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June Motor Trend pegs the IS250 F Sport (0-60) at 7.1 seconds.

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Old 05-01-11, 12:21 AM
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Default June Motor Trend pegs the IS250 F Sport (0-60) at 7.1 seconds.

Then disclaims it didn't feel like 7.1. Not sure how they managed a 7.1 reading.
Regardless, it's a pretty positive review. Nice to actually see the IS in a publication.
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7.1!

And the F-Sport model doesn't have any intake/exhaust/etc, right?
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7.1!

And the F-Sport model doesn't have any intake/exhaust/etc, right?
Right. It's always been around 7.9 if I recall. MT often pulls up numbers on cars no one else has achieved.
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I believe Car and Driver did a 7.2 on their initial testing of the IS250. No surprise there. The worst I've ever seen was from Edmunds, they can't launch a car for 5h!t. I've pulled a 7.4 0-60 on a private event, with a 15.425sec on the 1/4, on a stock IS250AT.
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my car go vroom!
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that's it. who wants to race me now? lol
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Its nice to know that my car is faster than Lexus' numbers!
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7.1 feels about right...still slow but at least I can take my wife's sentra!
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Originally Posted by relaxfoo
7.1 feels about right...still slow but at least I can take my wife's sentra!
moral victory... lol it counts for something
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i didnt buy my IS for the speed.
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Yea buddy.
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I agree 7.w/e seconds is more than fast enough for me, it sounds great handles like a dream and looks nice doing it all so I am more than satisfied with these numbers but glad to be recongized !
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man 7.1 sec, that is soo fast....lol...
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eh, what difference does it make...if we cared about speed, we'd have a 350...or something entirely different...as a matter of fact, i sometimes scratch my head as to why ppl spend the $$ to attempt to make their 250 faster. for now, just make it look pretty, right? haha.
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