Lexus IS F-Drive since 2008 sedan

Overview of the Lexus IS F. Sports Car. What did the letter F give to the car?

In the Lexus family, replenishment is a car equipped with a 5-liter 8-cylinder engine with a V-shaped cylinder location. Its place in the IS lineup, a distinctive feature of an additional letter F in the title, the character is sports. In other words, we have a new car Premium Sport category. How well she knows how to run about it read in the material of our expert.
Still, this is Lexus!
Not yet getting behind the wheel, but only looking at the Lexus is Fs provided to me for a while, I already realized that I was lucky. You know, if at present there are cars that you will only see and exclaim right away: oh, good!, Then is F undoubtedly, one of them. And what, in fact, is special in it, when compared with the base model Lexus is? Well, the car became a little lower, well, it increased slightly in width. And suddenly what a miracle! You see that the car, it turns out, is with a hole, that it is only waiting to rush into the quarry! And all the details of her appearance testify to this particular desire: look at least at the front part, where there are wide intake holes, ready to at least now start catching oncoming air. Or look at the rear bumper, which is given the shape of the diffuser, and from under which peels out 4 exhaust pipes. In a word, a cool car, and the whole conversation! But it is impossible to say that it is, you know, a wild, spraceful steepness. And you know why? Because the body panels are surprisingly conjugated, because the body itself is painted with expensive paint, in a word, a breed that is felt in everything that, however, is not surprising Lexus!
Then try to sit in the salon and look around, and I am sure that your impression will not change. Pay, at least, attention to the steering wheel. It is trimmed with genuine leather special dressing with a kind of cells (so that the hands do not slip). It is necessary to think of such a seemingly little thing! The front seats are made with good lateral support, so, sitting down, you can not doubt such a chair, even if the car itself will be thrown from side to side. And one more thing: many did not like that the driver’s place was raised in the basic IS salon. So, I hasten to please: in the salon, IS F Sitting is lowered by 10 mm, so I personally had such a height just right.
All this seems to be trifles, but they indicate that the machine is designed to move with decent speed. But on the other hand, take a look at what the driver’s sitting is covered. This is genuine leather, which to give it smoothness processed with aniline in order to look more gorgeous. Or more: in the salon of my car, the internal door panels were not a standard type, but those that are offered as an option of the manufacturer. The essence of this option is that the upper side of the armrest is trimmed with glass fiber with built -in aluminum foil. The complete illusion that it is silver, where and the name Silvey Styling. Imagine how chic such a silver salon looks like! I have nothing against the standard decoration of the cabin, she, too, what is needed, however, believe my word, it is very worth it to erase your Lexus is F!
It's good that at hand an 8-speed automatic
Well, okay, it's time to proceed to the next stage. Therefore, I squeeze the engine start button, and at the moment when the engine starts, the arrows of the devices tremble, and the icon fictogram F is displayed on the information board. Immediately, the characteristic of the exhaust gas breaks out to the back begins to penetrate from behind. Why characteristic? Because you can’t confuse it with anything, only Lexus can rummage. Already for this one we can conclude that when developing Lexus IS of the F series F, the designers did not even think to make a car completely unlike everything that was produced under the Lexus brand until then. No, on the contrary, they proceeded from the fact that there is already some standard that can be conditionally called Lexus style, therefore, no matter what is produced under this brand, it should be stylistically homogeneous. This time a car with a sports character, the next time something else, but always Lexus means Lexus!
Such an approach to creating a car with a purely sporting character, but belonging to the Lexus family, in fact turned into some dualism, which in the process of management clearly makes itself felt. Here, look: at first I drove a car in a calm manner, not in a hurry and without too straining its engine. And while I took, as they say, a wait -and -see position, the car went as softly, as graceful as only Lexus could do. At a low speed, the torque of the engine is so large that if you wish, you can only press the accelerator a little, without making pushing to the floor (which is called Kick Down), and the machine will certainly begin to accelerate intensively. And nothing that the tachometer will show no more than 1,000 revolutions per minute, everything will go exactly as I said. Only then, when the revolutions reach about 2,000 per minute, a 8-speed automatic box will come to life, called Sport Direct Shift, it will turn on the next speed, and then along the chain.
If you press the accelerator properly, everything will begin to develop in a completely different scenario. In particular, somewhere after the tachometer arrow exceeds 3 and a half thousand revolutions per minute, the sound from the absorbed air, which goes in front, sharply goes into a higher tonality. And most importantly, the torque increases dramatically, and the impression is as if the engine was holding, holding it all in himself, and then he was simply unbearable, and he, as they say, broke through. After this transitional moment, the nature of the engine is aligned, and only closer to the peak of torque the sound becomes higher, and at the same time, vibration is enhanced.
If the transmission control lever is in position D, a sharp press to the accelerator leads to the transition to lower speed, well, and at the same time, the tachometer arrow swiftly jumps up. And you know, this is so great, especially taking into account the fact that the growth of engine power flows, as I have already noticed, not evenly, but a jerk. Of course, you can use the manual switch that is put to the steering wheel, however, in order to completely exclude the automatic switching circuit and take the transmission control, it is better to take the selector to the M position, and then everything will definitely be in the hands of the driver.
At first, I could not get comfortable with manual switching too quickly the speed of revolutions took place. Only after some time I got to switch exactly at the moment when the arrow was ready to go beyond the red line. And when I got used to it, and when I realized that the desired speed is turned on almost instantly, as they say, at my first request, I finally realized what exactly I did not have enough to get the full pleasure of managing the engine of great cubic meter from simple (atmospheric) inlet. Of course, such a 8-speed box-aircraft box!
On the go, the car is stable, although ...
What at first caused me doubts was the width of the tires that is equipped with Lexus is F. The fact is that it has a super-powerful engine (423 hp), and the torque of considerable moment (51.5 kg), and The tires remained the same as the basic model of IS configuration S. However, after I spent some time driving for some time, I experienced the car at speed on various sections of the road, I realized that, oddly enough, the car clearly does not suffer from the lack of stability . Perhaps, with the exception of those episodes when I deliberately went to the risk, in all other cases the car inspired me with such confidence that I honestly was amazed. But as for comfort, that, unfortunately, I should notice: the car is harsh on the go. Yes, of course, shock absorbers skillfully smoothing all the sharp corners, so if you take only the category of owners who are used to traveling on sports sedans, they will not be used to them not to get used to it. However, to those to whom in the salon, F to sit in the front, and in the rear passenger places, I would like to apologize in advance (although, where do I, but still!), Because all this Lexus is not the most convenient for them.
But if you are not exchanged for particular, but judging in general, then it should be recognized: the release of the Lexus is F is a very strong move, the value of which is difficult to overestimate. Due to inexperience, I do not undertake to assert personally, but there is an opinion that this machine is the best suited, including for driving along the track ring. And what does this mean to us, ordinary drivers spending most of their pitting time on ordinary roads? Yes, it means that behind the wheel of this car, the ordinary owner is more likely to get at least from time to time to get his portion of pleasure from driving in an active manner. At the same time, keep in mind, this pleasure, figuratively speaking, will be pretty flavored with high quality, now the Lexus brand is now traditionally inherent in the machines, which will become even more desirable. I personally have no doubt that this will be so. After all, what happened to me? Analyzing your impressions of driving IS F after how it all ended, I suddenly clearly felt that this was not enough for me. I do not argue, both AMG and BMW M-Series are also good cars, but the desire to steer still arose only after I tried the Lexus series F, that's the matter! You know, it is absolutely not surprising when, not yet sitting behind the wheel of a new car, you begin to imagine that, in a word, to experience genuine interest in your future object. But the fact that after the end of the trip this interest not only did not disappear, but also flared up with renewed vigor, this, believe me, happens much less often.
Technical characteristics of the car Lexus is F
Full length: 4 660 mm.
Full width: 1 815 mm.
Complete height: 1 415 mm.
Wheel base: 2 730 mm.
Machine weight: 1,690 kg.
Drive: on the rear wheels
Engine: a 5-liter 8-cylinder with a V-shaped cylinder location, DOHC gas distribution mechanism with 32 valves, developed power of 423 hp. at 6,600 rpm, the largest torque is 51.5 kg-m at 5,200 rpm.
Transmission: 8-speed automatic box.
The basic price of the car: 7 660 000 yen ($ 75,000).
The price of the machine on which the test trip was made: 8 385 550 yen ($ 82 150).
 

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