The real trick Lexus needs to work on, is, of course, handling. I get that they're a luxury company, blah blah blah, but this is their sports car. Come on Lexus, just pull out the stops for this one, pleeease.

 

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Exactly, Lexus is smart to release the IS 500 (as long as they don't add that ridiculous '-F' designation...oh well), the V8 IS will enhance the sports car cred of all the IS range.

 

Looks similar to the one seen in Nurburgring . . . I have no doubt it will be fast, let's hope they put more work on the suspension/handling . . .

 

is that the 91 freeway?

 

I thought it was in ARIZONA?

 

doesn't look at all like the 91 to me. i don't even know if there are any freeways in socal that have metal guardrail dividers. all i see are concrete dividers.

 

haha holy crap its going to happen for real...i guess my 350 wont be fastest in class any longer =(

 

I wouldn't worry too much, as the 350 is still the fastest in the 'mainstream' category. The IS 500 will be a very rare, ultra-expensive car if my expectations are correct, and might even carry special badging so it won't exactly displace the 350 as the 'halo car.' More like take the IS range to a different level.

Plus the 350 will still have better fuel economy.

 

Testing all over the place

 

+1.........

 

I wouldn't mind swapping the rear bumper on my 350 for that one though... throw on a custom quad-tip exhaust.

 

Ditch the exhaust tips and those terrible gold wheels! other than that I'm in.

 

there are metal guard rails...

if you notice the two sides of the freeway are on different heights...the other side is higher at some points

this area looks very familar...i just can't figure out where

 

That might be the ugliest IS i've seen yet.. The tailpipes look totally retarded

 

I hope that exhaust design doesn't make it to production