2014 LEXUS IS Official Debut Discussion (merged threads)
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The weight of 3700 lbs is mentioned here
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...t_first_drive/
The gain in weight makes it awfully close to the weight of a stock ISF..........
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...t_first_drive/
The gain in weight makes it awfully close to the weight of a stock ISF..........
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well Engineer said was that 3IS and 2IS are 20kg apart with same engines. F30 gained 77lbs over E90, so they should be quite similar now.
Cars.com has real tested IS350 with full equipment at 3578lbs while F10 is at C&D at tested 3591lbs.... so the difference might be 30lbs at the end, depending on equipment.
MT got 20kg from same test preview and somehow equated it to 3600 to 3700. They certainly didnt measure they car, they drove it at Toyota track, same as other press.
If someone thinks that 30lbs is a big deal then I guess props to them. Once you are in F30, you will see where the weight went from F10. Where F10 feels like a rock, F30 doors need to be slammed hard to close. In F10 and my IS250, you can push them with your pinkey and they close with solid thud. F30 is more like old Corolla.
Cars.com has real tested IS350 with full equipment at 3578lbs while F10 is at C&D at tested 3591lbs.... so the difference might be 30lbs at the end, depending on equipment.
MT got 20kg from same test preview and somehow equated it to 3600 to 3700. They certainly didnt measure they car, they drove it at Toyota track, same as other press.
If someone thinks that 30lbs is a big deal then I guess props to them. Once you are in F30, you will see where the weight went from F10. Where F10 feels like a rock, F30 doors need to be slammed hard to close. In F10 and my IS250, you can push them with your pinkey and they close with solid thud. F30 is more like old Corolla.
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We have to test drive the car to know for sure. I suspect the handling and road connection is one level up from the older gen IS and better even than the 3 series.
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Good read.
I Kissed A 2014 Lexus IS And I Liked It
Raphael Orlove
I am a Lexus hater. Much as I like the original LS400, everything else they make just seems so willfully bland, inoffensive, and characterless. And then there's this new 2014 IS, and…and I think I like it.
Lexus has been on a bit of a roll for the past few years. It either started with the imperious LS600hL hybrid or the woven-carbon LFA, but then news started trickling in that the GS and LS cars are pretty good in F-Sport trim. Even on the Toyota side things have gotten interesting with the Toyobaru twins and their badass pink Grandpa car.
So now I kind of trust Lexus to build a sharp-handling, aggressive sports sedan.
And while I grew up thinking that IS drivers were even bigger *******s than the dicks in my college town driving BMWs, now I'm kind of coming around to the Lexus. I'm starting to think it's gone from being a jackass' car to being a bad guy's car. I like that.
The white car you see is an IS350 F-Sport, with a familiar direct-injected 3.6 liter V6. It's got 306 horsepower, which is plenty, as far as I'm concerned. More important to me is that Lexus seems to care about building a car that handles. When the car starts showing up in June, we'll see how people like the thing.
The red car is a Lexus 300h hybrid, not coming to the US. It's got a 2.5 liter four and Lexus claims it will drink less than 4.3 liters of gas per 100 kilometers. In our numbers that's around 55 miles per gallon.
And it doesn't look too bad, either.
http://jalopnik.com/5976059/i-kissed...and-i-liked-it
Raphael Orlove
I am a Lexus hater. Much as I like the original LS400, everything else they make just seems so willfully bland, inoffensive, and characterless. And then there's this new 2014 IS, and…and I think I like it.
Lexus has been on a bit of a roll for the past few years. It either started with the imperious LS600hL hybrid or the woven-carbon LFA, but then news started trickling in that the GS and LS cars are pretty good in F-Sport trim. Even on the Toyota side things have gotten interesting with the Toyobaru twins and their badass pink Grandpa car.
So now I kind of trust Lexus to build a sharp-handling, aggressive sports sedan.
And while I grew up thinking that IS drivers were even bigger *******s than the dicks in my college town driving BMWs, now I'm kind of coming around to the Lexus. I'm starting to think it's gone from being a jackass' car to being a bad guy's car. I like that.
The white car you see is an IS350 F-Sport, with a familiar direct-injected 3.6 liter V6. It's got 306 horsepower, which is plenty, as far as I'm concerned. More important to me is that Lexus seems to care about building a car that handles. When the car starts showing up in June, we'll see how people like the thing.
The red car is a Lexus 300h hybrid, not coming to the US. It's got a 2.5 liter four and Lexus claims it will drink less than 4.3 liters of gas per 100 kilometers. In our numbers that's around 55 miles per gallon.
And it doesn't look too bad, either.
http://jalopnik.com/5976059/i-kissed...and-i-liked-it
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I understand about the hater thing. But who care about his d.......m thought. He did not repect all other models.. No offense here but maybe a friend show to a friend is fine. I dont understand why Lexus have to care about this and posted it on the etheusiast website..I had read this pagraph on the etheusiast web. 
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I understand about the hater thing. But who care about his d.......m thought. He did not repect all other models.. No offense here but maybe a friend show to a friend is fine. I dont understand why Lexus have to care about this and posted it on the etheusiast website..I had read this pagraph on the etheusiast web.
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I understand about the hater thing. But who care about his d.......m thought. He did not repect all other models.. No offense here but maybe a friend show to a friend is fine. I dont understand why Lexus have to care about this and posted it on the etheusiast website..I had read this pagraph on the etheusiast web.
