Zippy Lexus: Lexus IS 250 F-Sport @ the Track

MORE LEXUS IS 250 @ INSIDELINE.COM:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Followup/articleId=140386

There are three hormone levels in the Lexus IS range, and they play out like this. The IS 350? Manly. The IS-F? Hair in all the wrong places. IS 250? The one that shaves its legs.

In fact, that should be in the ads. The Lexus IS 250. The Relentless Pursuit of a Delicious Mochacrapiata. Sure it's the only Lexus you can get with three pedals, but it's also the only IS where you would dare prune its deck lid of identification. Ten minutes with a heat gun, and Mary's IS 250 is easily mistaken for Mark's more folic IS 350.

And now that we've antagonized every guy who has ever bought the weak-suck, small-engine version of the rear-wheel-drive Lexus sport sedan, we offer a solution to their dilemma. It's called 2008 Lexus IS 250 F Sport, and it can turn your girlfriend's IS 250 into a ride you can drive without a bag over your head.

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[jasonviper08]

@sny600

I rather have a Toyota than a Chrysler!!!

[LiLTBoyy115]

@NigguhJason the Lexus IS has two six-cylinder engines, like the bmw 3-series. the is250 you are talking about is the entry v6 w/ 205hp, but the is350, (the more upscale engine) is a 3.5 liter v6 with nearly an additional 100hp. also, like the bmw, it has a sports version, is-f, which has a 5 liter v8. the car featured in this video is an is250 with some parts drawn from the the is-f. the real is-f is the one w/ the v8, not the 2.5 v6.

[realchimera]

Why people laugh at the weak horsepower of is250? Even if you get a4 or 328i, you got pretty much the same range of hp (211 or 230). That's only what you can have for a only $45k entry-level luxury car. If you want 100 more horsepower, you have to pay for another extra $20-25k.

[Toyota4Life]

If this is the IS250 F-Sport the IS350 F-Sport should kick ass !

[basslover352]

very very good handling

[rocker58938]

great car/slow take off >.<

[Hoffenheim08]

@jsiszero

Well, that's not important to me. I need a car which can go at 120-130 mph, stays on track like on rails, and with not too much noise inside of the cabin. Important for long distance drives.

If I lose one second at the start, who cares? Doesn't matter after several hours.

[ambientflier]

@2R1V3R Um...Lexus DOES make one of these with improved acceleration...it's called the IS350...

[licarcar]

god it sounds good

[vq35deALTIMA]

Weak. Sauce.

[jsiszero]

0-60 at 7.5 seconds.... lol that's Honda Civic territory

[gtakilla22]

Sounds good though! XD