When Did You Grow Tired Of Your Car?
Getting tired or frustrated with the car you own is one of the most dangerous and potentially devastating realizations a person can come to. Like all of life’s struggles, it may help to talk through it.
It's Time To Make A Case For The Lexus IS F
I think about cars a lot, as it is my job. But I’ve found that I think about this car more than I do most: a 2008 Lexus IS F. I think about this Lexus roughly twice a week, which is a lot for a car that’s 10 years old. But with rear-drive and a dirty V8 bark, how do you not think about it?
Here's How Much Power My V10 BMW M5 Really Makes At The Dyno
While most people are busy trying to make a difference and change the world in a positive way, I find myself deep in thought wondering: “How much power does my car really make?”
Here Is How Much It Costs Me To Buy, Own And Sell Cars Every Few Months
I find it incredibly boring to drive the exact same car day after day after day. It’s like sitting in a classroom listening to the professor go on and on about the significance of celery stalks in the life of the Cacataibo tribe in Peru. I would do just about anything else, including writing the letter “A” in a…
Watch A 3000 HP Lexus IS F Attempt Flight, Crash
Note to Lexus' engineering team: if you ever decide to come out with a 3000HP IS F, you may want to consider some aero modifications. That's pretty much what Bahrain's EKanoo racing team learned, when their 3000HP Lexus IS F drag car took a short, abortive flight at the Bahrain International Circuit recently.
Why Buy A Toyota Camry When You Can Get This Lexus IS-F For Less?
Decisions, decisions. In today's unfair-o comparo, you can either get a Japanese car with great reliability, or a Japanese car with great reliability, a 416 horsepower V8, a Mark Levinson sound system, and brake rotors big enough to serve large pizzas on. Life can be so difficult sometimes, am I right?
Is This The 2016 Lexus IS F? (UPDATE: It Probably Isn't)
This is apparently the first photo of the 2016 Lexus IS F. Which makes sense, because it's hard to mistake it for anything other than a Lexus with a ton of exhaust pipes.
Lexus IS F Driver Only Needs Ten Feet To Crash
While showing off at a demonstration at this year's Tokyo Auto Salon, this IS F race car made it clear why you treat a car like this with some respect. The driver hardly touched the gas pedal and he blasted right into a row of stubby concrete bollards.
Street Legal Lexus IS-F Owns Dedicated Race Cars In Time Trials
NASA Time Trials allow for almost any car to compete for the fastest lap time on a legitimate race course. One guy rolled up in his daily driver Lexus and crushed everyone.
Over-Funded UK Police Department Buys Lexus IS-F
When an American police department gets some Homeland Security money they usually buy a tank, a bunch of rocket launchers or a jet ski. Not in the UK. Cops there buy $88,000 Lexus IS-Fs.
Lexus IS-F Convertible In The Works?
It's not a stretch to believe, but Lexus insiders have confirmed to Car und Driver the development of a Lexus IS-F convertible to follow on the heels of the recently launched 2010 Lexus IS-C.
New Lotus Esprit To Feature 500 HP Lexus LF-A 4.8-Liter V10
When the next-gen Lotus Esprit arrives in 2012, it'll receive some pretty epic power options according to EVO, including the yet-to-be-released 500 HP, high-revving V10 out of the vaporware upcoming Lexus LF-A.
20 Most Expensive Cars To Insure For 2009
A cost many forget when buying a new car is that with different cars come different insurance prices. Want to know why? We'll show you with this list of the 20 most expensive cars to insure for 2009.
Twin-Turbo Lexus IS-F: A Proper Jet Car Substitute
Don't think you can convince the owner of the Gilda Ghia to sell his jet car to you? A twin-turbo IS-F tuned by Fox Marketing and Artisan Performance almost sounds the part.
Wald Tunes Nissan GT-R and Lexus IS-F For Tokyo Auto Salon
Styling specialists Wald are showing upgrades for both the Nissan GT-R and the Lexus IS-F at this years Tokyo Auto Salon, the ramen-flavored version of SEMA.
Top Gear Pits BMW M3 Vs. Lexus IS-F, We Translate Stig's Morse Code
If you had a chance to see last night's episode of Top Gear you'd have seen the four-door BMW M3 take to the track against the Lexus IS-F. You'd also see Stig take the IS-F for a power lap, again while listening to the sounds of Morse code. The inability to understand what Stiggie was saying / hearing due to all those…
Lexus Tuner Sextet Heading To SEMA
Lexus is bringing a fleet of vehicles to the SEMA show next week, including an IS 350 as close to an F as possible without being a Lexus IS F. Just in case you prefer the IS F, the company handed four of them over to various tuners and magazines, including one to our friends at 0-60 mag, to do up for the Vegas…
Jalopnik Visits Hennesey Performance: Track Addicts, The Corvette ZR1 And Lexus IS-F
With the demise of the Viper looming, Hennessey Performance is setting itself up to continue providing tuning services well into the future. Surprisingly, Hennessey will be working on the 2009 Corvette ZR1, a car that the company acknowledged as the Viper's enemy. They're also working on offering a kit for the Lexus…
Mystery Lexus IS: Turbo? Hybrid?
Let the Nürburgring mysteries continue! Today's super secret car out testing on the 'ring is clearly a Lexus IS, but the intel from our spies at BridgeToGantry is limited at the moment. Under that camo, there's some sort of faded paint job inspired by a '70s custom van which leads us to believe the car may be…
Lexus IS Convertible Spied Testing in Germany?
One of the posters at Club Lexus managed to get their hands on a scan from some unknown German magazine with a shot of what is purported to be a Lexus IS convertible in light camouflage. The claimed horsepower numbers range from 177 to 423 horsepower, which covers the IS from the entry-level diesel (in Europe) to the …
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