The 2022 IS 500 F SPORT Performance was officially unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show, after the 2007 Lexus High Performance F Series debut IS F has not been equipped with an 8-cylinder engine since it was discontinued in 2014, and the IS 500 may be the best song for a compact motorhome equipped with a V8. But the IS 500 F SPORT Performance is not an ISF, it's a model between F-Sports and F.
The most different thing about the IS 500 F SPORT Performance is the 5.0 V8 naturally aspirated engine with a 2UR-GSE model, with a maximum horsepower of 472 hp, a maximum power speed of 7100 rpm, a maximum torque of 535 N·m, and a maximum torque speed of 4800 rpm, in order to accommodate this 5.0 V8, the engine had to be uplifted by nearly 2 inches, equipped with an 8AT transmission, and zero hundred acceleration was 4.5 seconds.
The IS 500 F SPORT Performance is available with a choice of DHP packages, including AVS adaptive suspension, Towson limited-slip differential and excellent brake discs. Although it is more general than the acceleration of today's turbo or even electric vehicles, the playability is still relatively high.
The red line of 7200 rpm always provokes the heart strings that want to step on the throttle, which is strength; Maintaining the tradition of IS RPM climbing dashboard lights, this is the inheritance; The elevated hood is also to be put into 5.0 V8, which is a continuation; This is also destined to be a large row of self-absorbing marks for a limited number of people.
The original Lexus IS was also called Lexus IS at the time, and the first generation of IS had a resounding nickname: the ground-biting shark, transliterated from its English name Altezza. However, the front net that reaches the bottom of the car body really has some "biting" meaning. The daytime running lights are raised, and the simple design makes the front face out of the headlights and the middle net only have a decoration of the fog lamp part, so that the compact front face of the car is aggressive and can not be angry at the same time.
The body side has the logo of F at the front fender, the edge of the window frame is all blackened, and the wheel hub adopts a 19-inch multi-width wheel hub, which makes the visual center of gravity of the car that is not high itself more low, and the body side perspective can more obviously see the bulge of the hood, which can't help but think of the old enemy M3, and also think of the most brilliant era of fuel vehicles. The rounded waistline that stretched from front to back in this generation became sharper at the rear door, lacking the elegance of the IS300, but this is perfectly suitable for the grumpy IS500.
The tail still inherits the tail throat shape of the IS F, and the double side exhaust is superimposed obliquely, and the ES has some drama with the taillights, but the four exhausts instantly pull the mind back to the 472-horse IS 500.
The interior was pulled back to reality in an instant, feeling that the interior had changed only a floating multimedia screen, if it was not repeatedly confirmed, it was thought that this was an IS300 with a 100-kilometer acceleration of 7 seconds. Interesting, uncompromising temperature regulation to the touch screen was retained, and there is a slight regret without the movable instrument of the LFA model.
In addition to the economy mode, there are also Sport S and Sport S+ modes, the background color of the speed trajectory will change and become wider, unfortunately, it is impossible to have the same instrument cluster as the LFA of the previous generation of F Sport.
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The 4.5-second zero-hundred acceleration is the original result of many 2.0T small steel guns, and although the 5.0 V8 is a beautiful imagination for me, I also miss the 2.5 V6 IS, and I am not the only one who misses it.
The figure of the first generation of biting sharks has vaguely appeared in the scrap car treatment plant, as early as 2019, the naturally aspirated engine camp of the medium and large high-performance cars is only a Model of Lexus GS F, unconsciously from the last dance of self-absorption in the large row, but also almost to the end of the fuel car, the return of the fuel car may be like a biting shark left in the scrap car treatment plant, fuel car parts may also become collectibles on our table. Talking to the children about the history of fuel vehicles after that day, they will proudly talk about it: the cars at that time can not only tear the ground, but also cut through the air.