

enough with the 18 months of teasing, previewing and spy shots. it's really getting old.

let someone drive the damn thing already. until then, there's NOTHING to talk about.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 7:23:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

I really dislike the guy named flipside909. The guy always feels he is special and keeps teasing us Lexus fans but say nothing and always keeps talking about he is the first to touch this and touch that, like the time the new IS came out. Really annoying.

— SupraNeverBack (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 9:10:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

the people commenting here are lexus owners who have been treated to a special event. can you say bias?

let some journalists drive the car!
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:26:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

Those definitely sound encouraging, but I'll have to drive it for myself. The first performance Lexus will definitely not be something to miss.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 1:37:08 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

"Very awesome car. The throttle blips by itself on downshifts and upshifts are very fast and crisp. The sound is terrific and the car is really planted in the corners.
...
It was louder, faster, stiffer than any current IS. The transmission shifted in .1 sec and automatically blipped the throttle on downshifts. The driver told me the traction control has multiple settings but he said it never came on during our test drive and it even allowed the car to drift some but still did not come on."

This sounds like Lexus marketing.

Don't be so naive.
— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 2:55:28 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3

You have no clue about marketing then.

Don't be so brash.
— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 7:14:34 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

I have driven this car. The M3 can't touch it.
— david989 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 8:02:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -8

im SURE you've actually driven this car......
— crazypetrolhead (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 9:41:27 PM | | Votes: 0

RUBBISH, you think a few lexus fanboys opinion can take on the mighty M3, the M3 is a proven winner, this is-f hasn't seen one day on the road.

Get Real.
— xj13 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 11:33:13 PM | | Votes: -4

"im SURE you've actually driven this car......"

And the M3!!!
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 1:37:45 AM | | Votes: 0

cuz asianz gotz the moniez?
— gsh23 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 9:00:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Hahaha I love this guy
— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 11:52:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

Awesome! But seriously, WTF Lexus is doing and thinking? What purpose of this kind special event for a couple of special amateurs?

Give them to the hands of professionals like Agent 001 ;) and release the numbers already.
— SupraNeverBack (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 8:54:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

Amen, brother!

001
— Agent001 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 9:09:54 PM | | Votes: 4

This reminds me of when Sony released a "Knights Tale" and the ad department wrote their own reviews,
— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:48:48 PM | | Votes: -1

cool, i wish the vid was longer
— sewingmachine (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 8:56:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

"New Lexus IS-F burns out at Laguna Seca"

Children :rolleyes
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 9:02:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

Would you trust a Lexus Fan girls opinion of any performance car? They think a Lexus RX 330 is a world beater sports car.
— spadog55 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 10:33:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3

Looks like you got a thing for Lexus considering you can't stop posting in Lexus articles, hoe.
— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:56:49 AM | | Votes: 5

Amazing! About time someone built a $20,000 Bentley slayer. When does my local Hyundia store start selling them?
— johnct (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 10:35:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -6

This was stolen from Clublexus. Some of ya'll are haters, Lexus was nice enough to give a PREVIEW of the IS-F to forum members. Has anyone else done that??? BMW, Audi, Benz???

This was a great opportunity.

Give CREDIT TO LEXUS AND CLUBLEXUS and FLIPSIDE for helping ORGANIZE IT!!!
— titsmagee (View Profile)

Posted on 8/16/2007 10:36:18 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

Give lexus nothing............
— xj13 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:22:13 AM | | Votes: -4

BMW, mercedes, audi et al allow journalists to preview and write about the cars. much more useful.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:28:18 AM | | Votes: -3

and it's not out of kindness, but marketing savvy. by letting people biased toward lexus drive the cars and talk about it, they're generating good PR for themselves.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:29:31 AM | | Votes: -3

Agreed. The fact that Lexus allowed "fanatics" to drive this car only means they'll report "positively" about it. Smart marketing.
— Bill (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 4:12:17 AM | | Votes: -5

Lexus could care less what biased automotive journalists thinks about the car. They let the people who will actually buy this car get the first look. Just another example of Lexus looking after their customers.
— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 7:09:09 AM | | Votes: 4

lexus cars TREMENDOUSLY what the automotive press thinks about this car. they have made huge claims about this car and have therefore stake their reputation on it.

if they're weren't worried about what everyone thought, i'd say they were mismanaging the company.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 7:14:23 PM | | Votes: -2

Sounds like about 420hp to my ears.
— Mercedes (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 2:24:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

I'm glad to finally see an IS-F in a different color than that tired electric blue. The red one is nice.
— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 7:15:27 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

White doesn't look too bad either, i'd like to see it in black.
— Kinger (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 9:06:06 AM | | Votes: 6

I'm no fan of the IS-F's overstyled mid-life crisis -ish styling but it looks the best in white.
— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 11:56:20 AM | | Votes: -2

Either the car handles like crap or the guys driving around the track don't know how to drive....both those cars exiting the last corner look very unbalanced.

— kpaxx (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 8:54:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

Uhhh I think that was on purpose.
— 7msynthetic (View Profile)

Posted on 8/18/2007 12:22:02 AM | | Votes: 1

The M, AMG and RS are toast! Without jam!

Lexus rules. The IS-F will be the new definition of what a sports sedan should be like. Generations in the future will look back to this fateful date and remember how Lexus shaped, took away and conquered this segment from the Germans. The final nail in the coffin has begun. God I love this brand!
— david989 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 9:43:59 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5

Lexus suk. No heritage, no sale.
— BenzW124 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 9:56:52 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3

This car is out and out crap, just looking at it, and those tailpipes are a joke, they will date by Christmas. In a 100years of motoring nobody did anything so stupid as those tailpipes, in actual fact most brands now hide them. God I hate this brand!
— xj13 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 10:29:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3

What a bunch of buffoons posting comments today...
— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 11:55:24 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 9

haha its ok will, the isf is kind of irrelevant when it comes to new japanese sports cars. no one is going to be looking at the isf at the tokyo motor show when godzilla comes out.
— gsh23 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:23:52 PM | | Votes: 4

The GT-R will probably garner more attention than alot of the cars at the Tokyo Motor Show, agreed.
— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 12:34:29 PM | | Votes: 6

OOOOHHHH, a Lexus does a burnout and suddenly this is the best car on the road. If this is the way Lexus intends to sell this product, than they should look at the "Viper, Corvette Z06, Mustang Shelby" market.
This is in now way a proper setting for a "luxury car".
This is so "fast and furious" look at me drifting. This is a jock...
— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 1:57:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4

This is in NO...
— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 2:01:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4

It sounded like a 450hp under the hood to me, it sound great, love it and just fix the overhand.
— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 2:04:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

Ricemaster

your name says it all, burnout and drifting is purely ricecooker fashion, and if this is the crowd that Lexus wants to attract, then this is fine by me, but I think that it is not good for their overall image.
The 65 years old average buyer of a Lexus does not want nothing to do with this foolishness and those hooligans...
— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 2:19:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -6

And by the way Xerokool, I can understand your enthusiasm, but for your information, a downshift blip is nothing new, you can get that in a $28K Audi A3, and many other brands have it too. I am saying that because I don't want some Lexus fanboy to start saying that Lexus invented it...LOL
— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 2:22:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5

Awesome! Those sound more like a muscle car than a sport sedan.
— zoogies (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 3:44:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

By that I mean it has a deeper sound to it rather than a high pitched one.
— zoogies (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 3:55:52 PM | | Votes: 4

HERE IS A GREAT QUESTION FOR ALL GEARHEADS HERE:
WHO WAS THE FIRST MANUFACTURER (AUTOMOBILE OR GEARBOX LIKE ZF, GETRAG...) TO INTRODUCE DOWNSHIFT REV MATCHING BLIP ON AN AUTOMATIC GEARBOX?
— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 5:10:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3

mercedes!
— gsh23 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/17/2007 6:21:16 PM | | Votes: -1

right...
— alfistiDK (View Profile)

Posted on 8/18/2007 8:47:20 AM | | Votes: -2

EL341, Mercedes-Benz products are most definitely up to pace these days. If you disagree, you're living in 2003. That was in the midst of their worst problems. But right now, the C, E, ML, GL, SLK, CLK, SL, CL and especially the S are all very class-competitive. I can't see how you would argue with any of these, because they just are. The ones I haven't mentioned (CLS, R, SLR) don't really have other cars to be compared to.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 8/19/2007 2:06:30 AM | | Votes: 1

Every IS-F comes standard with either a pink or red handbag and matching make-up kit. What color will you choose?
— TheGenius (View Profile)

Posted on 8/18/2007 9:54:19 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

"wannabe 5 series tail lights!!!"

Dude... you are fucked.
— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 8/18/2007 3:59:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

gsh23

please provide proof...
— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/18/2007 12:21:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

does anyone like the sound of an automatic burning out? i don't
— AMGZING_fanboy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/18/2007 2:32:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

Ummmm, your favourite cars are - ahem - AMGs...
— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 8/19/2007 2:43:03 AM | | Votes: 0

yes....... and no i dont like the sound of an automatic burning out (any brand including mercedes)
— AMGZING_fanboy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/19/2007 1:15:51 PM | | Votes: 0

DAMN!!! I thought the title says "BURNS DOWN"...
— JTRacer (View Profile)

Posted on 8/23/2007 8:36:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

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