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Published on Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Scott Burgess
The top-selling luxury carmaker in America is learning German.
The 2008 Lexus IS F marks Toyota Motor Corp.'s entrance into the high-performance sports-car segment, taking on the likes of BMW's M Series and Mercedes Benz's AMG line.
The future, no doubt, will bring more F's into the Lexus fold. How fortuitous for us. The IS F has the parts and pieces to run with the competitors on the Nurburgring. Big Brembo brakes, a mach schnell V-8 and skads of gee-whiz technology.
Lexus is learning the lingo but hasn't yet mastered the language. The IS F hits all the performance marks but still loses something in the translation.
The exterior is dramatic and dark.
The oversized intakes below the bumper line suggest its power - or at least the car's need for big gulps of air to keep the engine and brakes cool. The slope of the hood and the way the wheels fit so high in the wheel wells looks forced, as if a giant hand pressed too hard on the clay model
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