Autoblog Reviews the 2009 Lexus IS-F
Autoblog recently reviewed the 2009 Lexus IS-F and along the way displayed an evenhanded & thorough approach that the US auto magazines could learn from:
The Lexus IS F is not the fastest, not the most nimble, and certainly not the most comfortable of the clan. It may be the least expensive for now, but the savings are really negligible in this price bracket. What the IS F brings to the table is distinctive Japanese execution of design. That means it does everything it was designed to do with precision, polish, and reliability (yet that exactness may come at the expense of idiosyncrasies and peculiarities many enthusiasts call “personality”).
At this point, the knocks against the IS-F are well-established: stiff suspension around town, tight rear seats, fake quad tailpipes. These complaints are standard in any review and are duly noted here, yet the Autoblog reviewer doesn’t let it distract from what’s really important with this super-sedan: how it performs.
[Source: Autoblog]
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I have not yet had a chance to read the entire Autoblog review, but I think it’s funny how one of the criticisms from other US Auto mags is that the IS-F’s suspension is too stiff.
Lexus has been largely criticized for their suspension tuning to be too soft, leaning way more to the comfort side rather than sporting performance.
Now that Lexus has made a true performance sedan some US Auto Mags **cough cough C&D** complain about the suspension being too harsh. What is up with some car mags these days? Do they know they are reviewing a canyon carving track ready high performance sedan and not your run of the mill family sedan?
i like the fake tailpipes. they put the real exhausts behind it so those shiny ones don’t get dirty. smart thinking, really. but the suspension? HARSH? my 250 is liquid smooth and i doubt the ISF is much different…and what is this about the least expensive? it costs more than both the c63 amg and m3.
I don’t like how everybody always in those reviews says that ‘Lexus doesn’t have personality’
The IS-F is fully optioned though, only the base M3 or C63 cost less.
I agree, it seems like every complaint about Lexus has something to do with “personality”—I’d say each Lexus model has as much personality as any other vehicle.
Lexus has made sure that sound quality of the vehicle's audio system is not going to be left behind. Just take the newest Lexus LS 460. The company has had Mark Levinson on the audio system for this vehicle.