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2008 Lexus IS-F to Premiere at NAIAS on January 8, 2007

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Old 01-10-07, 09:27 AM
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looking at the pictures, i wonder how much higher the production unit would be
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Originally Posted by rob200
I don't think this has been asked yet - any idea if this is going to be a proper, sporty bright red or the current matador red?

fwiw I love the look of the car - i was worried it'd look too plain
if anything i hope it's brighter red, otherwise i don't think it's aggressive enough for the car
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Originally Posted by RON430
The performance numbers sort of have to be. 400hp is competitive but with the 4.6 generating 380, you have to wonder why they bothered with five liters for 20 more hp.
How about TQ curve, aural experience and exclusivity?
Old 01-10-07, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rob200
I don't think this has been asked yet - any idea if this is going to be a proper, sporty bright red or the current matador red?

fwiw I love the look of the car - i was worried it'd look too plain
The color pallete for this car is being worked on as we speak so names and exact color codes have not been devised yet. With this blue color, black, silver, red and white will be available as well. The two interior color choices will be the white with black as you see currently and and all black interior.
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holly crap the dubspeed pics are amazing!! I'm loving this car more and more I see it.
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Thanks for those beautiful pics ^^^ The car looks better to me with those pics
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Did you notice that IS-F has wheels as first LF-A?


Old 01-10-07, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Vladi
Did you notice that IS-F has wheels as first LF-A?
Close but not really. The spokes in the LF-A wheels are wider and are not directly pointing to each other, whereas the ones in the IS-F wheels are thinner and symmetrical.
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Those pics from speedsportlife.com are killer!! Thanks for posting them.

BTW is it just me or are those rear view mirrors smaller than those on the regular IS? A good thing, of course.
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Those colors are amazing---the car photographs so well!!! I would like to see a red interior color combo though...
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I want to see one in Matador Red with black interior.
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
BTW is it just me or are those rear view mirrors smaller than those on the regular IS? A good thing, of course.
No it's not just you, I also think that they are smaller than the regular barn-door sized mirrors on regular IS"s.
Old 01-10-07, 02:44 PM
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That car looks badass!
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Originally Posted by Mr Johnson
How about TQ curve, aural experience and exclusivity?
They are not going to do well if that is what they think engineering a new motor generates pricing differential for aural experience and exclusivity. R&T in its latest test with the IS350 got 4.9 0-60 so they are going to expect this thing to be at least half a second quicker so you are talking sub 4.4 sec 0-60 unless they screwed somthing up other than the exclusivity factor. As for aural experience, have to see how far Lexus wants to go but I doubt it is very far.
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You left out TQ curve.

BTW: I think the car is a bit lacking on the rear tire width side of things to put all that power down to the ground. But they might be able to pull an AMG, how fast does an E63 get moving with what size rear tires , and surprise us all.


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