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Road&Track:1. IS 350 2. TL Type-S 3. G35 Sport (merged threads)

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Old 12-23-06, 05:57 AM
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Default Road&Track: TL Type-S vsG35 Sport vs. IS350
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4444

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The IS receives some long due praise and beats out the
new G35 stick.

They manged to get the IS350 to do 0-60 in 4.9 sec.
Nice!!
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Old 12-23-06, 07:46 AM
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The IS receives some long due praise and beats out the
new G35 stick.

They manged to get the IS350 to do 0-60 in 4.9 sec.
Nice!!
Road and Track tested 0-60 in 6 sec and 1/4 mile in 14.5 in their October 2005 review. Yet the recent test shows significant faster time.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=2772

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did the narrator say the IS is quicker than the Audi S4, I thought the S4 is quicker than 13.5
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did the narrator say the IS is quicker than the Audi S4, I thought the S4 is quicker than 13.5
You may be thinking of the R-S4
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He said the is350 got 0-60 in 4.9sec, 1/4 mile in 13.5 sec. And "that's faster than the V8 powered Audi S4 folks..."
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Originally Posted by ChuH
Road and Track tested 0-60 in 6 sec and 1/4 mile in 14.5 in their October 2005 review. Yet the recent test shows significant faster time.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=2772

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Different drivers, different conditions, different car(the last car may not have broken in totally ?), etc . . . . . . .
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How much did Lexus pay RandT?
He also said navi can only add on with upgraded audio version.

0 to 60 in 4.9 seconds? who is pushing from behind?

Anyhow, why didnt they include 335i?

good for lexus.
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Old 12-23-06, 09:23 AM
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Its a Japanese test comparison.
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i think they wanted all japanese? wasn't there a sub 5 sec thread.. hahaha.. keep it stock and you'll get sub 5
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It's hard to believe these cars are running that fast.

I mean, I drive it every day and it doesn't feel that fast.
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it was a surprise that TL type-s placed 2nd.
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I think our cars are deceptively fast. When I drove the 335 back to back with the IS350, both automatics, I really couldn't discern a difference in power between them.
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Originally Posted by Belmont
It's hard to believe these cars are running that fast.

I mean, I drive it every day and it doesn't feel that fast.

It's the isolation I tell ya. My gs400 feels slower than dirt, even though it has potential. Lexus cars are too much of a tombstone.
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Road and Track = the new king of 0-60 times among magazines.

Good win for the IS350!
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