Top 5 F Sport Performance Vehicles Lexus NEEDS to Make! (Fridays are for F Presented by Continental ExtremeContact DWS^{06 Plus})

With the IS 500 F Sport Performance coming this fall, these five models must become a part of Lexus’s new high-performance family tomorrow!

Coming this fall, the new Lexus IS 500 F Sport Performance arrives to stake a place between the sporty handlers of the F Sport line and the track-day terrors of the F family. Per the order guide we talked about in July, the new IS combines features from the F Sport — including tuned adaptive variable suspension, exterior styling pieces and power-adjustable sports seats — with the big 5.0-liter 2UR-GSE V8 and its 472 horses of naturally aspirated power.

In short, the IS 500 F Sport Performance was made for those who want more power through the corners from their IS, especially since the last time the sedan had that V8, Barack Obama was president. Additionally, Lexus announced the hottest IS would soon be joined by others in the new F Sport Performance family. We believe Lexus needs to bring these five models into the new family tomorrow.

No. 5: LC

Let’s start with the most obvious candidate, the LC. It, too, has the 2UR-GSE. However, there’s a possible twin-turbo V8 on the horizon, per patents we first shared in May. That turbo V8 would likely supplant the long-running five-liter in an effort to reinvent the F line to better smash the competition through improved power and handling. Since the LC is already the flagship coupe for Lexus, the LC could wind up with tons of handling goodies to bring it up to F Sport Performance-spec.

Thus, while the regular LC 500 and 500h continue their duties as grand tourers, and the possible LC F taking up where the LFA left off, the LC F Sport Performance would be the all-around street and track fighter. Of course, there’s also the possibility of taking the 500h’s hybrid powertrain and turning up the heat to 11. More on this later, though.

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Cameron Aubernon

Cameron Aubernon's path to automotive journalism began in the early New '10s. Back then, a friend of hers thought she was an independent fashion blogger.

Aubernon wasn't, so she became one, covering fashion in her own way for the next few years.

From there, she's written for: Louisville.com/Louisville Magazine, Insider Louisville, The Voice-Tribune/The Voice, TOPS Louisville, Jeffersontown Magazine, Dispatches Europe, The Truth About Cars, Automotive News, Yahoo Autos, RideApart, Hagerty, and Street Trucks.

Aubernon also served as the editor-in-chief of a short-lived online society publication in Louisville, Kentucky, interned at the city's NPR affiliate, WFPL-FM, and was the de facto publicist-in-residence for a communal art space near the University of Louisville.

Aubernon is a member of the International Motor Press Association, and the Washington Automotive Press Association.

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