Although Lexus is a luxury brand, it feels that it has little to do with sports in China, and even if it pursues sports-oriented IS, it is only equipped with a 2.0T or 2.5L engine when it is sold in China, and this is still an "F SPORT" series.
Anyone who knows "F SPORT" knows that this is the symbol of Lexus's pursuit of speed, high performance and track genes, and models with this exclusive logo will have better sporty attributes.
Based on this, after the launch of the new generation of IS models in Lexus, the IS 500 F Sport model was also introduced, and the new car, as a more performance model, was equipped with more surging power than the ordinary version of the model - a 5.0L V8 engine.
Although the appearance of the new car is not much different from other versions, it is still the latest spindle grille of the family, with an integrated LED light group design, although there is no great adjustment compared to the old model, but the overall refinement is a lot, and it is more sharp.
Perhaps in order to maintain a relatively compact body posture, the new is not much more than the previous model, the length and width have only increased by 30 mm, and the wheelbase has not changed.
According to the data, the length, width and height of the new models are 4710×1840× 1435 mm, and the wheelbase is 2800 mm, which is really not much advantage in the same class.
In terms of the rear, the new car continues the family's through-the-line rear, but in view of the new car replaced by more surging power, the tail row design has been adjusted from a bilateral double design to a bilateral four-out design, further highlighting the combat effectiveness of the new car.
In terms of interior, it still continues the sports cockpit that is very wrapped in the current family, dominated by an upgraded hovering screen.
Although this interior has also been complained about by the outside world as an "ancestral" interior, it is still not outdated overall, at least this does not give people a direction of compromise to the full screen.
As for the power aspect, which is naturally the focus of the car, under the overall shape without too much performance, it contains a 5.0 V8 naturally aspirated engine with a model of 2UR-GSE, with a maximum horsepower of 347 kW (472 hp), a maximum torque of 535 Nm, and a matching 8AT gearbox with a zero hundred acceleration of 4.5 seconds.
It is worth mentioning that in order to put down this engine, the new car had to raise the bonnet by nearly 2 inches, which also made the model look more powerful.
Although the car is still an IS model, from the perspective of such power performance, the new car competitors will inevitably be high-performance models of the same class, such as BMW M340i and Mercedes-Benz AMG C43, Audi S4 and other models.
BMW M340i
Mercedes-Benz AMG C43
Guidance price: 573,800 yuan
Audi S4
Guidance price: 480,800 yuan
From the perspective of brand alone, the Lexus IS 500 has been priced at $57,575 (about 366,800 yuan) in North America, which will indeed make consumers consider choosing models such as the higher-positioned Mercedes-Benz AMG C43 or Audi S4.
However, it is worth noting that in today's era of large displacement gradually becoming a "masterpiece", this 5.0L V8 engine is believed to become the first choice of many potential consumers.
Netizen 1: In fact, there is no need to mention M3 and C63, because 340 and C43 can overturn this V8.
Netizen 2: With the zero hundred acceleration of 4.9, what can he compete for?
Netizen 3: This price will become a hit in China!
Netizen 4: Answer upstairs: If this displacement, it is estimated that parallel imports do not dare to introduce!
Netizen 5: To have a large displacement, cheaper Dodge SRT is not fragrant? 6.2L V8,700 hp!