Lexus IS F

IS F born from an ardent wish of the Yaguchi development person in charge [ car / which he can regard really as wanting ] 創りたい." How far does the thought get across to a rider? It was made to get the Saito reporter to test-ride instantly in Fuji International Speedway.
It seems that two years pass since starting in the country [ Lexus / which became the first premium brand with the domestic car ], and the cognition as a luxury brand of a Japanese vehicle is also progressing gradually. Moreover, the hybrid car which is also a strong point of Toyota was set as GS and LS, and differentiation with an import premium brand has also been attained.
However, there is much what sets the projected highly efficient model to an import premium brand, and is, and this is also bearing a role of an image leader. AMG of Mercedes Benz, M series of BMW, RS of Audi, etc. are the type.
Lexus IS F is the first super-high performance model in the Lexus brand that can also oppose such a premium sport. V 6 To IS which carries 2.5 and a 3.5l. engine, it is V8. A 5l. engine is carried and 8 速 AT is combined. Although sale in world main grounds is planned, a setup of the suspension etc. serves as world unification specification. In Japan, an order received far exceeds assumption and it is said that delivery of cars becomes after next year in the case of the order in early 2008.
In addition, it is only circuit 試走 in the Fuji International Speedway book course which rushed in also at the time of development, and the run of a general way cannot be experienced this time.
Although the foundations of the body were as common as IS250 and IS350, full was set to 4660mm with full length long 85mm with 1815mm of 20mm spread by change of the appearance design.
The difference on appearance is a front bumper of the design which thought the 空力 characteristic as important,It is establishing the air outlet for giving off the heat of an engine room outside in the rear bumper and the front fender back of storing the muffler of 4 出し, and the volume of a fender also increasing, increasing the upside swelling, in order that a bonnet's may also store V8 engine further, etc. A tire & wheel equips with 19 inches.
Although interior design does not change basic modeling of an instrument panel to IS, it makes the panel part used as an accent the silver keynote, or is taking out originality by adopting blue LED as meter. The sheet serves as a bucket type with which front and back made a feeling of seating, and getting-on-and-off nature balance in exclusive form. An outer skin is leather.
Moreover, since the backseat is also made into the form of right-and-left 2 seat, a riding capacity becomes four persons. If this is removed, the function or amenity as a sedan will not be different from IS. Although it cannot approve as to whether it is full of a high-class feeling, BMW M3 is not a degree which can be proud of the level of such a place.
V The 5l. engine of 8 is what carried out [ cylinder head ] exclusive development based on what is carried in Lexus LS600h. It is that it was not just thought up to some years ago that a 5l. engine was carried in the sedan of this body size.
Performance numerical values are horsepower output 423ps / 6600rpm, and maximum torque 51.5kgm / 5200rpm. If the engine of BMW M3 carries out from having obtained 420ps from V84 l., it will also be found that he is not so much Hy Cheung, but the margin of torque is overwhelming.
Foundations are based on 8 速 AT adopted when a minor change was carried out in autumn of 2007 and LS was set to LS460 from LS430 also for missions. Although a mechanism is the usual AT through a torque converter, the direct feeling and the response in variable speed which are not inferior to two pedal MT latest dual clutch type, such as extending the gear and rotation region which carry out a lock-up, or forming clutch control into a super-high response, are realized.
車重 is 1690kg and increases by 90kg to IS350. In order load balance, it cannot be denied that the front side became a heavier tendency too.
Rain and the 2nd day are fine and the trial ride day has experienced the both sides of a wet road surface and a dry road surface at the 1st day.
First, although it is power performance, it also has overwhelming powerfulness with comfortable kana feeling with a feeling of power increasing so obediently that the overflowing torque like the natural aspiration engine of large displacement volume becomes being obtained without rapid increase and decrease, and high rotation.
In old AT, a response in variable speed to the extent that it has not experienced also occurs, and even if it raises the gear one after another, acceleration does not become blunt. However, if there are also 8 速, it is serious to confirm into which gear it really goes. It feels so especially in the case of a down shift.
Also after exceeding 200km/h (a speed limiter is canceled specially), acceleration does not lose vigor. The ability of top speed calls it 300km/h! by survey. Even in Fuji International Speedway, it is said at a straight end that it amounts to 255km/h in the case of a dry road surface. However, since the trial ride day was humid, it was less than it.
A feeling of acceleration was smooth and received the impression of being powerful rather than having called it ド force. If the engine sound became clear comparatively as large displacement volume V8, it will be echoed as a thing. However, the air intake sound could regard the interior of a room as like [ a great portion of ], and it was accompanied also by the artificial impression.
For the moment, the directivity of IS F is in intelligible sport nature. As far as it gets to know in a circuit, the composure at the time of going straight which had the insufficient feeling by the conventional IS was added, and the sense of stability in the straight was increasing. It seems that refinement of the 空力 performance by fine improvement is also effective.
although the handling cannot wipe just a feeling of front heaviness -- a turning round -- control of admiration and a roll is natural and comfortable. If the delay of an initial response becomes a little smaller, a high-quality feeling is also likely to increase. Although the feeling a feeling of grounding is somewhat uneasy on a wet road surface remained, since control nature is high, even if it turns OFF VDIM (vehicles integrated regulating system), it is not so dreadful.
However, the insufficient tendency of the traction due to aggravation of order weight distribution was wet, and remarkable. Since it does not have LSD, the false LSD effect has been given by the brake control by VDIM, but LSD is not matched in a circuit. Incidentally, the time of making VDIM into sport mode, running VDIM, being just before the operation intervention, and running is the quickest in time. Since it is spin control and rapid intervention of VSC will be made if a rear wheel flows out, it is important to discern the 端境. In addition, if there is an opportunity, I will want to send to you separately about a degree of comfort, fuel consumption, etc. in a trial ride in a public road.
Lexus IS F