Mazinger

Since this is coming from a Japanese manufacturer fan site (Lexus), you guys should know that the people who make your Lexus's belive in this 'soul' issue, for them everything has a soul, downright to the robot that welds your panels together, they even give those assembely robots name!!

DASHOCKER

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A car with soul begs to be driven hard. It should follow your every command without fuss. In the twisties, it should move to the rythm of the road and stay in line without being all over the place. Just like a good dancer should have "soul" moving to the rythm of the music, a car should have "soul" moving to the rythm of the road. Can it be said that German cars like BMW have "soul"? Yes because those cars are like fine dancers, they move to the rythm of the road without being all over the place. Can the same be said about Lexus? Uhhh take it to your local back road for comparison.

DASHOCKER

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Here is a vid of a car with "soul in action.

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?p=...UTF-8%26b%3D21

mmarshall

I drove one a few years ago but didn't do a formal CL write-up...just privately for a friend of mine. It's a little more substantial-feeling and slightly more refined car than the Miata ( I just did a new Miata review Tuesday ), as you would expect for the added price, and of course it has the flexibility of the small rear seats. The steering, in some ways, felt even more responsive than the Miata's due to the very small size and low weight of the rotary engine up front and the larger overall tire size. But auto mags, in long-term tests, report that the RX-8 uses a LOT of both gas and oil, and the lack of B-Pillars for the small rear doors are potential structural weak points for rattles, squeaks, and leaks.

ff_

For how much that car weighs (ack....), I'm impressed with how little body roll there is, and how well it handles. The tires were screaming for dear life, but they held on.

Hameed

A better car (not a pig like the M6) with even more soul is this car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpFvbCzaE4

ff_

I remember seeing that vid a while back. That driver's gutsy, to say the least.

bitkahuna

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That's frightening. While the drifting might be fun for someone with his skill, I'd honestly prefer to have the AWD 4S instead.

Hameed

Yes, I wonder how many years of practice you need to be able to drive like that.

I wish I could drive like that! It looks scary and exhilarating all at once!

bitkahuna

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But insane to do that on a public road. Maybe for that video they closed off sections I don't know, but if not, thats nuts.

DASHOCKER

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Thats nothing. I do that on my commute every day

DzaztrBUSE

Exactly. I Went to school in Vienna for a little and the E-class just came out around end of 02. They were nothing but Taxis. So were the 5 series, A6 and such. Crown Victorias here are E-classes out there. Funny thing when I was in Cannes, France a good 20 yrs ago: We went to a Luxury Car dealership on the main road along the shore and I remember seeing a Black and a Yellow Countach, A Ferari GTO and Testarossa ( i remember because the person who took us bought us 18:1 scale models of the cars) and they were just sitting OUTSIDE of the dealership. Want to know what one of the cars inside were??? A Cadiallac. Our family friend who took us there owned that same Caddy and we just laughed. Oh those French!

Believe or not I rode my buddys R1 and boy that thing was fun but too light for me. the nose kept on wanting to pop up. Still does not beat the ride of the SuperBikes of Ducati. My first was an 02 gixxer 750 and let me tell you, my 749 Duc felt MUCH MUCH better. Dryclutch, superb handling, ohlin products that come STANDARD on it? Poop, I dont need to go any further. Come to think of it Im think Im buying another one.
Soul comes standard on this Beauty:

LexFather

Though this bump would be appropriate as of late....

I8ABMR

my car has soul coming out of it ***. She is a sexy *****

I8ABMR

no you're not .LOL. We know how you bimmer guys really feel