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What Will Be The Sexiest Color Choice For The Ultra Hot Lexus IS-F?

Agent009 submitted on 9/18/2007 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 1:37:38 PM

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The IS-F debut is fast approaching, and we have discussed the theoretical performance and handling possibilities of this landmark vehicle for Lexus.

While most of us can agree that most of this is based off of pure speculation, one of the tangibles we haven’t discussed is what might be the most popular color for this beast.

The official Lexus color pallet for the IS-F is generally believed to be the following, in order from front to back...

Ultrasonic Blue
Starfire Pearl
Tungsten Pearl
Matador Red
Smoky Granite
Obsidian

Which color do you think would best showcase the first real performance vehicle for Lexus?

What Will Be The Sexiest Color Choice For The Ultra Hot Lexus IS-F?

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It's an unflattering color to say the least.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:20:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

the real question here is , will the inside have sizzling colors or will they still have "grey and ..grey" or " wheat cream of something leather"

???
most japanese interior leather have very boring colors,period.
— vinmarc (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 10:11:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

I have an S4 in Sprint Blue, which is possibly the best blue ever created.

The blue showcased on the IS-F is purplish disgustingness.

It really highlights the disproportionate hood and side skirts, which is not a good thing. White, which Lexus does very, very well, will look dazzling on this car- it does on the normal IS350.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 12:20:48 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Pink
— SHOWTIME (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 9:37:47 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

Oh my, Like I give a rats rear what color it is. I just hope it stays on better than my 07 IS350. Not saying I don't like my IS, I traded a 2003 330 in on it, & never looked back. But, I personally preferred my old Bimmer's paint quality.
— nascarwillie (View Profile)

Posted on 9/24/2007 6:21:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Just be glad they got rid of Desert Sage and Breakwater Blue
— adamsaf723 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 1:59:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6

Ultra Hot Sexy Metallic Lust Beige will not be available?

What is with these lame article titles?

My real non-fan by based opinion is the blue mentioned above in post #1, of course.
— Shredmo (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:00:20 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

What happened to Senior Citizen Cream?
— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:09:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

Or casket brown?

Just kidding.

But really, there is only one colour that is exclusive to the IS-F? Saddening..
— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:12:20 PM | | Votes: 1

Yeah or what about Clamidia Yellow? that was always a winner
— henbmw (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 4:16:56 PM | | Votes: -1

Love your sense of humour Rupert!
— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 5:46:02 PM | | Votes: 2

It's because I'm young, English and grew up on Friends and the Simpsons, therefore I'm cynical and sarcastic yet hilarious and witty.

Bow down before the British sense of humour! We rule all!
— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:20:36 PM | | Votes: 1

LMAO
— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:52:20 PM | | Votes: 1

Rupert, I'm bowing yet I would have thought it was more in line with Fawlty Towers and Little Britain...

From a reliable source at Lexus, these names will fill out the complete line for all vehicles in 2008:

Yawn White Beige
Slumber Blue Beige
Ensure Cream Beige
Denture White Beige
Alzheimers..something or other Beige
and
Sensible Shoe Brown, (not to be confused with the casket brown)
— markusck (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 2:36:20 PM | | Votes: 1

Hmmm, you get firm color choices before you get firm performance numbers - does this tell us where their priorities lie?
— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:11:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 9

it will probably look the best in smokey granite, that has to be the best looking color in the lexus lineup. second place goes to obsidian, cause all cars look good in black.

i have no idea why they keep showing the car is that awful "ultrasonic blue", that is the ugliest, next to matador red.
— LexusKindaGuy12 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:23:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

The car is a little overdone with add-on panels, scoops, etc. Let's be a little more subtle like BMW does it and it will probably sell more cars.
— BMW995 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:31:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Well the demographic they were showing for it indicates they might be on target.

Several survey I have seen show it will appeal to a much younger group than the M3. More of a step up for the Subi WRX crowd.
— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:39:11 PM | | Votes: -3

Right. As if buyers of the $25K WRX can easily afford the $55K+ IS-F.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:21:39 PM | | Votes: -2

Well the STI (which I should have stated) runs in the upper 30's to lower 40 range.
— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 2:00:06 PM | | Votes: 0

I don't think so. It starts at $32K, I believe- how many options can there possibly be in such a spartan vehicle?

My point is, if it's the STi demographic they're after (it appears that it is), this is not the way to go. This is after the M3 buyers out there, and you know that. But I just don't see many trading for IS-Fs.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 5:31:41 PM | | Votes: 1

i bet you Matador Red would look pretty hot
— SamFriedman (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:37:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Oh, it does:

http://mail.google.com/mail/?realattid=f_f5h3ez53&attid=0.1&disp=inline&view=att&th=114755dc0e76bdcd
— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 10:44:49 PM | | Votes: 1

What's your point dumbass? How about I hitch an F-150 up to your front door, tear it off, run into your home, and ride off with all of your posessions in the bed of said pick up. Will it still be funny then?

(Far be it from me to defend Ford, but this guy went way off base, just to bash American cars. We get it already!)
— pushrod27 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 9:26:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

I feel you pushrod...
— Caddyman07 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 5:52:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Who cares? It's an also ran!
— montyz81 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:39:18 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Every color is a good color for the IS-F.
— STJ88 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:42:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4

Take off the saki goggles buddy, this thing is hideous!
— pushrod27 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 9:27:21 PM | | Votes: 2

I couldn't agree with you more. But I guess its that "great hope for the underdog" mentality that we all exhibit when we see a non-proven contender go up against well established one!
— Need4Speed (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:43:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

actually, I think it should have been a 2 door coupe, not a family sedan?!?!
I think I will go for G37 or S5 OR M3 !!!
— vinmarc (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 10:13:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

COUGH, COUGH ...
— vinmarc (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 10:14:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Why do I have the feeling that the IS-F will disappoint us in its outputted hp power, just like the GS460 did?

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm kind of feeling it.
So, I would say, give us some real numbers, then those numbers will make it hot no matter what color it wears.
— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 2:51:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7

Well then I guess it's your fault for having such high expectations in the first place. Some of us who are more realistic don't have to worry about such things!
— Need4Speed (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:44:46 PM | | Votes: 1

is "invisible" a color? that would work great on this fugly car, so we dont have to look at it!!
— jmrA480 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 3:00:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 10

Wi11, don't ignore the truth it won't fix anything. But face it and work on fixing it, that what makes you do the right thing.

So I agree with xenon as I'm sad too.
— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:06:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

I'll take a CTS-V over this any day. You're a fool.
— pushrod27 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 9:28:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

I like those little things they sprayed the colors on. The curves give you a much better idea of what the color will look like on the car. So many auto makers just spray a color on a flat, square piece of metal and call it good.
— Threepoint1415926 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 3:03:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

I can't wait till the "candyass" color line-up comes out for this car; they will be a better fit for some for some of the cult-like followers.
— Bmw8ter (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 3:06:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3

i really fudged that comment...
— Bmw8ter (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 3:10:31 PM | | Votes: 3

Da dum, tschhh...
— Kinger (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 5:01:10 AM | | Votes: 1

Obsidian

Ones u go black, u never go back!!

— E46_ImolaRed (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 3:13:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

Your name is "E46_ImolaRed."
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:24:52 PM | | Votes: 3

You are very sad...
— Shredmo (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 3:43:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Shut up, you LOOK sad...
— Caddyman07 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 5:55:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

tungsten
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 3:45:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

When the IS-F does finally come out, will there be anything else left to argue over?

I guess there will always be the BMW vs. Lexus ashtray debate.

Or maybe discuss how the Lexus seatbelts aren't sporty enough.

And then there is always room for a heated discussion over who makes the most enthusiast-oriented glove box.

You guys are crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!
— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 4:09:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

It has to beat the G37 first, before it can think about the M3. Watch out for Hyundai too!
— Auto_expert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:12:30 PM | | Votes: -1

Do they make it in paper bag?
— henbmw (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 4:14:23 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

Where's the colour s**t brown?
— Czelinski (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 4:19:48 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -6

is that meant to be racist?
— henbmw (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 11:14:00 AM | | Votes: -1

let's not go all Al Sharpton up in here, and find racism in everything.
— Bmw8ter (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 11:21:46 PM | | Votes: 1

I think Ultrasonic Blue! No, maybe Starfire Pearl. No no, maybe Tungsten Pearl.Or maybe Matador Red. No, I think Smoky Granite looks better. Or Obsidian. No,not that.

I think the problem is not with the colors, but mainly with the car. Ultra hot? It won't keep any paint on it, it's supposed to be cold to paint a car. It definitely has a ultra long nose, a nose job is recommended before painting it.
— rg12345 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 4:24:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

If you think those paint names are cheesy, check out these:

platinum bronze
alpine white
space gray
sparkling graphite
deep sea blue

All courtesy of BMW.
— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 5:12:10 PM | | Votes: -4

I think Bentely's "Desert Sun White" wins the most pretentious award, closely followed by "Beluga Black", also courtesy of Bentley.

What colour is a Beluga anyway? I thought they were white...
— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:24:06 PM | | Votes: 2

How are "Alpine White," "Platinum Bronze" or "Space Gray" tacky? Did you just go to BMW's site to look for the worst names you could find?
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:28:13 PM | | Votes: 1

My point being is that every damn manufacturer of cars uses fancy names for colors they offer.

Lexus color names aren't any cheeser than the others.
— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:54:28 PM | | Votes: 2

Let's see BMW had Alpine white since, oh the seventy, and of course we all know there are no alpine regions in Bavaria.
— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:58:26 PM | | Votes: 0

Rupert,

They mean Beluga Caviar- which is the color of pitch.
— cdoke (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 10:50:16 PM | | Votes: 1

Something which is obviously pretentious to the hilt.
— cdoke (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 10:51:22 PM | | Votes: 1

I suppose that I should add the caveat that it is often pitch. Notwithstanding Bentely's naming it is actually the lighter blue toned beluga caviar that is more coveted and expensive.
— cdoke (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 10:57:27 PM | | Votes: 1

Yeah, always gotta mention BMW...
— Czelinski (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 5:19:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

The best color for the Lexus IS-F is Smoky Granite.

-EL34
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 5:24:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Absolutely don't like this car, but I still must say that Black will still look the best.
— ThierryHenry14 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:09:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Either "Starfire Pearl" or "Smoky Granite Mica." What terrible color names!
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:27:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Red, Black or starfire pearl.

Lexus
— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 6:28:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Where's sexy hot pink for the ladies and effeminate men??? Must have this color considering their target buyers.
— Auto_expert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:05:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

i would go with black or white, but me being me, this car will have a custom paint job in a month...
— Denali (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:14:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

how about "do-do brown"
— Larry (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:38:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

I'd go with black or white in hopes of making those side skirts/vents less obtrusive.
— MunichRob (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:40:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

how about add Suzan B Komen pink edition
— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:57:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

No matter what color this car puts on its still horrid.
— w211Benz (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 7:58:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

colors...great news. my grandma will be thrilled.

i'd rather have specs on the freakin' engine already!!
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 8:11:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

That doesn't make it better.

Was the C55 AMG better than the E46 M3? Nope! And even I can admit that the B6/B7 S4 was certainly no match for the M3.

The RS4... that's different. The C63, also. But like I said, it has more to do with almost everything else than only horsepower.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 12:23:32 AM | | Votes: 1

even it it does (which i doubt), i'm confident that the lexus won't have the finesse to CONTROL that power.

to begin, its weight distribution will be off because of the stretched hood and the positioning of a large V8 forward of the axle. and lexus has yet to build a car that feels great in handling terms.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 1:18:00 AM | | Votes: 1

White paint, oh ya

Navy blue leather seats, total dream
— vinmarc (View Profile)

Posted on 9/18/2007 10:18:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Ewww.

You were clearly born into a trailer trash family weren't you? How someone could be so tacky BOGGLES my mind!
— RICHNEWYORKER (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 12:51:30 AM | | Votes: 1

Why is there holes on this trash-can-on-wheels?

Huge tacky intakes. Fitting for tacky plebes who will finance themselves to the hilt to be seen driving the next tacky Lexus when in fact people will be laughing at them behind their back for as their taste is like a common peasant.
— RICHNEWYORKER (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 12:47:34 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

So, let's recap. Shall we?

Only ugly, old people without a sense of style buy Lexus. And it takes someone extremely pitiful to be not embarrassed of being caught dead behind the wheel of this monstrosity.
— RICHNEWYORKER (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 12:49:37 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

Peasants peasants everywhere.

Tisk, tisk, tisk.
— RICHNEWYORKER (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 12:50:43 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Enjoying being able to use the public computers at your local libary are you?

Tone down the arrogance. There is already enough here to go around.
— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 10:56:19 AM | | Votes: 3

Don't mock the peasants - they clean our houses. We must support their simple little minds.
— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 6:05:33 PM | | Votes: 0

Who cares what color it is? All Lexus cars have the same look, when you have to lok twice to see if it is a LS or an IS they all become "nothing special".
— lyonboy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 1:12:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

ultimately, the answer to the question posed in the headline is: who cares?
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 1:22:15 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

i'm interested in performance first, colors second.

lexus still won't release stats on the engine and still won't let a journalist drive it....until then, there's NOTHING to talk about.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 5:42:52 PM | | Votes: 1

fyi nicad:

the IS-F is less expensive than the car i currently drive.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 5:44:24 PM | | Votes: 1

I like the LAME BLUE.
— MeanVulcan (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 7:52:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Lexus does make a really beautiful color in the Glacier Frost Mica.

but for the IS-F, i'd choose white or red...i've had numerous black vehicles and blue just isnt a color I like.
— r15mohd (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 10:56:27 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

I actually would prefer Breakwater Blue Metallic, which is available on the regular I-series Lexus. However, if I have to choose from the palette above, I would opt for Matador Red, with Starfire Pearl as a second choice.
— Audiphile (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 11:01:49 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

Name it for what it came from. They need Nintendo Beige
— henbmw (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 11:17:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

I say Maxi Pad White - With a bloody red circle on the roof, it'll resemble the japanese flag.
— Anti_Bangle (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 12:43:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

if you want to argue history, pick a new topic. the japanese and the nazis were aligned in WWII. and one of those countries has spent the last 60 years apologizing...
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/19/2007 5:40:41 PM | | Votes: 1

"and one of those countries has spent the last 60 years apologizing..."

That's right. The Japanese government never apologised for their atrocities on civilians and POWs. These atrocities were much worse than those by the Nazis on the Jews.

In fact, many Japanese politicians, including the mayor of Tokyo, still refused to accept the fact that Japanese soldiers had committed war crimes on civilians and POWs. They claim that these war crimes were fabricated by the U.S. government after the U.S. decided to kill Japanese civilians with the atomic bombs.

Many Japanese still believe the below atrocities never happened:

"R. J. Rummel, a professor of political science at the University of Hawaii, states that between 1937 and 1945, the Japanese military murdered near 3,000,000 to over 10,000,000 people, most probably 6,000,000 Chinese, Indonesians, Koreans, Filipinos, and Indochinese, among others, including Western prisoners of war. This democide was due to a morally bankrupt political and military strategy, military expediency and custom, and national culture."

"Special Japanese military units conducted experiments on civilians and POWs in China. One of the most infamous was Unit 731. Victims were subjected to vivisection without anesthesia, amputations, and were used to test biological weapons, among other experiments. Anesthesia was not used because it was considered to affect results. In some victims, animal blood was injected into their bodies."

"Perhaps the most senior officer convicted of cannibalism was Lt Gen. Yoshio Tachibana, who with 11 other Japanese personnel was tried in relation to the execution of U.S. Navy airmen, and the cannibalism of at least one of them, in August 1944, on Chichi Jima, in the Bonin Islands. They were beheaded on Tachibana's orders. As military and international law did not specifically deal with cannibalism, they were tried for murder and "prevention of honorable burial". Tachibana was sentenced to death."

Indian POW, Lance Naik Hatam Ali testified that in New Guinea: "the Japanese started selecting prisoners and everyday one prisoner was taken out and killed and eaten by the soldiers. I personally saw this happen and about 100 prisoners were eaten at this place by the Japanese. The remainder of us were taken to another spot 50 miles [80 km] away where 10 prisoners died of sickness. At this place, the Japanese again started selecting prisoners to eat. Those selected were taken to a hut where their flesh was cut from their bodies while they were alive and they were thrown into a ditch where they later died."

"A Dutch-Indonesian "comfort woman", Jan Ruff-O'Hearn (now resident in Australia), who gave evidence to the U.S. committee, said the Japanese Government had failed to take responsibility for its crimes, that it did not want to pay compensation to victims and that it wanted to rewrite history.[40] Ruff-O'Hearn said that she had been raped "day and night" for three months by Japanese soldi
— Anti_Bangle (View Profile)

Posted on 9/20/2007 3:47:09 PM | | Votes: 1

In my opinion, All of the pearl colors along with the
red and grey. The blue does'nt do it for me because it
makes the car look cheap.
— carguy1963 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/20/2007 1:27:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

I like the red personally. I reckon that black would probably suit this car best though, it would certainly match the wheels better than any other colour.
— Kinger (View Profile)

Posted on 9/20/2007 6:30:24 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

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