WHILE RUMOURS PERSIST of an ‘Evolution’ version of Lexus’ barn-storming IS F, the Australian arm of the Japanese luxury marque has today announced the addition of a mechanical LSD to the V8 sports sedan.

Revealed internationally only last week, the upgraded Torsen LSD-equipped Lexus IS F brings a significant performance improvement, including a two-second improvement in [...]

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JOINING THE LEXUS C-Segment hybrid LF-Ch concept on the stand, the Japanese luxury carmaker will roll out all three of its updated LS, GS and IS model lines at the Frankfurt Motor Show this month.

The LS receives the greatest number of changes with a new grille, front bumper, rear bumper and mirror casings revitalising its [...]

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Back in March this year, we reported on rumours of the Lexus IS F Evolution, a lighter, carbon-fibre clad version of the Lexus IS F, the brand’s first entry into the V8 performance sedan market.

While no modifications or improvements to the powerplant were expected, a brace of performance enhancements and additions are supposedly on the [...]

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Lexus is out to show the world it is serious when it comes to German-rivaling sports sedans.

The first indication came with the arrival of the Lexus IS F (see TMR’s roadtest review) in 2007 and now Lexus is planning on turning up the heat on its V8 powered sedan just a little further.

The success of [...]

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Take one smallish sedan, drop a thumping 5.0 litre V8 in the snout, give it hard-core handling and tough, out-there style… been done before? Yup. But Lexus does it again and gives us its own howling ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’, the IS F.

It can be an exercise in futility splitting hairs over the performance margins [...]

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Just picked up the astonishing Lexus IS F. With a grunt-filled 5.0 litre V8 crammed into the tight IS250 engine bay, and with 311kW and 505Nm under the toe, the first impression is one of a seriously quick car. The eight-speed auto (yup, eight) with ’sport’ mode and paddle shifters also points to a high [...]

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This Sunday just gone (UK time) saw the return of the one true Top Gear to British television sets, and to computer screens of net-savvy fans around the world this morning.  Let me tell you: they’ve still got it.

Clarkson pits the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 against the Porsche 911 GT2 – describing the latter as “terrifying”.  [...]

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Lexus has announced Australian pricing for its M3 challenger, the IS F. It might have M3 performance potential, but the bean-counters at Lexus have sharpened their pencils and are bringing it to town for a recommended retail price of $129,000*.

The LS F is the first dedicated performance model seen from the Toyota offshoot. It features [...]

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Spending hundreds of thousands on a CGI TV commercial? Bah! With its new telly ad, Lexus has tried something a little simpler, a bit more grassroots, significantly more enjoyable, and a heck of a lot more poignant.

The video above shows NASCAR driver Scott Pruett chucking a Lexus IS-F around a race track, while James Sloyan—actor [...]

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Lexus’s IS-F is without doubt the brand’s performance flagship (at least until the LF-A arrives), but the presence of this taped-up prototype at the Nurburgring yesterday has already generated plenty of speculation on not only what this car is for, but also what level of performance lurks beneath its skin.

While it has an oddly-bulging [...]

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While the idea that the Lexus IS-F could be a better car than the R35 Nissan GT-R may not be a universally held one, it certainly seems to be the case for the boys at AutoWeek. Is this merely an attempt to grab some attention? At risk of their credibility; not likely.

Interesting that [...]

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The Lexus IS-F is set to shake up the premium performance sedan sector, until now dominated by BMW’s M3 and Audi’s now defunct RS4. With virtually identical power outputs and performance figures the IS-F, on paper at least, looks the M3 square in the eyes.

Which means the opinion of Tiff ‘Oversteer’ Needell is long overdue. [...]

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