Lexus IS F Review - Kelley Blue Book

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Lexus IS F. Luxury, comfort and craftsmanship are words often associated with Lexus. Any car maker would be happy to elicit such descriptions but Lexus wants more. Toyotas luxury division would love to add one more word to that list: Excitement. And the Lexus IS-F is the first step in making that a reality.

Welcome to our comprehensive Kelley Blue Book review of the Lexus IS-F.

Think of the regular Lexus IS as the automotive equivalent of Clark Kent - mild-mannered and pleasant but a ittle light in terms of excitement. Like Kents alter ego Superman, the IS is transformed into superhero IS-F by way of a flashier outfit, quicker moves and a surplus of raw power. The result might not be faster than a speeding bullet, but it is a fast sedan that Lexus hopes will win over performance fans like the Man of Steel won over Lois Lane. For more new car reviews, interviews and automotive news visit http://www.kbb.com today.

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[financeguru79]

absolutely amazing car!

[hshadow86]

I think IS F sands for "this car IS Fuckingawesome".

[andreakatickles2]

Ok the c63 are use for taxi over in Europe, the F has two seats in the back because they wanted to capture the true bucket sear in the rear of the car also. The ISF' were tuned by Yamaha and up in 3800rpm it start sounding real hyper and not to mention the downshift revving like a bike. The ISF is a unique and special. There is nothing special about the c63 amg.

[12389h]

In the UK the C63 is most expensive.

[R3aRM]

:O in my country is-F is the cheapest of the 4 high performance vehicle o.O"

[marky2112]

Can the stiff springs be swapped for softer without screwing things up?

[Fatboychrisdo]

F stands for Fuji. "It can get a little crowed with three people in the backseat." I don't see why you would do that, because there is no middle seat. It is a four seated car after all, although the regular IS x50's have 5 seats.

[vboytan]

why no manual??? And 8 speeds? Damn those gears must be short as hell.

[tnguyen318]

I'm talking about the best of both worlds, not the same model vehicles. Between the best of a stick shift car (any car) and the best of an automatic car (could be any car), the best of a stick shift car will beat the automatic??

[superfragger]

@tnguyen318 If it were the same car, very likely. There'd be a lot less parasitic drivetrain loss.

[tnguyen318]

So between a Dual Clutch Stick Shift Automated Manual Transmission vs a Pure Automatic (Paddle Shifter Push Button) advanced transmission, the Dual Clutch Stick Shift will win in the race?

[superfragger]

@tnguyen318 An automatic transmission, whether it be with a stock torque converter or the new dual-clutch automated manuals that we have been seeing these last couple of years, will always be more consistent than a manual and thus outperform it. There's no real way to verify it other than to put the same driver in both cars and have them do their best.