Wow! Lexus IS-F in Action At Nurburgring

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

— SupraNeverBack (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 1:58:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

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.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 1:59:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 11   

what if it doesn't

— boureois (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 2:14:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Please leave. Thank you!

— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 2:34:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

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

— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 10:00:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

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.

— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 2:35:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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.

— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 3:25:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

"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?

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 2:29:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -11   

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

— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 2:33:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

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.

— Alec (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 2:34:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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

— WickedRabbit (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 3:26:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

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.

— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 3:59:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

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.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 4:00:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 4:01:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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

— Will_ (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 4:21:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

damn, the video is so short

— sewingmachine (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 4:52:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

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.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 5:19:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

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.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 6:13:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 6:16:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 6:17:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

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.

— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 9:42:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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

— LexusNumberOne4ever (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 11:50:05 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

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.

— LexusNumberOne4ever (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 11:19:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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

— trackturtle (View Profile)

Posted on 5/24/2007 9:42:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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.

— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/21/2007 9:58:16 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

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

— supra04 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 12:13:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Fast no doubt, too bad it looks like a ricer from hell.

— Mercedes (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 2:02:04 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

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.

— matt635 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 7:08:54 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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?

— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 12:23:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

bwhahaha this thing will never beat an RS4 or M3.

— candywhite (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 12:49:05 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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

— Audi4Life (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 2:40:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

My Land Cruiser can do that!

— cdhzhp (View Profile)

Posted on 5/22/2007 2:54:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

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

— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/24/2007 9:20:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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.....

— bevisroy (View Profile)

Posted on 5/24/2007 10:04:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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

— 993Turbo (View Profile)

Posted on 5/25/2007 9:24:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1