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Lexus gets serious

JEREMY CATO

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 5:26 PM EDT 16/05/08

Red-hot, uber-sport sedan shows off Toyota's racy side. The F Series is the Lexus brand's answer to the Mercedes AMG family, the R cars from Audi and BMW's M-class. ...Read the full article

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  1. Sissy Schuss from Canada writes: Looks a lot like the Mazda 3 but at twice the price
  2. The Central Screwtinizer from Ottawa, Canada writes: As we used to say in the old 'hot rod' days: definitely one of the fastest sedans between gas stations...just what we all want and need in these times...wheres my 515 hp 427 A/C Cobra dear, its just about Father's Day you know!
  3. Tim Felsky from London, Canada writes: I got the chance to drive this car at Calabogie after the press event and Jeremy Cato hit it on the nose!
  4. Cowtown boy from Calgary, Canada writes: I could get a ne Shelby GT500 for less money and still have the same if not better performance, and I haven't even mention the GT500KR
  5. A A from Canada writes: Sick ride! Fit and finish on the IS is nice (although the interior a bit underwhelming).

    Bad timing though as gas prices climb, bad PR surrounds vehicles like these.

    Maybe they should make an IS -FH?
  6. The Blind Man Is King from Burlytown, Canada writes: Sissy, you hit the nail on the head. Looks like they took the 3 sedan and added flares on the fenders. Give me an RS4 over this any day of the week.
  7. Al B from Toronto, Canada writes: People who buy those cars don't worry about gas prices!
  8. Nathan Cool from Vancouver, Canada writes: I can afford a car such as this.. and the gas.. and have enough left over to buy you guys one. BUT.. I care about the environment and I don't have a small penis. So I won't.
  9. D K from Canada writes: Does it come with its own gas station?
  10. There's a War between those who say there's a War and those who say there isn't from Canada writes: lessee now as premium unleaded inches up towards 2 dollars a liter this summer that's over 100 dollars on a single tank of gas

    will the owner still be smiling at the pump?
  11. Walker fromtheevilempireofAB from Calgary, Canada writes: Drove one of these, it's dialed in! Nice car!
  12. Flinton Rice from Toronto, Canada writes: Are people really talking about gas efficiency for a car with over 400 HP? You guys are lame! And Nathan you do have a small penis, because as sure as someone who has a nice car has a small penis - guys who say they don't have a small penis have a small penis.

    By the way, its more gas efficient than the S4 or M3. Thanks guys - now I'm lame.

    Great car - I'm a dedicated Honda guy but I think I'm moving to Lexus - Toyota is building the best cars hands down..... I'm feeling insecure after all the penis talk so I'm going to go surf some porn.... Hetero porn.
  13. Kim Philby from Canada writes: So, this collision avoidance system that takes over steering in the event of an impending crash - say you're driving along a mountain road and come out of a hairpin turn to be facing an oncoming vehicle; does the car then steer you off the road and into the thin air of a 500-foot drop to the valley below, or is it smart enough to recognize that hitting the oncoming car may be the lesser of two evils?
  14. Alberto Bayo from Canada writes: It still looks like a fancy Camry. Toyota just can't seem to design and build an attractive car. The need a "Harley Earl" in the design dept.
  15. The Wight from Canada writes: Wight want!
  16. Big Cayman from South Toronto, Canada writes: I am always interested in test driving Japanese sports cars and have always wanted to own a Skyline GT-R if they were available new here, and EVERY single time I go for a test drive of the premier Japanese sports offerings I am disappointed with the handling and feel, not that it's bad but compared to an M3 there is a significant difference, so I stick with the German cars. Can anybody here tell me if they have tried the side by side comparisons of the IS (F or not) with any Audi A4 (3 litre) Audi S4, E36/E46 M3, or MB C350/ c63 AMG? Realizing that some of the models I mentioned are a little older I have to say that some of the ride characterestics which make a car enjoyable to drive (which the Germans seem to master) are hard to reproduce in newer cars especially those from Japan, anyone who owns a Benz over 20 years old will tell you this.
  17. Don Quixote from The sunny cool Pollution Belt, Ont., Canada writes: Heck, if gasoline would still only cost half a Loonie, and the environmental religious majority would be non existent, and i could cough up the cash to buy - a Morgan Plus 8 would be my choice - a drivers car, not a powerful sissy machine like the Lexus......

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