Lexus Dumps The IS-F Moniker - Long Live The NEW IS 500

Earlier this month we discovered that the Lexus IS was not being discontinued like its big brother, the Lexus GS. Instead, it'll be heavily updated for 2021 but its overall bones will remain. Best of all, it's expected to receive the also soon to be discontinued naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8. That information came to us from a Japanese language source but now it's being reconfirmed by AllCarNews on Instagram.

But there's more: while the V8-powered IS appears to be a done deal, it won't be called the IS F as many had hoped. Lexus has decided to go with the name IS 500 despite the car coming equipped with the F-Sport appearance package. And yes, this will very likely be the last application of this V8 before it's permanently retired. Our previous report on this subject also claimed the IS 500 will be for the North American market only. Sorry, Japan. This time America gets to have all of the fun.
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MDarringer - 5/19/2020 10:53:23 AM

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Too little....far too late

cidflekken - 5/19/2020 11:09:21 AM

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LOL. Why bother?

dlin - 5/19/2020 1:07:24 PM

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Interesting... this move might means turbo I6 in future IS-F, if Lexus wanna burn some cash for fun only

Although Toyota is borrowing engines from BMW recently, Lexus should look to capitalize on their hybrid strong suit, with the help of engine like MB's M133

runninglogan1 - 5/19/2020 2:40:07 PM

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Lexus will be using a turbo I6 in the future - designed by Mazda.

MDarringer - 5/19/2020 3:49:17 PM

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There goes Toyota quality out the window. Mazda isn't an engine genius. SkyActive is just marketing bullshit for "our cars pass smog".

Carmaker1 - 5/19/2020 3:06:09 PM

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Why are you guys so hell-bent on trusting a silly instawhore page, who just might have worse credibility than you do?

The same idiotic All Crap News, who speculated the Lexus GS will become a rebadged Mirai.

Dumbasses actually misquoted a report indirectly from me, that the Mirai program was once the 2020 MY GS, planned for Q2 2019. It was cancelled 42 months ago upon Akio Toyoda being asked to sign off on design freeze. He said no and shifted it into 2021 Mirai.

Because 009 is too apathetic to find and translate Japanese news himself? Hardly surprising, as Auto Spies continues to mess up.

Leave the Japanese reports to 001, if you can't do it justice.

Agent009 - 5/19/2020 3:32:46 PM

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Momma never taught you manners did she?

MDarringer - 5/19/2020 3:51:20 PM

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Instawhore...is that a new form of social media that posts naughty pix of you as you acquire an STD?

Suddenly, I like Carmaker1. That was a praise-worthy rant. #WellDone

Tarzan91303 - 5/21/2020 3:25:44 PM

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As long as the Toyota engines don't continue to crack I think it will be a cheap alternative to a BMW 3 series, er, 2 series (due to the size of the IS).